The story of Rock`n`Roll made in Pula (and Istria)

This is a blog where you will find music from one of the richest rock-scene from Croatia, the city of PULA rock-scene.There will be some Istrian music too, as Istria is the region of Croatia to which Pula belongs to.You will find here how good and different was the Pula scene, with some of the bands recognised worldwide.

WELCOME TO PULA!

PS:All the infos about the bands are approximative, and will be changed with every useful info I get from the members of the bands!

PPS: Please notice that the NON-HIGHLIGHTED name of a certain release is a part of band`s audiography, but not available for download, for not having the permission or for respecting the authors rights. Or, of course, not yet in my possession.

Thursday 13 February 2014

ZHEL (1995-)

One of the most outstanding, yet mysterious artists from Pula, Zeljko Vukicevic a.k.a. Zhel started the ZHEL project with many guest musicians in 1995 (Zhel was his pseudonym from 1992/3, but decided later to call this band Zhel), but personally Zeljko is involved in music and the Pula Rock scene since the end of the 70s. With the ongoing activities of his project, the line-up which became more or less stable started to play as a band named ZHEL around 1996/97 .Zeljko is now living and working in London, he is actively involved in video art and movies, so on April 11th, Zeljko will perform a video installation in Pula. And he is still carying the band on, more as a personal project. 

PS: unfortunately, none of the Zhel releases will be available for download here. Instead, you can listen for free or buy the digital albums at the band`s bandcamp page : 







cassette "Northern Eye, Southern Blood, Western Bullet, Eastern God" 1995

CD "Northern Eye, Southern Blood, Western Bullet, Eastern God" 1996

7" single "Believe In Beijing/Natali" 1997 (discarded)

CD "Ponte Rosso" 1998

Unplugged at Radio Maestral 1998

CD "Unreleased Recordings 2001/2003" 2003

CD "Baby Lizard Stew" (feat. Spandix) 2003

CD "Happyend In The Lubberland" 2004

CD "Pelican Tired Of Re-runs" 2006 (released 2012)

CD "Silver Service" 2008

CD "Zhel Live At INK 1995" 2015

CD "Kicks And Bruises" 2017