Love Hunters

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Love Hunters
Komuna Belgrade, City Records
, Radio 021
MembersMilan Mumin
Vladimir Jovanov
Milan Ljubenković
Vladimir Djurić
Past membersAleksandar Medan
Mario Kalin
Robert Radić
Lazar Malešević
Nikola Kostić
Siniša Lučić
Pavle Georgijević
Zlatko Drašković
Websitewww.lovehuntersband.com

Love Hunters is a Serbian hard rock band from Novi Sad.

History

1987–2004

The band was formed in 1987 by Milan Mumin (vocals) and Aleksandar Medan (guitar). The first lineup of the band also featured Lazar Malešević (bass guitar) and Siniša Lučić (drums). In the beginning, the band had several lineup changes, before the first consistent lineup was formed. It featured Mumin, Medan, Vladimir Jovanov (also known as Menadner Protector, a former Necrophobic member, bass guitar), Mario Kalin (guitar), and Robert Radić (a former Kontraritam, La Strada and Obojeni Program member, drums).

Initially, the band was

audio cassette entitled There no Centuries in 1988 through Mr Montenegro Records. In 1993, they released their second album Everclassic through Music Yuser,[1]
and, in 1995, Oh, Evolution through the same record label. After these three releases the band gained a cult status in Novi Sad.

During the spring of 1996 the band released the album Donau (through Music Yuser) which featured almost all songs from the previous two albums.

Tašmajdan Stadium
.

On 21 September 1996 the band held a concert in

Lajko Felix, Boris Kovač, Saša Januzović, as well as several other guests wrote the music for Waver, the multimedia performance of the artist Szombathy Balint. Waver was performed by Mumin and Szombathy in Germany, Sweden, Japan, Ireland, France, Italy, Russia, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia. In 1999, they released the live album Unplugged,[6] which was recorded on their unplugged concert in Novi Sad's Studio M (which was the last concert of the NS Plus Unplugged series). The concert featured Dušan Šević of Simić Quartet on piano and Hammond organ
as guest musician.

In 2000, the band released the album Harley Krishna. The album featured different sound than the band's previous releases, as the songs featured

acoustic string instruments. The album featured numerous musicians, including Saša Lokner (of Bajaga i Instruktori) on keyboards and Zoran Maletić (formerly of Laboratorija Zvuka and Griva) on guitar. The song "On The Broom" featured lyrics from William Shakespeare's poem. The album featured a cover of The Doors' song "Touch Me".[7] During that summer, the band held a series of concerts across Italy. In 2002, the band released the album One Hunt through City Records. The album featured covers of songs by ABBA, Spandau Ballet, Tom Waits, Duran Duran, Rod Stewart, and other artists.[8] Several music videos were recorded in France and Ireland
and directed by Mumin himself.

In 2003 the band went on hiatus, as Mumin went to

café
Bistro in Novi Sad. In 2004, the band disbanded.

2011–present

In July 2011, the band reunited in the original lineup and in 2012, the band released the DVD Live in Novi Sad 2011, recorded on their 2011 performance on Štrand city beach in Novi Sad.[9] Same year, the rock musical Love Hunter, featuring Love Hunters songs and starring Mumin and Jelena Stupljanin, was shot. The film, based on Mumin's experiences during his life in the United States, was shot in New York City, and directed by brothers Nemanja and Brane Bala.[10]

In December 2015, the band released their comeback album, Suck Disease.

Washington, San Francisco, Toronto, Las Vegas and Los Angeles,[14] being praised by The New York Times.[15]

Milan Mumin's side projects

Milan Mumin wrote soundtracks for two theater plays: August Strindberg's Miss Julie and William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed in Novi Sad. He also wrote a books of poems: Fanatic & The not - no Songs.

Milan Mumin played a series of concerts during 2008 (including 2008

Big Brother VIP, where he was voted out after two weeks. In March 2009, he published his first solo album Asthma Sky on City Records label under Milan Mumin and the Undercover Maniacs moniker.[16]
In 2016, his second solo album "In case that one of them is you" was published in U.S. for "PLUS SIZED DAN" label from Atlanta, GA.

Discography

Studio albums

  • There No Centuries (1988)
  • Everclassic (1994)
  • Oh Evolution (1995)
  • Donau (1996)
  • Total Rickverzzo (1996)
  • Azimuth (1997)
  • Harley Krishna (2001)
  • One Hunt (2002)
  • Suck Disease (2015)

Live albums

  • Out of Tune (1996)
  • Unplugged (1999)
  • Live in Bistro (2004)

Video albums

  • Live in Bistro (2004)
  • Live in Novi Sad 2011 (2012)

References

  1. ^ "Love Hunters - Everclassic (Cassette, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  2. ^ "Love Hunters – Donau (1996, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Love Hunters – Total Rickverzzo (1996, Cassette)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Live Hunters* - Out of Tune (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  5. ^ "Love Hunters - Azimuth (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  6. ^ "LOVEHVNTERS – Unplugged (1998, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Love Hunters - Harley Krishna (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  8. ^ "Love Hunters - One Hunt (Cassette, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  9. ^ ""Objavljen DVD grupe Love Hunters", timemachinemusic.org". Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  10. ^ "Završeno snimanje mjuzikla Love Hunter / Vesti - POPBOKS.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  11. ^ ""Love Hunters imaju novi album"". Balkanrock.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ^ ""Love Hunters objavili novi singl i spot"". Balkanrock.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Svet i Scandal". Svet-scandal.rs. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Love Hunter premijerno u LA". Seecult.org. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  15. ^ ""Njujork Tajms" ishvalio film o frontmenu "Love Hunters"". Prva.rs. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Milan Mumin And The Undercover Maniacs – Asthma Sky (2009, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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External links
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