Aerodrom (also known as Jurica Pađen & Aerodrom) is a

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n rock band from

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. Aerodrom was founded in 1978 by

Jurica Pađen Jurica Pađen (born 3 February 1955) is a Croatian singer and guitarist. He was a founding member of the bands Parni valjak and Aerodrom and member of Azra and Grupa 220. During the 1990s he started his own group Pađen Band. In the 2000s he was ...

, former member of rock bands Grupa 220 and

Parni valjak Parni Valjak (; "steamroller") is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene, and one of the top rock bands in Croatia. Biography Parni Valjak was founded in 1975 in Zagreb. Unl ...

. Aerodrom saw its greatest success in the early 1980s. Between 1979 and 1986 the band produced five studio albums, before disbanding in 1987. Between 1987 and 1990, Pađen was a member of

Azra Azra was a Croatian and Yugoslav rock band that was one of the most popular acts of the Yugoslav new wave music of the 1980s. Azra was formed in 1977 by its frontman Branimir "Johnny" Štulić. The other two members of the original line-up we ...

. In 1994, he formed Pađen band. In 2001, he launched a comeback of Aerodrom, with two of the band's original members. Since then Aerodrom has released four studio albums, a live album, a best-of compilation album and a box set of their first 5 albums from the 1980s.

Members

;Current members *

- Guitars,

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Tomislav Šojat -

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 ...

*Ivan Havidić - Guitars *Damir Medić - Drums ;Past members *Remo Cartagine – Bass *Zlatan Živković – Lead vocals,

percussions 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. Excl ...

, drums, keyboards *Mladen Krajnik – Keyboards *Zoran Kraš – Keyboards *Paolo Sfeci – Drums *Branko Knežević – Drums *Nenad Smoljanović – Drums,

*Slavko Pintarić 'Pišta' – Drums

Timeline

ImageSize = width:950 height:400 PlotArea = left:110 bottom:120 top:0 right:30 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1978 till:01/03/2021 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitars id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Keyboards value:purple legend:Keyboards id:Lines value:black legend:Studio albums id:Lines2 value:gray(0.85) legend:Recording_of_Live_Albums Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1978 ScaleMinor = increment:2 start:1979 LineData = at:01/11/1979 color:black layer:back at:01/03/1981 color:black layer:back at:01/05/1982 color:black layer:back at:01/05/1984 color:black layer:back at:01/05/1986 color:black layer:back at:01/11/2001 color:black layer:back at:01/12/2007 color:black layer:back at:03/12/2012 color:black layer:back at:22/11/2019 color:black layer:back at:13/12/2008 color:Lines2 layer:back BarData = bar:Pađen text:"Jurica Pađen" bar:Pađen1 text:"Jurica Pađen" bar:Živković text:"Zlatan Živković" bar:Cartagine text:"Remo Cartagine" bar:Šojat text:"Tomislav Šojat" bar:Sfeci text:"Paolo Sfeci" bar:Knežević text:"Branko Knežević" bar:Smoljanović text:"Nenad Smoljanović" bar:Živković1 text:"Zlatan Živković" bar:Pintarić text:"Slavko Pintarić" bar:Medić text:"Damir Medić" bar:Havidić text:"Ivan Havidić" bar:Krajnik text:"Mladen Krajnik" bar:Kraš text:"Zoran Kraš" PlotData= width:10 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4) bar:Pađen from:01/01/1978 till:01/12/1986 color:guitar bar:Pađen from:01/12/2000 till:end color:guitar bar:Pađen1 from:01/01/1982 till:01/12/1986 color:vocals bar:Pađen1 from:01/12/2000 till:end color:vocals bar:Živković from:01/01/1978 till:01/01/1982 color:vocals bar:Cartagine from:01/01/1978 till:01/12/1986 color:bass bar:Šojat from:01/12/2000 till:end color:bass bar:Sfeci from:01/01/1978 till:01/06/1980 color:drums bar:Knežević from:01/06/1980 till:01/01/1984 color:drums bar:Smoljanović from:01/01/1984 till:01/01/1986 color:drums bar:Živković1 from:01/01/1986 till:01/12/1986 color:drums bar:Živković1 from:01/12/2000 till:01/01/2005 color:drums bar:Pintarić from:01/01/2005 till:01/06/2008 color:drums bar:Medić from:01/06/2009 till:end color:drums bar:Havidić from:01/02/2008 till:end color:guitar bar:Krajnik from:01/01/1978 till:01/01/1982 color:keyboards bar:Krajnik from:01/12/2000 till:01/01/2005 color:keyboards bar:Kraš from:01/01/1982 till:01/01/1984 color:keyboards

Discography

Studio albums

*''Kad misli mi vrludaju'' (

Jugoton Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, SR Croatia. History Jugoton was formed in 1947. It is notable for releasing some of the most important former Yugoslav pop and rock records. ...

, 1979) *''Tango bango'' (Jugoton, 1981) *''

Obične ljubavne pjesme ''Obične ljubavne pjesme'' is the third album of the Croatian rock band Aerodrom, released through Jugoton in 1982. This is the first album that introduces Jurica Pađen as a lead vocal, what he will remain until today. The album contains their ...

'' (Jugoton, 1982) *''

Dukat i pribadače ''Dukat i pribadače'' is the fourth album of the Croatian rock band Aerodrom, released through Jugoton in 1984. The album is recorded as a trio with the new drummer Nenad Smoljanović. The keyboards were played by Rajko Dujmić of Novi Fosili, ...

'' (Jugoton, 1984) *''

Trojica u mraku ''Trojica u mraku'' is the fifth album of the Croatian rock band Aerodrom, released through Jugoton in 1986. The album was named after the comic book drawn by Andrija Maurović and introduced band's frontman Jurica Pađen as a producer, with a ...

'' (Jugoton, 1986) *''

Na travi ''Na travi'' is the sixth album of the Croatian rock band Aerodrom, released through Croatia Records in 2001, 15 years after their last album '' Trojica u mraku'' and the breakup. Three original members of the band, frontman jurica Pađen, Mlad ...

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, 2001) *'' Rock @ Roll'' (Croatia Records, 2007) *'' Taktika noja'' ( Menart, 2012) *'' Dnevni rituali'' (Croatia Records, 2019)

Live albums

*'' Hitovi i legende'' (Croatia Records, 2009)

Compilations

*'' Flash Back 1979-1986'' (Croatia Records, 1996) *'' The Ultimate Collection'' (Croatia Records, 2008) *''

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'' (Croatia Records, 2020)

Box Sets

*'' The Original Album Collection'' (Croatia Records, 2018)

References

14.studenog Jurica Pađen & Aerodrom u "Tvornici kulture"

External links

Official Youtube channel
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