Atomsko sklonište

The band's history begins in 1968, when a play titled Atomsko sklonište and directed by Boško Obradović premiered in People's Theatre in

The made their first success with a performance on the 1977 BOOM Festival in Novi Sad. In the spring of 1978 they performed at Festival Omladina, and during the same year their debut album Ne cvikaj, generacijo (Don't Be Afraid, My Generation) was released. The album featured hard rock sound, with anti-war and cataclysmic lyrics, heavily inspired by hippie ideology, which even in Yugoslavia had already been discarded. The album brought hits "Pomorac sam, majko", "Kinematograf našeg detinjstva" and "Ne cvikaj, generacijo". The band gained the publics attention with the statements that they perform punk, unusual clothing style and photographs made by the photographer Tone Stojko from Maribor. The band would later record music for the song "Zaspao si u mojoj kosi", released by Stojko's wife Neca Falk.

The band's second album, Infarkt (Heart Attack) was released with a book of photographs by Stojko, and featured hits "Pakleni vozači" and "Djevojka br. 8". After the album release Kancelar left the band due to his studies, and was replaced by Paul Bilandžić. The band maintained their popularity on their live appearances which featured unusual scenery, such as barbed wire, and during a concert in Tivoli Hall in Ljubljana there were three hundred yellow umbrellas opened above the stage, referring to the band's song "Žuti kišobran" (Yellow Umbrella). The band gained a loyal fanbase, although the critics generally did not like the lyrics written by Obradović. The band recorded their third album U vremenu horoskopa (During the Time of Horoscope) on the peninsula Stoja near Pula, in the Mobile One mobile studio, previously used by AC/DC. The album was produced by John Etchells and Bill Ainsworth. At the time Bilandžić left the band ant formed the band Lilihip, and Atomsko sklonište continued as a quartet.

In 1980 the band recorded the live album Atomska trilogija (Nuclear

Langer became the band leader and the songwriter. In 1982 the band released the album Mentalna higijena (

on September 15, 1984, and released in 1985, was the last album featuring Blažić on vocals. The band had the last performance with him on July 21, 1986, after which he died on January 18, 1987.

In 1986 Langer and Gužvan recorded the English language album This Spaceship and released it under the name Atomic Shelter. The album featured

American

musicians Wes Talton (vocals), Freddie Stuckey (keyboards) and David Pressley (drums). The album featured six old rerecorded Atomsko sklonište songs and four new songs.

1987–present

At the end of 1987 Atomsko sklonište continued performing in the new lineup: Langer (vocals and bass guitar), Ranko Svorcan (guitar) and Nikola Duraković (drums). In 1990 the band released the album Criminal Tango. In August 1991, at the time when military conflicts in Yugoslavia had already begun, Atomsko sklonište performed on Gitarijada festival in Zaječar, Serbia. In 1992 the band released the album East Europe Man, featuring Wes Talon on vocals. The song "Chinese Bike" entered the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] In 1995 the band released the studio album Terra Mistica. In 1999 Nikola Duraković was replaced by Stjepan Bobić (a former Nola, The Spoons, and Messerschmitt member).

In 2003 One Records released the DVD entitled Atomsko sklonište, which features a collection of their videos and a recording of their performance at the 1991 Gitarijada festival.

Legacy

The album Ne cvikaj, generacijo was polled in 1998 as 47th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).^[5]

Band members

Current members Bruno Langer – lead vocals, bass (1977–present) Matija Dadić – guitar (2018–present) Eric Vojak – drums (2018–present)

Former members Sergio Blažić – lead vocals (1977–1986; died 1986) Saša Dadić – drums (1977–1981) Dragan Gužvan – guitar (1977–1987) Eduard Kancelar – keyboard (1977–1978) Rudolf Grum – backing vocals (1978) Paul Bilandžić – keyboard (1978-1980)

Zdravko Širola – drums, keyboard (1981-1987) Nikola Duraković – drums (1987-1999) Ranko Švorcan – guitar (1987-2018) Stjepan Bobić – drums (1987-2018) Aleks Černjul – guitar (1990-2020)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Ne cvikaj, generacijo (1978)^[1]
• Infarkt (1978)
• U vremenu horoskopa (1980)
• Extrauterina (1981)
• Mentalna higijena (1982)
• Space Generation (as Atomic Shelter, 1983)
• Zabranjeno snivanje (1984)
• This Spaceship (as Atomic Shelter, 1987)
• Criminal Tango (1990)
• East Europe Man (as Atomic Shelter, 1992)
• Terra Mistica (1995)

Live albums

• Atomska trilogija (1980)^[1]
• Jednom u životu (1985)
• Oni što dolaze za nama (2020)
• UŽIVO - Novi Sad 2022. (2023)

Compilations

• 1976 - 1986 (1996)
• '76 - '86 Kolekcija hitova Vol.2

Video albums

• Atomsko sklonište (2003)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Atomsko sklonište at Discogs
2. Radio Free Europe: Rokom protiv turbo folka (Rock'n'Roll vs. Turbo Folk)
   , by Omer Karabeg, 14.03.2009
3. ^ Atomsko sklonište home page: "IZ SVEG SRCA", Interview with Bruno Langer Archived August 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "VREMEPLOV 10 :: Pre x10 godina ..." (in Serbian). 4 March 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
5. ^ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 34.

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