Bulevar (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Genres | New wave, punk rock |
| Years active | 1978–1982 |
| Labels | Jugoton, PGP-RTB, PGP-RTS |
| Associated acts | Zebra, Suncokret, Bajaga i Instruktori, Divlji Anđeli, Dejan Cukić & Spori Ritam Band, Idoli, Kerber, Propaganda, Viktorija, Zana |
| Past members |
Dejan Cukić Nenad Stamatović Predrag Jakovljević Branko Isaković Dragan Mitrić |
Bulevar (Serbian Cyrillic: Булевар; trans. Boulevard) were a Serbian and former Yugoslav new wave band from Belgrade.
The band history dates from the days of the group Tilt consisting of young highschool attendants Dejan Cukić (a former Dizel member, vocals), Nenad Stamatović (guitar), Dušan Bezuha (guitar), Miroslav Cvetković (bass) and drummers at different times, Vlada Golubović and Predrag Jakovljević. The band sometimes also performed with rock veteran Branko Marušić "Čutura" (guitar, vocals). Following the departures of Bezuha, Golubović, who went to Suncokret, and Cvetković, who went to Pop Mašina, the band ceased to exist.
Stamatović, who was in the band Zebra, along with Cukić, Jakovljević and Suncokret bassist Branko Isaković, formed Bulevar in 1978. The band got the name Bulevar because all of the members lived near The Boulevard Of Revolution in Belgrade. During the following year, the band had their first live appearances as an opening act for Riblja Čorba. Their first major appearance was at the Belgrade Tašmajdan Stadium on September 1, 1979 at the famous Riblja Čorba concert. After the band Zvuk Ulice disbanded, their keyboard player, Dragan Mitrić joined the band.
The lineup began working on their new songs and, with the help of Riblja Čorba guitarist Momčilo Bajagić, the band recorded their first single "Moje bezvezne stvari" ("My Silly Stuff"). However, due to the illness of Josip Broz Tito, the band released their first single in 1980 through Jugoton. The release of their second single, "Nestašni dečaci" ("Wild Boys"), was described by Cukić as "the inauguration of symphonic punk" because the band combined punk music with arrangements of Mitrić, who was then studying composition at the Music Academy. "Nestašni dečaci" was also featured on a various artists compilation Svi marš na ples!, a cult new wave Jugoton compilation. The song caused a slight incident as the authorities considered the song the direct support of the March 1981 protests in Kosovo, which was not true.
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