Osmi Putnik
| Osmi Putnik | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Split, Croatia |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal |
| Years active | 1985 – 1989 2002 – present |
| Labels | Jugoton, PGP-RTB, Dancing Bear, PGP-RTS, One Records |
| Associated acts | Gibonni, Dean Clea |
| Website | www |
| Members | Davor Dado Gradinski Bojan Božo Antolić Dean Clea Brkić Kristian Barišić Danijel Stojan Stoja |
| Past members |
Zlatan Stipišić Mirjan Jovanović Igor Makić Dražen Krolo Alen Koljanin Miro Marunica Nenad Mitrović Marsel Benzon Petar Šantić |
Osmi putnik (Croatian for Eighth Passenger, the title of the U.S. movie Alien in Yugoslavia) is a Croatian and a former Yugoslav heavy metal band.
The band was officially formed on May 7, 1985 in Split, by Zlatan "Džibo" Stipišić (vocals), Nenad Mitrović (guitar), Davor Gradinski (bass guitar), Igor Makić (guitar), and Dražen Krolo (drums). The band had their first performance as an opening band for Zabranjeno Pušenje on August 1, 1985 in Arena Gripe. A month later they won the first place at Dalmatia Youth Rock Meeting. At the end of the year they won the first place at the Radiotelevision Zagreb show Stereovizija with the song "Lutko moja, takav sam ti ja".
At the beginning of 1986, after several line-up changes, a stable line-up was formed. It featured Stipišić (vocals), Mitrović (guitar), Bojan Antolić (guitar), Gradinski (bass guitar), and Miro Marunica (drums). During the year they released the album Ulična molitva (Street Prayer). All the songs on the album were written by Stipišić. The album achieved success and launched Osmi putnik to the top of the former Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal scene. In 1987 Mirjan Jovanović replaced Marunica, and Alen Koljanin replaced Mitrović. The band released their second album Glasno, glasnije (Loud, Louder) The title track became the band's biggest hit, and at the time of the album release an unofficial anthem of HNK Hajduk Split (some of the Hajduk players sang backing vocals on the song). The album also featured the song "Da mi je biti morski pas", a cover of Split band Metak song. The album was produced by a former Metak bass guitarist Mirko Krističević. The readers of the Rock magazine voted Osmi putnik the Rock Band of the Year.
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