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Pips, Chips & Videoclips
12+ albums
alternativerockalternative rockcroatianindie
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The Astronauts are: Daddy Kardinal Šinec Droid Ager Junior Biography: The band's very first appearance in public in ‘92 with their début single, supporter's anthem “Dinamo ja volim” (based on traditional «You'll never walk alone»), indicated a big career ahead of them, as the single broke all rating records and became absolute hit of the year. We are talking about the song that critics with all reasons call the Croatian version of the famous “Anarchy in UK” by Sex Pistols. But, it was only the beginning – their debut album «Shimpoo Pimpoo», released towards the end of ‘93 showed that PC&VC were capable of offering utmost diversified material, ranging from cabaret pop to fierce punk. Most of the songs from the album were used during ‘94 in a very successful play «Dobrodošli u plavi pakao» by Borivoj Radaković. It wasn't their only collaboration with theatre – in ‘95 they made a soundtrack for rock-drama «Mafija!» by Lukas Nola. In December of the same year their second album “Dernjava” was released. Very mature, high-quality achievement earns the band appreciation from those parts of Croatia that formerly weren't so keen for them, as well as a breakthrough to the neighbor markets in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. «Dernjava» brings the very first Porin (Croatian equivalent to Grammy) in ‘96 for the best alternative album and it also marks the stabilization of the band's line-up (Šparka – drums, Borščak – bass, Kralja – guitar, Tićo – guitar, Ripper – vocals), which
