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.

Monday, 1 February 2016

SCIKE (2007-)


Scike is a very original band that connects istrian traditional music with a lot of other musical styles, including Reggae, Jazz, Rock and even Heavy Metal. In this concept more than welcome is the use of traditional istrian instruments such as mih, sopile, bajs, triestine accordeon and others. They released a perfectly produced album in 2013, and continuing in creating exciting music.
The material given very kindly by the band itself. Thanks.



Saturday, 2 January 2016

NEW VIDEOS OF BANDS FROM PULA!!! part 2

I alredy made a post with all the new videos from Pula and Istria, so this is part two. As the videos are released, I will add them to this post, so don`t worry if you see just 2-3 vids now.

GUSTAFI - THC BALUN (CUMBIA ISTRIANA)


DOGMA - KAKO SE OSJECAS DANAS



LJUNA - PITANJE CASTI



BON VOYAGE - PREKASNO



IRENA GIORGI - ZAR SE OPET LJUTIS



NOLA - MOJ SVIJET



2CELLOS - WHOLE LOTTA LOVE vs. BEETHOVEN`S 5th



GUSTAFI - U MOJOJ GLAVI

Monday, 7 December 2015

DIONIS (1986-1991)

Another band I really don`t remeber much about, except that they were very popular among the teeny girls in Pula by the end of the 80s. They played a kind of Pop Rock, very sloppy at the beginning, then a little better in the second demo. They disappeared silently, years later their vocalist died, and Dionis remained just a memory. There is a video performance from a guitar contest, I will put it here as soon as I rip it.



Thursday, 8 October 2015

THINK (1993-1998)


THINK were one of the bands I put in the section "bands I have no info about", but the vocalist Danilo contacted me and I got a few more infos, so it is fair to separate them. I was promised that the pic will arrive soon, so this is hopefully a temporary image.

THINK were founded by the split-up of Confusione Totale caused by the (then) obligatory army service. So Danilo and the CT`s guitarist and drummer joined together and formed Think in 1993. Think played a lot of shows during their existence, they even played outside Croatia, and recorded two demos, of which only the second is available. The first demo was given only to close friends, so it is a rarity today. They finally split in 1998.


1st demo, 1994 (??)

Thursday, 3 September 2015

Some bands I have no infos about...


Well, this is a kind of posts I really don`t like, because I want to give you at least the basic informations about every band, but these bands here are bands I know nothing about. If any member, friend or fan knows something about these band and give me informations about them, I will move them to a regular personal title/post.

All I know and if can help you, Bakhuz played some New Wave/Alternative stuff, and the other band was Punk/Hardcore.



Friday, 24 July 2015

FLANGER DANGER (2010-2015)


FLANGER DANGER was formed in 2010, by very talented veterans of the Pula Rock scene. The very next year they recorded their first demo tape, and in 2014 they entered the Partyzan Studio in Pula and recorded their first full lenght album. They play a kind of Alternative Metal, and if you ask me, they remind me of Soundgarden.. Try them yourself!
Update 2020: the band disbanded soon after the album in 2015.


demo CD "Sedam i druge apokalipticne pjesmice" 2011


Sunday, 5 July 2015

KUD IDIJOTI part 3 - OFFICIAL ALBUMS (1987-2001)


Line up 1 - LtR - Tusta, Ptica, Dr.Fric, Sale Veruda


Line up 2 - LtR - Sale Veruda, Dejo, Tusta, Bucolini

Here is the part 3 (of 4) of the huge KUD IDIJOTI discography collection. As you may previously know, the band had 2 line-ups. The last line-up released just the last album, all the rest is recorded by the first and more known line up.
Among the album discography there is one EP compilation. The "Bolivia R`n`R" compilation (the band`s first LP ever) contains few demo tracks added. 
One more thing in the album discography collection is the "Omladina 1987" material (on video here!), which is actually just the KUD Idijoti (live) stuff from a compilation LP, but I put it here because it is their first appearance on a vinyl album (I remember that this was very important to Sale Veruda, who was and still is a vinyl record fan).
The last three albums are major label releases, so not downloadable.










LP "Cijena Ponosa" 1997

CD "Gratis Hits - Live" 1999

LP "Remek Djelo" 2001

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

NEW VIDEOS OF BANDS FROM PULA!!!

HERE ARE SOME NEW VIDEOS MADE IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS!!

GUSTAFI - HITI SE NA MENE


ANTITODOR - KAPITALISTIČKA


SASA 21 - KRATKO I KONKRETNO


VIA LUCE - NE DA MI SE


OLIVER KOVACH - NINA


BARBARI - 4


NIGHT EXPRESS - ZA TEBE


NEZAKCIJ - STRAH


2CELLOS - HYSTERIA


NOLA - DRUKCIJE



ZGOBECENA SHAGOMA - ZBOG6



ANGER - BE STRONG, GET STRONGER



2CELLOS - THEY DON`T CARE ABOUT US



BON VOYAGE - ZBOG NAS



ZGOBECENA SHAGOMA - TRALFAMADORE



NOLA - DRUKCIJE



DOGMA - KOLIKO TREBA DO TEBE

Thursday, 2 April 2015

LOGARITMI (1963-1967) / BEATSTONES (1967-1972)

LOGARITMI (1963-1967)

One of the very first rock bands in Pula was a band that, accidentally, was formed by my father, Dominik Dinko Bijazic, and was called LOGARITMI. Actually, they were a cover band all the time, they never wrote their own song, but anyway Rock`n`Roll entered the city of Pula. Initially, they played covers of instrumental bands such as The Shadows and The Ventures, to pass to vocal containing songs by Beatles and Rolling Stones to name a few. An interesting fact is that in Logaritmi, two members of the most popular band from Pula ever, Atomsko Skloniste, started their musical carreers; Bruno Langer and Sasa Dadic (respectively later bassist and drummer, the rhythm section of the first Atomsko Skloniste line-up from 1975 to 1980). As the technical possibilities in Pula at the time were almost zero, there is NO AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDING whatsoever of Logaritmi. All the pictures here are my father`s private collection. All the pictures are made around 1966.








BEATSTONES (1967-1972)

BEATSTONES was the follow-up to Logaritmi, just before the band transferred to Italy, where they will remain and play until early 1972. There was a slight line-up change as not all of them were ready or willing to leave Pula. As my father told to me, there was a 1 COPY vinyl made of one of their live shows played in Italy, and it supposedly remained in Italy, as Emmerich Horn, decided not to come back to Pula. I tried to search the guy, but completely without any possible success.



Friday, 27 February 2015

SAKE (2001-)


This is an excellent Punk Rock band of the 2k generation, but already lasting for almost 15 years. In 2014. the band signed for the independent Geenger Records label from Croatia and released their first official album. In their carreer they won an important croatian underground festival HGF, and played many shows all over the region, including almost all important independent music festivals. Of course, more to be heard from the band in the future.


Demo 2002

Demo 2005

Demo 2008

Album material 2011./2012. (officially released in 2014.)

CD "Getaway" 2014
(the link provided for the album is an external link provided by the band, soon a blog`s own link)