Bulevar (band)

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Bulevar

Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genre(s)	New Wave Symphonic Rock Punk Rock
Years active	1978 – 1982
Label(s)	Jugoton PGP RTB
Associated acts	Bajaga & Instruktori Dejan Cukić VIS Idoli
Members
Dejan Cukić Nenad Stamatović Predrag Jakovljević Branko Isaković Dragan Mitrić

Bulevar (Serbian Cyrillic: Булевар; trans. Boulevard) were a former Yugoslav new wave band.

1 Band history
2 Trivia
3 Discography
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Band history

The band's history dates from the days of the group Tilt where young highschool attendants Dejan Cukić (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 appeared with Branko Marušić Čutura (guitar, vocals). Following the departures of Bezuha and Golubović, who went to Suncokret (Sunflower), and Cvetković, who went to Pop Mašina (Pop Machine), 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 Belgrade's Tašmajdan on September 1st, 1979 at the famous Riblja Čorba concert. After the band Zvuk Ulice (Sound Of The Street) disbanded, their keyboard player, Dragan Mitrić, joined the band. Soon after they began working on their new songs and with the help of Momčilo Bajagić, the band recorded their first single "Moje bezvezne stvari" ("My Silly Stuff"). 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" due to the fact the band combined punk music with Mitrić's arrangements who was then studying composition at the Music Academy. "Nestašni dečaci" ("Wild Boys") was also featured on a various artists compilation "Svi marš na ples!" ("Everybody Dance Now!"). By the time the band was about to release their debut album "Loš i Mlad" ("Bad And Young"), the band signed for PGP RTB. The album was released in 1981, and was produced by themselves with the help of Tahir Durhalić. When the band released their second album "Mala Noćna Panika" ("A Little Night Panic"), featuring the tracks "Nestašni dečaci" ("Wild Boys"), "Unutarnja panika" ("The Inner Panic"), and "Trenutni lek" ("A Momentary Cure"), Mitrić, Stamatović and Cukić went to the army so the record did not have a presentation. The only appearance they made were at the Dok, where Kornelije Kovač who produced the record played keyboards. The band held their last concert in Skopje in 1982, where Stamatović appeared as a soldier. Branko Isaković went to VIS Idoli, Jakovljević to Divlji Anđeli, and then to Zana, Zamba, Viktorija and stopped playing. Cukić started writing for the "Rock" magazine. When Stamatović and Mitrić returned from the army, they had a few rehersals as "Bulevar" and then went to Bajaga & Instruktori where Mitrić spent a short time and dedicated to studying, only to return when Cukić started his solo career. Cukić recorded three albums with Bajaga & Instruktori and after their Soviet Union tour formed Spori Ritam Band ("Slow Rhythm Band") with whom he recorded most of his solo works. Beside Mitrić, Isaković was also a member of Spori Ritam Band.

[edit] Trivia

On Cukić's solo albums, he released cover versions of Bulevar songs:

On the album "1991" from 1990, there is a cover version of "Nestašni dečaci" ("Wild Boys") featured also on 2003 live album "DC & SRB @ SC".
On "San Na Pola Puta" ("A Dream On The Half Of The Trip") there is a cover of "Trenutni lek" ("A Momentary Cure") called "Julija" ("Julia") featured also on the 1997 "Unplugged".
On the 1998 album "Igramo Na Ulici" there is a track called "Bulevari" ("Boulevards")

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

"Moje bezvezne stvari" / "Nemam ništa važno da te pitam" ("My Silly Stuff" / "I Have Nothing Important To Ask You") (Jugoton, 1980)
"Nestašni dečaci" / "Moja lova, tvoja lova" ("Wild Boys" / "My Money, Your Money") (Jugoton, 1981)