Hladno pivo
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Hladno pivo is a Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band. It is one of most popular rock bands in Croatia.

Early history

The band was formed in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

. It initially consisted of four members: Zok, Tedi, Suba, Mile. The band started playing under the influence of bands like Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

, Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...

, Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....

, Motörhead, AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...

, Judas Priest
Judas Priest
Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, England, formed in 1969. The current line-up consists of lead vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill, and drummer Scott Travis. The band has gone through several drummers over the years,...

, Metallica
Metallica
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, Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno Pušenje is a Yugoslavian garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire show Top Lista Nadrealista...

, Električni orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...

, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

, The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

, Azra
Azra
Azra was a rock band from Zagreb that was popular across Yugoslavia in the 1980s. Azra was formed in 1977 by its frontman Branimir "Johnny" Štulić. The other two members of the original line-up were Mišo Hrnjak and Boris Leiner . The band is named after a verse from "Der Asra" by Heinrich Heine...

. In 1987, Stipe joined the band.

On May 21, 1988 the band held their first concert in Kumrovec
Kumrovec
Kumrovec is a village in the northern part Croatia, part of Krapina-Zagorje County. It sits on the Sutla River, along the Croatian-Slovenian border. The Kumrovec municipality has 1,593 residents , but the village itself has only 269 people...

, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. In 1988 band has also held an unsuccessful concert at lake Jarun
Jarun
Jarun is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of Zagreb, Croatia. It was named after Lake Jarun, formed by the Sava River, now located on the southern edge of the neighborhood.-Lake:...

 in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, due to the drummer of the band which played before them refusing to leave the drums for Hladno pivo.

In 1989 Stipe left the band. This year was also important because Zok, Tedi, Suba and Mile recorded their first demo
Demo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...

. The demo consisted of six songs: "Für immer Punk" (a Goldene Zitronen
Die Goldenen Zitronen
Die Goldenen Zitronen are a punk rock band from Hamburg, Germany that are known for their entertaining and politically relevant style. Their original name was Die Deutschen Nazikartoffeln . When the band formed in 1984 at the beginning of the “Fun-Punk”-movement, punk was their main style...

 cover), "Bonzo", "Savršeni marginalci", "Niemals", "Buntovnik" and "Čelične zavjese". The demo was recorded at Jozo in Trešnjevka
Trešnjevka
Trešnjevka is a large neighbourhood in the western part of the city of Zagreb, Croatia.It is administratively divided into two districts:* Trešnjevka - sjever...

, Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

. One week later, Mile and Zok were sent to do their military service.

When they returned from military service in 1990 they started playing again. The result were songs: "Princeza", "Heroin", "Dobro veče", "Trening za umiranje", "Buba švabe", "Zakaj se tak' oblačiš", "Pjevajte nešto ljubavno". These songs were recorded at Denis (a.k.a. Denyken) in Sopot
Sopot, Zagreb
Sopot is a residential neighbourhood of Zagreb, Croatia. It is part of the Novi Zagreb - istok district and it has a population of 8,741.Sopot was one of the earliest parts of Novi Zagreb to be built...

, Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

. These songs, along with modified "Marginalci" were published as a cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...

 in production of Megatherium rec.

Road to fame

Soon after Hladno pivo held their concerts in KSET and Video-teatar, they were accepted by the public. They soon recorded a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 of the song "Buba švabe" (remake of Toy Dolls
Toy Dolls
The Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band formed in 1979. Departing from the angry lyrics and music often associated with punk rock, The Toy Dolls worked within the aesthetics of punk to express a sense of fun, with songs such as "Yul Brynner Was a Skinhead", "My Girlfriend's Dad's a Vicar" and...

' song "Spiders in the Dressing Room") in Mile's house for 200 German mark
German mark
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s. This music video was broadcast as a part of a television music show called Hit-depo in April of 1992. This allowed the band to be introduced to whole of Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. The same year A. Dragaš and T. Šunjić offered the band to make a record as T.R.I.P. records. T.R.I.P. records had in that time negotiated with Croatia Records
Croatia Records
Croatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Dubrava in Zagreb.-Summary:Croatia Records d.d. is a joint stock company currently led by the Chairman of the Board of directors Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer...

. The result of the collaboration was the T.R.I.P. zone compilation where Hladno pivo appeared with two songs. On December 17 1992 in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 Hladno pivo opened for KUD Idijoti
KUD Idijoti
KUD Idijoti is a punk-rock band from Pula, Croatia. The band was formed on February 2, 1981 and released their first album in 1986...

. The band also appeared on the Tivoli festival with Dr. Nele Karajlić and his fraction of Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno Pušenje is a Yugoslavian garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire show Top Lista Nadrealista...

. The same year in November the band makes its first album
Album
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 - Džinovski
Džinovski
Džinovski is the first album by Hladno Pivo. It was recorded in November 1992 and released in March 1993.-Track listing:# Pjevajte nešto ljubavno - Sing something about love# Marija - Mary# Princeza - Princess# A što dalje - What next?# Marihuana...

at the Best Musicstudio, in Vrbik, Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

.

Džinovski
Džinovski
Džinovski is the first album by Hladno Pivo. It was recorded in November 1992 and released in March 1993.-Track listing:# Pjevajte nešto ljubavno - Sing something about love# Marija - Mary# Princeza - Princess# A što dalje - What next?# Marihuana...

was published in 1993 and was a hit. After Džinovski, Hladno pivo held about ten concerts in Croatia and Slovenia. In June 1993 Tedi left the band and was replaced by Hadžo from grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....

 group Patareni
Patareni
Patareni are a punk rock / noise / grindcore band from Croatia, formed in 1983. Owing to their formation at such an early date, they are considered to be one of the earliest grindcore bands. Their name comes from Pataria, a medieval sect....

. After that the band started practising a lot. While they were preparing for their next album, they held about 40 concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

s across Croatia, Slovenia and a concert in Bregenz
Bregenz
-Culture:The annual summer music festival Bregenzer Festspiele is a world-famous festival which takes place on and around a stage on Lake Constance, where a different opera is performed every second year.-Sport:* A1 Bregenz HB is a handball team....

, Austria
Austria
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. In 1993 Hladno pivo was awarded with the Porin music award
Porin (music award)
Porin is Croatian music award founded by Croatian Phonographic Association, Croatian Musicians Union, Croatian Radiotelevision and Croatian Composers' Society.-Lifetime Achievement Award:...

 for best alternative rock album.

On October 11 1994 Hladno pivo performed in Dom sportova
Dom Sportova
Dom Sportova is an indoor sporting arena, located in Zagreb, Croatia. The venue was built in 1972, on Trešnjevka, in the western part of the city. It has 32,000 m² of floorspace, and it features six halls...

, Trešnjevka
Trešnjevka
Trešnjevka is a large neighbourhood in the western part of the city of Zagreb, Croatia.It is administratively divided into two districts:* Trešnjevka - sjever...

 opening for the Ramones
Ramones
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. In February 1995 the band records their second album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 called G.A.D.
G.A.D.
G.A.D. is the second album by Hladno pivo. It was recorded in February 1995 and released in May the same year.-Track listing:# Razmišljam - I am thinking# U ritmu dlakave guze - In the rhythm of my hairy butt# Šank - Bar...

under T.R.I.P. records - Croatia Records
Croatia Records
Croatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Dubrava in Zagreb.-Summary:Croatia Records d.d. is a joint stock company currently led by the Chairman of the Board of directors Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer...

. The album G.A.D.
G.A.D.
G.A.D. is the second album by Hladno pivo. It was recorded in February 1995 and released in May the same year.-Track listing:# Razmišljam - I am thinking# U ritmu dlakave guze - In the rhythm of my hairy butt# Šank - Bar...

appeared on the market in May 1995. On January 19 1996 Hladno pivo held a concert in Skopje
Skopje
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, Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
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. In March 1997 the bend chose Jabukaton from Ljubljana, Slovenia as their recording studio and recorded their third album Desetka
Desetka
Desetka is the third album by Hladno Pivo. It was recorded in March 1997.-Contents:# Nema više... - There is no more...# Tema je - žena - Subject is: Woman# Sex bez kondoma i zvijezda.....

.
On 20th of September 2008 they performed in front of 20 000 people on band's 20th birthday in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

.

After the December 12 1998 concert in Celje
Celje
Celje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...

, Slovenia, Hadžo left the band, and was replaced by Šokec (bass guitar). In 1999 Suba had to do his military service and was temporary replaced with Matko from Makarska
Makarska
Makarska is a small town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split and northwest of Dubrovnik. It has a population of 13,716 residents. Administratively Makarska has the status of a town and it is part of the Split-Dalmatia County....

, Croatia. Their fourth album Pobjeda
Pobjeda (album)
Pobjeda is the fourth album by Hladno Pivo. It was released in 1999.-Track listing:# Kad ti život udahnem - When I breathe life in you# Svi smo ga mi voljeli - We all loved him# Debeli - fat boy# Sastanak u parku - Meeting in the park...

was recorded from August 16 till August 23 1999, this time under Gajba Records in collaboration with Dancing Bear. Gajba Records was founded because of the band's need to have a better control of the recording of the album. The band had two new members: Stipe (trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

) from Makarska
Makarska
Makarska is a small town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split and northwest of Dubrovnik. It has a population of 13,716 residents. Administratively Makarska has the status of a town and it is part of the Split-Dalmatia County....

, Croatia and Milko (keyboards
Keyboard instrument
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).

Discography

Title Released Recording studio Publisher
Džinovski
Džinovski
Džinovski is the first album by Hladno Pivo. It was recorded in November 1992 and released in March 1993.-Track listing:# Pjevajte nešto ljubavno - Sing something about love# Marija - Mary# Princeza - Princess# A što dalje - What next?# Marihuana...

March 1993
Best studio
Croatia Records
Croatia Records
Croatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Dubrava in Zagreb.-Summary:Croatia Records d.d. is a joint stock company currently led by the Chairman of the Board of directors Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer...

G.A.D.
G.A.D.
G.A.D. is the second album by Hladno pivo. It was recorded in February 1995 and released in May the same year.-Track listing:# Razmišljam - I am thinking# U ritmu dlakave guze - In the rhythm of my hairy butt# Šank - Bar...

May 1995
Oktava - digital
T.R.I.P. records / Croatia Records
Croatia Records
Croatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Dubrava in Zagreb.-Summary:Croatia Records d.d. is a joint stock company currently led by the Chairman of the Board of directors Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer...

Desetka
Desetka
Desetka is the third album by Hladno Pivo. It was recorded in March 1997.-Contents:# Nema više... - There is no more...# Tema je - žena - Subject is: Woman# Sex bez kondoma i zvijezda.....

1997
Jabukaton
Pobjeda
Pobjeda (album)
Pobjeda is the fourth album by Hladno Pivo. It was released in 1999.-Track listing:# Kad ti život udahnem - When I breathe life in you# Svi smo ga mi voljeli - We all loved him# Debeli - fat boy# Sastanak u parku - Meeting in the park...

1999
Gajba Records
Dancing Bear
Dancing Bear
Dancing Bear is a Croatian record label.Croatian artists that released their albums on the label include The Bambi Molesters, Daleka obala, Darko Rundek, Dino Dvornik, Gustafi, Hladno pivo, Ibrica Jusić, Dunja Knebl, Kojoti, Leteći odred and Majke....

Istočno od Gajnica
Istocno od Gajnica
Istočno od Gajnica is the fifth album by Hladno Pivo. It was released in 2000. This album is the first release of an Hladno Pivo live performance...

2000
Live concert
Dancing Bear
Šamar
Šamar
Šamar is the sixth album by the Croatian punk rock band Hladno Pivo. It was released in 2003.-Track Listing:...

2003
Dancing Bear
Knjiga žalbe
Knjiga žalbe
Knjiga žalbe is the sixth studio album released by the Croatian punk rock band Hladno pivo. It was released in 2007 by Menart Records.-Tracklist:# "Couvert" – 1:32# "Carstvo pasea" – 3:13# "Nije sve tako sivo" – 3:46# "Superman" – 3:44...

March 2007
Menart
Svijet glamura
Svijet glamura
Svijet glamura is the seventh studio album by the Croatian punk rock band Hladno pivo. The album was released on 18 April 2011.This is the band's first studio album in four years after their 2007 album Knjiga žalbe...

April 2011
Menart

Awards

  • Porin
    Porin (music award)
    Porin is Croatian music award founded by Croatian Phonographic Association, Croatian Musicians Union, Croatian Radiotelevision and Croatian Composers' Society.-Lifetime Achievement Award:...

     1993 - best alternative rock album
  • Porin
    Porin (music award)
    Porin is Croatian music award founded by Croatian Phonographic Association, Croatian Musicians Union, Croatian Radiotelevision and Croatian Composers' Society.-Lifetime Achievement Award:...

     2000 - best video spot, best alternative rock album
  • Porin
    Porin (music award)
    Porin is Croatian music award founded by Croatian Phonographic Association, Croatian Musicians Union, Croatian Radiotelevision and Croatian Composers' Society.-Lifetime Achievement Award:...

    2004 - best video spot, best vocal collaboration, best vocal group, best rock album

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