Peter "Pero" Lovšin (born June 27, 1955) is a Slovenian musician, songwriter and singer, best known as a frontman of the first Yugoslav punk rock group ''

Pankrti Pankrti (The ''Bastards'' in Slovene) are a punk rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active in the late 1970s and 1980s. They were known for provocative and political songs. They billed themselves as ''The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtai ...

''. After a period with Pankrti in the 1980s, he formed a successful rock band '' Sokoli'' and later continued with a great solo career. He is best known for working with rock music, but also with

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in the later stages of his 30-year career. He supported the

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on their 1996 tour and is now playing with

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(

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, U2). In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he organized several tours with

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musicians

Vlado Kreslin Vlado Kreslin (born 29 November 1953) is a Slovenian singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. Life and work Kreslin was born in the village of Beltinci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. He began his musical caree ...

and

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 ...

. Among others, they composed the anthem of the

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for the

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Slovenian rock musicians 1955 births Living people {{Slovenia-musician-stub

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