Atomsko sklonište
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Atomsko Sklonište (transl. Atomic Shelter) is a Croatian and Yugoslav hard rock band, formed in Pula in 1977. Known for their early anti-war concept, as well as their later hit songs, Atomsko Sklonište were one of the most prominent acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.
The formation of the band was initiated by poet Boško Obradović, who aspired to form a band which would perform songs featuring his lyrics. The band gained the attention of the public and the media with their hard rock sound combined with Obradović's anti-war lyrics and cataclysmic imagery. Their first two studio albums, Ne cvikaj generacijo and Infarkt, both released in 1978, brought them nationwide popularity, although Obradović's lyrics were often described by Yugoslav music critics as unrefined. The group ended their cooperation with Obradović after the release of their fourth studio album Extrauterina, released in 1981, with the group's bass guitarist Bruno Langer taking over the role of the band's leader and principal songwriter. Simultaneously with their career in Yugoslavia, the band recorded the English language studio album Space Generation in their attempts to break into foreign market under the name Atomic Shelter. After the death of the band's original vocalist Sergio Blažić in 1987, Langer and the guitarist Damir Gužvan recorded the band's second English language album, entitled This Spaceship, with a group of American musicians. After Gužvan's departure, Langer remained the only original member of the group, and would be the band's only mainstay member in the following years. After the release of the band's latest studio album Terra Mystica in 1995, Atomsko Sklonište devoted themselves to live performances, releasing several live albums since. Although they do not enjoy large mainstream popularity as in the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s, the group maintains a loyal fan base in Croatia and other former Yugoslav republics.
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