Jura Stublić

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Jurislav "Jura" Stublić was born in 1954 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1961 he moved with his parents Tomislav and Vesna to Sesvetski Kraljevec near Zagreb. His father was from Sesvetski Kraljevec, and he too was a singer. His mother was a tailor. In Zagreb, he studied philosophy but he never graduated. During the ex-Yugoslav New Wave he was also known as Jura Jupiter. He started his musical career as a member of Croatian rock group Azra in 1977 . In 1978, after a few arguments with the frontman of Azra, Branimir "Johnny" Štulić he left the band along with Mladen Juričić Max and Marino Pelaić Barracuda to form his own band Film. He is the author of most Film songs, and he is one of the most popular songwriters in Croatia. Many still remember the anti-war song "E, moj druže Beogradski" (Oh, my Belgrade comrade). In 1993 he took a break from Croatian music scene returning in 2000. He is still an active Croatian singer.