Crvena jabuka
Crvena jabuka (transl. Red apple) is a Bosnian pop rock band formed in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1985. Since then they had great success and are still very popular. They were a part of the New primitives movement that started during the 80s.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Pop rock, rock, pop, New primitives |
| Years active | 1985–1992; 1995–present |
| Labels | Jugoton , Croatia Records, |
| Members | Dražen Žerić Adrian Borić Krešimir Kaštelan Stjepan Šarić Dario Duvnjak |
| Past members | Dražen Ričl Aljoša Buha Darko Jelčić Srđan Šerberdžija Branko Sauka Zlatko Volarević Zlatko Arslanagić Danijel Lastrić Mario Vukušić Tomislav Skrak Igor Matković |
| Website | https://crvena-jabuka.com/ |
Formed at the height of the New Primitives movement, the band had endured numerous line-up changes. Their first lineup featured lead guitarist/vocalist Dražen Ričl, rhythm guitarist and primary songwritter Zlatko Arslanagić, drummer Darko "Cunja Jelčić, bass player Aljoša Buha, and keyboardist/backing vocalis Dražen "Žera " Žerić. In the autumn of 1986, the band suffered a setback after Buha and Zijo were killed in a road accident. The band then went into the studio to record their second album with Žera permanently becoming the lead vocalist. Though Cunja and Žera were permanent fixtures in the band, with Cunja's ousting in 2017, Žera is the only member of the original band now.
The band achieved much success with Zlaja-penned hits - noteably with their albums "Sanjati" (1988), and "Tamo gdje ljubav počinje" (1989). Zlaja soon became disinterested in the band with 1991's "Nekako s proljeća," and eventualy quit in 1992. Despite this, in 1995 Žera reconstructed the band and released a comeback boosting a reinvented image.