Avtomobili is a

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new wave music group associated with pop and

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musical styles. Avtomobili was formed in 1982 in

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by brothers Marko and Mirko Vuksanović. In the 1980s they performed in the republics of the former Yugoslavia, mostly outside Slovenia. Initial songs were sung in

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language. Avtomobili released twelve albums, one of which was a live album called ''Klub Klubov.'' Two were compilations: ''Drugi Svet'' and ''Največji zadetki.'' For a limited time, the group was the

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Zoran Predin Zoran Predin (born 16 June 1958) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter from Maribor. In the 1980s, he was the front man of the new wave rock band ''Lačni Franz''. He also writes music for film, television, and theatre. In the late 1990s and early 20 ...

Members

Original members

* Marko Vuksanović -

lead vocalist The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Mirko Vuksanović -

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

backing vocalist A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

* Roman Nussdorfer -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Valter Simončič -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Mitja Mokrin -

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

Current members

* Marko Vuksanović - lead vocalist * Mirko Vuksanović - synthesizer, backing vocalist * Boštjan Andrejc "Bushy" - guitar, backing vocalist * David Šuligoj - bass guitar * David Morgan - drums,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Past members

* Roman Nussdorfer - guitar * Valter Simončič - drums * Mitja Mokrin - saxophone * Lucijan Kodermac - drums * Alan Jakin - guitar * Marko Lasič - drums * Bor Zuljan - guitar in ''Tukaj v vasi''

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Prizes

* 1984 – Youth Festival in

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(first prize) * 1994 – Zlati Petelin * 1996 – Zlati Petelin

Links

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