- BOA (band)
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Name = BOA
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Origin =Zagreb ,Croatia
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Genre =Art-rock New Romantic
Pop
Rock
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Years_active =1974 -present
Label = SuzyCroatia Records
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Current_members =BOA is a
Croatia nmusic group , which was especially prominent during the 1980s around the formerSFR Yugoslavia .History
The band's early history started in
Zagreb , thenSR Croatia in 1974, when its founding members Mladen Puljiz and Slavko Remenarić, switched their interest fromclassical music to rock music, inspired byart-rock acts such as Yes,King Crimson , Genesis,David Bowie ,Roxy Music andPeter Gabriel .The group started its concert activity in 1979 with a line-up consisted of: Mladen Puljiz (keyboards, vocals), Slavko Remenarić (
guitar ), Igor Šoštarić (drums) and Damir Košpić (bass guitar ). The band moved towards the then actualNew Romantic sound and fashion and after the release of theirdebut album for Suzy in 1981, they were voted by the readers of the prominent Yugoslav musical magazine "Džuboks " as the best upcoming act of the year.Their next album "Ritam strasti" ("Rhythm of passion") followed by around hundred concerts aroundformer Yugoslavia brought them even higher popularity. Despite the fact that their next album "Govor tijela" ("Body language") included some successful hits, the band fell into creative crisis and thus the group halted its activities until 1989 when the group got a newrhythm section consisted of the drummer Paolo Sfeci (former member of Aerodrom andParni valjak ) and the bass player Zvonimir Bučević (prominent session musician).In 1990 the band released the album "Prvi Val" ("First Wave"), and performed as a
support act of David Bowie's concert atMaksimir stadium in Zagreb in front of over 50000 people. Two years after, they released thecompilation album "81-92" featuring live performances and studio recordings with new arrangements. The CD also included the song "Zemlja", which was recorded in 1991 for theRock za Hrvatsku ("Rock for Croatia") music project tributed to theCroatian War of Independence . In 1993, a new member of the group is the keyboard player Gojko Tomljanović. In the next year they release the CD "Kraj djetinjstva" ("End of Childhood") featuring guest appearances by prominent artists such as:Josipa Lisac ,Dino Dvornik and Vanna. The feature song "Kao mir" ("Like peace"), a duet with Jospia Lisac was nominated in two categories for the prestigious Croatian music award Porin.In 2002
Croatia Records released the integral versions of the two first albums on Audio CD, which was awarded with Porin in the "Re-release of the year" category. Following this succes, the band also released a compilation featuring songs from their third and fourth album in 2004 under the title "Kao nekad" ("Like in the old days"). All of the songs wereremastered and in some of them the authors modified the arrangements. The CD also containsbonus tracks such as "Boa Constrictor ", an experimentalinstrumental , which includes sound effect that Puljiz i Remenarić recorded back in 1974 on their oldGrundig 2-track open-reel tape recorder.The group is still active.
Discography
*LP „Boa“ (Suzy, 1981)
*LP „Ritam strasti“ (Suzy, 1982)
*LP „Govor tijela“ (Suzy, 1983)
*LP „Prvi val“ (Suzy 1990.)
*CD „81-92“ (Orfej/DEA Music, 1992)
*CD „Kraj djetinjstva“ (Orfej 1994)
*CD „Boa/Ritam strasti“ (Suzy/Croatia Records , 2002)
*CD „Kao nekad“ (Suzy/Hit records 2004)References
* [http://www.geopoetika.com/book.php?id=99 Janjatović, Petar. "Ilustrovana Enciklopedija Yu Rocka 1960-1997", page: 34, publisher: Geopoetika, 1997] sr icon
* [http://www.hitrecords.hr/artistdetail.php?author=26 Bio at "Hit Records" record label, Croatia] hr iconExternal links
* [http://www.myspace.com/boacro BOA at Myspace]
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