WITCHCRAFT

Dean Harder aka Vinnie Witchcraft

1987 čitajući jednu knjigu naišao sam na termin "Witchcraft" i ne sluteći kakvu nesreću donosi ta riječ odlučio sam je upotrijebiti za ime mog novog banda. Nakon što sam komponirao nekoliko pjesama pozvao sam za pjevača tada još mladog preplašenog momčića s naočalama i malo dužom kosicom po imenu Siniša Vuco.



Siniša Vuco aka Sinnie Wolf

Vokalne vježbe su održane u stanu moga oca na četrnaestom katu na opće nezadovoljstvo susjeda i uske obitelji. Nedugo zatim snimili smo prvi demo u dnevnom boravku našeg prijatelja Fržopa. Nezadovoljan produkcijom nazvao sam Silvija Škaru Bracu i dogovorio termin za novo snimanje. Na pamet mi je palo da kombiniram melodično pjevanje i urlanje pa sam pozvao Denisa Gabrića (Evil Blood) da odurla nekoliko strofa i refrena. Uz to sam ga još i ubijedio da snimimo par pjesama od Evil Blooda s mojim aranžmanima i na moj način na što je i pristao.



Evil Blood / Witchcraft (1988): Dean, Ivan (666) & Dennis

Za basistu sam pozvao Milana Čojića Čoju a za klasične gitare Nenu Munitića. Klavijature je odsvirao momak kojemu sam nažalost zaboravio ime, a Braco je programirao bubanj i snimio nekoliko solo gitara. Ritam gitare i ostale solo gitare sam snimio ja i tako je 1989 nastao taj legendarni album "Eternal Sea".



Witchcraft - Eternal Sea

Potom sam i montirao amaterski video za pjesmu "Sinful Nun" koja je nekoliko puta bila prikazivana u Metal Mania emisiji Gordana Penava Pište. Reakcije su bile odlične ali nažalost u to vrijeme nije bilo moguće objaviti taj materijal u državi. Zato sam napravio deset kopija i razaslao ih po Njemačkoj i Nizozemskoj. Denisu Gabriću se materijal toliko svidio da me zamolio da mu dopustim da još jednom odurla cijeli album i tako je nastala i druga verzija albuma samo s njegovim glasom. Nakon toga sam tražio bubnjara koji bi to mogao svirati uživo. Nakon dvije godine marljivog vježbanja materijal je savladao Elvis Katić.



Elvis Katić

Za novoga pjevača i basistu pozvao sam Davora Dadu Gradinskog (Osmi putnik). Tada smo ponovno snimili baladu "To Hell And Back" s Dadinim glasom i čak nastupili s njom u dvorani Gripe. Na bini je bio i Bojan Antolić (Osmi putnik) i Neno Munitić s klasičnom gitarom. Nedugo nakon toga započelo je i snimanje prvog video spota u HNK i HRT studiu u Splitu. Dogovorio sam i koncert u Zlatnim vratima, ali par dana prije koncerta Davor Dado Gradinski napušta band. Koncert je odgođen i nekoliko mjeseci kasnije održan s novim pjevačem iz Rijeke Grofom Hictalerom i novim basistom Damirom Krvavicom. Nakon koncerta odlazim u Zagreb radi emitiranja spota ali Ksenija Urličić ga je stopirala jer je bio na engleskom jeziku. Kratko se pojavljujem u Metal Mania emisiji s isječcima koncerta u Zlatnim vratima i managerom Ivom Ivicom Lemom koji nakon emisije završava u zatvoru zbog nekih prijašnjih mutnih radnji. Ja i Grof odlazimo u Njemačku gdje nas čeka bubnjar Elvis Katić i u Hamburgu pronalazim novog basistu Stefana Kordsa.



Witchcraft (1993)

U Wiesbadenu srećem Hall Patina (basistu Kinga Diamonda) koji i priznaje da je album "The Eye" nastao od pokradenih ideja s Witchcraft "Eternal Sea" albuma.



Hal Patino

U Hamburgu dobivam ugovor s Limb Music Publishing (Helloween, Angra, Rapshody) ali ga zbog loših uvijeta ne potpisujem. Elvis i Grof napuštaju band, a ja pokušavam raditi s Michaelom Kiskeom i Ingom Schwitzenbergom (ex Helloween).



Michael Kiske



Ingo Schwichtenberg

Nakon tri probe Ingo izvršava suicide i ta kombinacija propada.

Slijedeći pokušaj je s Ralphom Scheepersom (Primal Fear, ex Gamma Ray), ali ovaj se žali da je materijal previše mračan.



Ralph Scheepers

Nakon toga sam u pregovorima s Juttom Weinhold (ex Zed Yago, Velvet Viper) ali ona ne želi nastupati pod imenom Witchcraft nego kao solo pjevačica što je za mene neprihvatljivo.



Jutta Weinhold

Potom odlazim u Švedsku kod Andya LaRocquea i pokušavam pronaći pjevača ali bezuspješno.



Andy LaRocque

U Kopenhagenu srećem Kima Bendixa Petersona aka Kinga Diamonda i potražujem od njega novac koji mi duguje zbog pokradenih ideja međutim u to doba i on sam ima velike novčane probleme.



Kim Bendix Peterson aka King Diamond

Vraćam se u Hamburg i organiziram snimanje u studiu Chameleon i dolaze Elvis Katić i Goran Karan.



Goran Karan

Nastaju četiri pjesme i kratko nakon snimanja Goran napušta band i vraća se u Hrvatsku. Sljedeći kandidat je Henning Basse (Metalium, Sons Of Seasons) pod managementom Larsa Ratza (Zed Yago, Velvet Viper, Metalium) ali i ta kombinacija propada.



Henning Basse



Lars Ratz

Elvis napušta Njemačku i odlazi u Ameriku, a ja pokušavam po zadnji put složiti band. Lars Ratz organizira snimanje u Hagenu kod Andya i Hammerhart (Tracelords, Powergod) a ja dovodim pjevačicu Ines Žižić.



Ines Žižić

Nastaje demo s tri pjesme ali nakon burne rasprave oko raspodijele novca band se definitivno raspada 2002 u tisuću komada. Nakon toga viješam gitaru o klin i radim glazbenu pauzu od tri godine...

Pozdrav Dean Harder aka Vinnie Witchcraft



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Mirko Barbir & Michael Ehre (Metalium) @ Kee Marcello + Alen Brentini @ Nina 2 - Rijeka 22.05.2009

MONOX

Monox is a Death Metal band from Rijeka, Croatia formed in 2002. According to the band members, Monox was created due to their wish to stop being merely passive consumers of music; they wished to create it as well.

For several years, they experimented with what kind of music they can create when five of them play together. Often asked about the influences, their response was similar to "From the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King and dark, obscure poems of E.A.Poe to the politics, violence, deterioration of human mind and society these are the places where we find our main inspiration".

In 2007, they settled on their own style, and a new era of Monox emerged. The band it self was going thru some serious members searching, and it has finalized when the final four came on stage! Current best working lineup was formed in year 2009 (after they recorded a short EP for public introduction), and is in process of finishing the recording of their first full album and video with following band members:

Tonko - vocals
Dorian - guitars, back vocals
Marko - bass
Ivo - drums

In summer of 2009 Monox was invited by Paranoid Open Air festival in Slovenia to play side by side with bands such as Candlemass, Blaze Bayley, Hate Eternal, Agnostic Front, Theatres Des Vampires etc... It was their first major gig, and was done with absolutely no stage nervousity, as it was a mere band rehersal. After POA, Monox started to play more and more gigs, and finally reached a point where they become invited by bands from across Europe, to stand and play by their side!



» www.myspace.com/monoxband

JOKERI

Jokeri su mladi riječki Rock band. Postoje od 2003 godine. Prije su djelovali pod imenom Lightning. Band svira Rock covere (u repertoaru ima 80ak domaćih i stranih pjesama). Sviraju hitove od Bon Jovia, Metallice, Joe Cockera, Tine Turner, Queena, Europea, Deep Purplea, Whitesnakea pa do Divljih Jagoda, Atomskog Skloništa, Parnog Valjka, Prljavog Kazalista, Gibonnia, Tošeta Proeskog, Bijelog Dugmeta.

Jokere je osnovao gitarist Damjan Brnić, a od ljeta 2008 band djeluje u postavi: Dario Grujić (vokal), Andrej Tomšić (bass), Danko Crnković (klavijature) i Silvien Krošnjak (bubnjevi).

Svi članovi banda svakodnevno se bave glazbom...

Jokeri trenutno rade na snimanju prvih autorskih stvari i spota za pjesmu "Sjeti se sad".

» www.myspace.com/jokeriband

NIKOLINA CAPAN

• rođena 03.04.1980 u Ogulinu...

• završila gimnaziju u Ogulinu, davno davno i još davnije upisala Fakultet za menagement u turizmu i ugostiteljstvu :) - nakon dugogdodišnjeg studiranja (i upoznavanja Rijeke i okolice) napokon ga privodim kraju... :)

• 10 godina sam živjela u Opatiji, gdje sam upoznala puno prijatelja i nevjerojatnih ljudi... Oni su zaslužni za neke stvari kojima se bavim danas, kao npr. grafički design... Tj., Photoshop i pomalo ostali programi... Još učim...

• drugi frend inspirirao me svojom glazbom i trudom, tako da sam slušajući njegovu muziku palila Photoshop i pokušavala te emocije pretočiti u sliku... Došlo je samo po sebi, potreba da napravim sliku i da se izrazim..

• obožavam energiju ... energiju u glazbi, energiju u ljudima, energiju u slikama... Pa tako i u svemu ostalome... :) Kad osjetim ono nešto što me potakne da se zamislim... :)

• iskreno, puno slika je nastalo kada sam morala sjesti za knjigu i učiti, tada mi je nekako inspiracija bila "najžešća"! Hm, pitam se zašto??!! :) Knjiga ili Photoshop!!!???? :)

• većinom su te slike ostajale puniti memoriju na mom kompu...

• zahvaljujući mladom glazbeniku iz Rijeke, Alenu Brentiniu, koji mi je ukazao povjerenje, nastao je i CD omot za njegov album "Treća Dimenzija"... Na omotu smo radili zajedno, njegove ideje je ipak trebalo nekako posložiti u tu kutijicu... :) Mogu reći da mi je taj CD omot jedna od dražih stvari koje sam napravila.



Alen Brentini - "Treća Dimenzija" cover by Nikolina Capan

• uz Alena i njegovu preporuku došao je i Ayra i njegov CD omot za album "Ayra". Alen i Ayra , hvala vam...



Ayra - "Ayra" cover by Nikolina Capan

• ove vruće dane provodim u učenju, pisanju diplomskog, izradi pokojeg plakata i iščekivanju slijedećeg koncerta na koji želim ići... :)



Nikolina Capan & Mirko Barbir @ Kee Marcello / Alen Brentini @ Nina 2 - Rijeka 22.05.2009

Svi moji prijatelji, obitelj, ljudi oko mene i način na koji sam proživjela te lude studentske dane naučili su me da cijenim ono što imam i da uživam u malim stvarima, a najbolje od svega - da je život nevjerojatno lijep! :)

• kao klinka sam puno maštala i sanjarila, ni sada nije drukčije... :) Da li sam realna, jesam... Prerealna ponekad... Znam kako svijet funkcionira... Učila sam i na svojim greškama i na tuđim, i još uvijek učim... To je bit svega... Volim život, volim glazbu, volim ljude...
Volim kad netko zna cijeniti... Ljuti me kad ne zna...

Hey guys, don't take people for granted... And don't forget to Rock!!!

Toliko od mene,
Nikolina Capan

Profile

Ime: Nikolina
Prezime: Capan
Nadimak: Nina, Nidžo, Nikki...
Datum rođenja: 03.04.1980
Horoskopski znak/podznak: Ovan/Rak
Astrološka godina: Majmun/Konj
Mjesto rođenja: Ogulin
Roditelji: najbolji na svijetu, otac Boris i majka Slavica
Braća/sestre: Antonija
Dečko: mora biti dobar, zgodan, pametan i znati šta želi... samo to.. :)))
Prebivalište: za kompom i knjigom... :)
Visina: mini izdanje - 1,63 m
Težina: zimi više, ljeti manje... :)
Boja kose: varijante smeđe
Boja očiju: zelena
Hobbies: photoshop, glazba, izlasci, koncerti...
Prvo pojavljivanje u javnosti: daleko sam ja od javnosti... :)
Fan je: dobrog Rocka i Bluesa...
Naj jelo: mmmmmm, škampi na žaru
Naj piće: nemam neko naj piće, bitno samo da glava ne boli... :)
Naj CD: hm, uh puno ih je.. Pa recimo "Acoustic Cuts" od Richie Kotzena ili npr. "Voice" od Neal Schona
Naj glazba: Whitesnake, Richie Kotzen, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Neal Schon i mnogi drugi... Jedna od najdražih pjesama mi je "Here I Go Agaian" od Whitesnake
Naj knjiga: sve što nema veze s literaturom na faksu.. :)))
Naj mjesto: bilo gdje uz more
Naj glumac: nemam nekog favorita
Naj film: uuuu, "Stil Crazy" i "Almost Famous" naravno...
Naj auto: svaki koji služi svrsi i ima klimu (da ne budem preskromna) :)
Naj životinja:
Životni moto: živi i pusti druge da žive!
Religija: treba vjerovati i činiti dobro
Droga: nikako i nikad
Kod kuće: je lijepo
Kako bi željela umrijeti: brzo i s osmijehom na licu..
Državljanstvo: hrvatsko
Naj cipele: starke i kaubojke :)
Naj cvijet: ruža
Naj boja: svaka boja ima nešto...
Naj parfem: Miracle - Lancome
Naj fashion designer:
Obrazovanje: apsolvent FTHM u Opatiji
Sport: samo rekreativno i kampanjski kad ne stanem u stare traperice :)
Prvi koncert kojem si prisustvovala: ajme, ne znam... Možda Parni Valjak
Ljubav je: spiritus movens
Sex: intenzitet, "feeling za feeling" :)
Nevjera: sveprisutna, nažalost
Brak: možda jednog dana
Djeca: možda jednog dana
Volim: obitelj, glazbu, prijatelje, društvo, intenzitet, pozitivnu energiju, zvuk gitare, more, prirodu, kavu, fino vino, izmjenu godišnjih doba, humanost, pravdu...
Ne volim: nepravdu i omalovažavanje
Cigareta: James Dean...
Kontracepcija: bitna
Prijateljstvo: užasno bitno
Idealan provod: otići na Rock koncert s ekipom
Posebno pamtim: radna ljeta na Cresu, ekipu s faksa, izlaske u 051, lungo mare, i još neke slatke trenutke... :)
Karijera: kad god dođe, dobro dođe.. :)
Odmor: uz more..
Mane: uuuuuuuuu, puno ih je...
Vrline: nađe se možda koja...
Nerješivi problem: nema takvih. Sve se može riješiti, ali treba biti uporan..
Nakit: manje je više
Tattoo: možda jednog dana kad skupim hrabrosti za onu iglu :)
Budućnost: nepredvidiva, veselim joj se
Neispunjena želja: put oko svijeta

» www.myspace.com/ncapan

ALOHA FROM HELL

When German Rock shooting stars Aloha From Hell lifted off to conquer the charts, it happened so fast that it must have nearly blown up all "Fasten your seat belts" - signs on board. With their super-catchy radio Rock track "Don't Gimme That", which was launched as the first single in Germany in June 2008, Vivi, Moo, Andy, Feli and Max settled down easily in German Airplay-Charts, got played in heaviest rotation at German music TV-channel VIVA (a MTV Viacom Company) and finally made it straight into the official sales Top 30. The song remained in the German singles charts for more than two months. This fast-paced start did not only pull a huge amount of new fans in Germany, the Aloha From Hell hype has reached an international level. More than a million music fans from all over the word visited the band's MySpace-Site, every day more than 2.500 visitors check out the site (peak: up to 45.000 a day). More than 1.5 million people watched the Aloha From Hell debut video on YouTube - within only three months.

But the five group members from Aschaffenburg (Bavaria) had not shot their wad with their first smash hit. With the big ballad "Walk Away" the young band delivered an alarmingly perfect follow-up: The goose-bumps inducing song, which offers all it takes to fill the largest stadiums und was picked by Germany's largest private TV network RTL as the trailer song for their massive Christmas-campaign, stormed the German charts and peaked at number 26. For the fist time in their career the five-piece entered the Top 50 of the German radio charts. Another astonishing figure: The videos for "Don't Gimme That" and "Walk Away" gathered more than five million views on video websites YouTube and MyVideo (biggest German video platform)!

Both singles were produced by Alex Wende and René Rennefeld who have proven their chart-capability with their work for many other very successful German bands like Die Prinzen and H-Blockx. The songs were recorded at famous Hansa Studios in Berlin, where icons like Depeche Mode, Lou Reed and David Bowie created some of their legendary masterpieces. In the last months, Aloha From Hell completed their first album "No More Days To Waste" there – an overwhelming experience for the teenagers. The 17 songs strong debut set was released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic on the 16th of January 2009 – plus it’s available in the US via iTunes Shop! Releases in other countries (i.e. France, Japan) are currently being lined-up. Given their worldwide appeal and growing popularity (with thirty (!) international fan clubs and support websites in Poland, Hungary, Norway, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Belarus, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Austria and the USA) it’s likely Aloha From Hell can add several countries to that list very shortly.

Besides laying down the songs for their highly anticipated debut album, the band played around 40 shows between July and December 2008, among them big events and venues like Energy In The Park und You Fair in Berlin, Mega Rock in Erfurt, Olympiahalle and Tollwood in Munich, Stararena in Braunschweig and on the New Year’s Eve in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Despite their career has just having started, the five musicians already received some prestigious awards: After the initial prize from Europe's biggest youth magazine BRAVO in the category "newcomer" in 2007, Aloha From Hell were handed the "Bayerischen Musikpreis" and were nominated as best newcomers in the Jetix Awards 2008. After their success and ever-growing popularity among BRAVO readers the band is a hot favourite for the "BRAVO Otto" this year.

» www.alohafromhell.de
» www.myspace.com/bandalohafromhell
» Aloha From Hell webisode

ACTING LOVERS

Acting Lovers is a project directly inspired from E-Rotic's musical and graphical universe, created in 2005 by producer Patrick Thomson and songwriter Jack Summers.

Shortly after, Patrick started to compose the tracks for the first album. Together with Jack he wrote the first lyrics. In February 2008, they finally found their vocalist: Miss Madison. "At that moment noone ever thought about the male parts of the songs, until Danny Ciccone grabbed the mic and started to rap the male parts of our song "Tonight"", they explain.

2007: the single "Flying Away" was released, as limited promo only. The first album "Hot" was planned for release around September, but nothing came out.

2009: their first single "In Light And Darkness", recorded in Basement Sound Studio in Weiden, was released in January. On month later, it entered the Euro-HiNRG Charts. At the moment Patrick and Danny are working hard re-recording the first album which will be probably released in April. Their new single is entitled "Tonight", release date is not known yet.

» www.myspace.com/actinglovers
» www.actinglovers.dangerous-kiss.de
» actinglovers.skyrock.com

MAYOR'S DESTINY

Mayor's Destiny are: Lena (lead vocals/guitars) from Flensbug, Bella (guitar/vocals) from London, and the two sisters Aimee (keyboards/vocals) and Alessia (bass/vocals) from Freiburg. Since our childhood, we have been playing our instruments, played in diverse bands and have performed on stage in various shows. Even though our individual musical backgrounds have varied, it soon crystallised that we had a lot of things in common and that we are all very enthusiastic about Rock music.

After a coincidental meeting, we decided we would like to play and make music together and this resulted in us forming Mayor's Destiny and now we can enjoy to Rock and perform together.

We hope, that when you listen to our debut single "Cross Your Heart", that you will feel that you would like to hear more from us and experience Mayor's Destiny live.

The "Cross Your Heart" video, was made in February under the Californian sun and we performed our song in the Joshua Tree National Park near Palm Springs amongst a spectacular wild west scenery.

The band's name Mayor's Destiny, well this is a subject open to debate... who was the Mayor and what was his destiny? But this question will have to remain unanswered for the time being. But our destiny has already been set... we will continue to play together and make good music!

» www.mayorsdestiny.com
» www.myspace.com/mayorsdestinyofficial

FRESH FOX

In 1996 two young guys met the first time and started in producing music together.

In 2003 those guys, Ronny Jentzsch and Chris van Beorg founded Fresh Fox as their new project for making music in Disco-Style.
They signed a contract with the german label Happy Vibes Records and released the first single called "Sexy Lady".

In just a few months "Sexy Lady" entered some radio-charts and Fresh Fox get known in many countries all over the world.

In May 2004 they realesed their first album called "Sexy" and started the "Sexy - Tour" with a lot of concerts.

The album "Sexy" with songs like "Give Me Joy", "Take The Chance" or "Dr. Love" was also released in Russia by the label Turbo Music.
The success of the 1st album was a big surprise, so Ronny and Chris started producing the 2nd album.
The 2nd album with the title "Tonight" was released in August 2005 and was also successfull all over the world.

With their style, producing fresh music, Ronny Jentzsch & Chris van Beorg from Fresh Fox became also interesting for some other artists.
By now Fresh Fox work also as songwriters and producers for different acts.

In 2007 they started to work with german singer-duo Wilde Herzen. With the two guys, who build an excellent live-performing german Disco-Act, Ronny and Chris produced the album called "Definitiv", which was released in September 2008.
With it's singles "1000 Lügen" and "Durch die ganze Nacht" Wilde Herzen in a short time were etablished in german Disco-scene.

In 2008 Ronny Jentzsch and Chris van Beorg produced 2 songs for the famous international artist Fancy (well known for his 80s Hits like "Flames Of Love", "Slice Me Nice").
For Fancy's album "Forever Magic" the guys from Fresh Fox have written and produced 2 songs called "For One Night In Heaven" and "Little Juliet".

For german singer Matthias Carras, Ronny & Chris produced very successfull Disco-version, e.g. for his actual single called "Diva".

In 2009 Fresh Fox will release their 3rd album called "Another Mystery" with the new hit-single "Life Was Made For Me".

» fresh-fox.de

BRENDA LYNN ACEVEDO

Miss Howard TV March 2008

Hi !! My name is Brenda Acevedo, and I am a model/actress from New Jersey. My measurements are 34DD (all natural), 25 waist, and 36hips. My parents are both from Puerto Rico, which make me a proud Bouriqua! Even though my espanol is maso menos. My ultimate goal in modeling and acting is to become a household name that appeals to many audiences.

I love traveling, learning about different cultures and experiencing new things.

I always act silly and try to make a great time out of every situation. I am passionate about life and enjoy living each day to the fullest. You would most likely see me at the mall because shopping is my hobby, stress reliever, and it’s good exercise. I will use any excuse possible to shop. :-) Besides that my passions are dancing, reading, and spending time with my family. I am just a simple girl, as they say, living life the way one should.

XOXO,

Brenda Lynn



» Brendalynnonline.com
» myspace.com/brendalynnfanclub
» myspace.com/jerzey_gem

VLADO STEVANOVIĆ STEWA

Vlado Stevanović Stewa je rođen je 11. veljače 1976 u Beogradu, gdje je odrastao i završio osnovnu i srednju školu. Fakultet za medije i komunikacije na kojem je II. godina uspješno se trudi završiti.

Vlado Stevanović Stewa je izrazito ambiciozan, i, kako tvrdi, odlučan da uspjeh ponese na svojim plećima.

"Svime čime se bavim imam podršku onih koje volim i koji me vole. Volim svoj grad Beograd, ali u isto vrijeme sam i spreman otići na daleki put samo ako to od mene posao zahtijeva, ali i, naravno, meni dragi ljudi. Idem tamo gdje me srce vuče", tvrdi ovaj karizmatični Beograđanin.

Vlado tvrdi da ima petnaestogodišnje profesionalno voditeljsko iskustvo u medijima.

"Dvanaest godina sam radio na radiju, a zadnje tri i na TVu. Ja iza sebe imam preko dvije tisuće odrađenih kvizova kao i Andrea Gigoski ("Lovac na novac") i Žana Štrbac ("Nova lova", "Kešolovac"). Također imam oko 2.500 emisija s astrolozima, numerolozima i tumačima tarota. Kao voditelj takvih emisija iza sebe imam oko 2.500 radijiskih reklama i imam oko 700-800 televizijskih", pojašnjava Vlado.



Text: Mirko Barbir

ROXY

Roxy is a Croatian Hi-NRG / Eurodance group established in the end of 80's by Goran Francic, a choreographer, dancer, dancing teacher and ex D.J., born in 1969 in Zagreb.

Initially, Roxy was created as a dancing group. Goran Francic, the leader of the group, was a great fan of Italo-Disco, Hi-NRG and Eurodance music and knew Denis Curman for a long time. When Curman decided to deal with the Croatan music scene in 1994, the logical step was to turn Roxy into Dance-attraction and to make some great Eurodance music.

Curman produced and composed the album called "Sve Sto Si Znao, Zaboravi" ("Forget Everything You Knew") released in 1996. It was a genuine Hi-NRG / Eurodance master-piece. Curman developed the original and recognizable music style which could not be compared to anything else. All tracks were a mixture of Hi-NRG, Eurodance and the elements of Techno-House. The most popular tracks were: "Da Li Opet Lazes" ("Do You Lie Again"), "Sve Sto Si Znao" ("Everything You Knew"), "Crno Je" ("It's Black"), "A Sada Nema Te" ("And Now You're Gone") and "Boli Me Uspomena" ("Memory Hurts Me").

The main female vocalist was named Sanja Majeric (at this time, aged of only 17). Goran and Sanja were the constant members of the group on their live appearances. The other members were often changed, as well as their number which depended on how large the stage was. Every live performance was a great experience for fans. Each track had an original Dance choreography created by Goran himself. The most succesful concert was held in September of 1996 in discotheque "The Best" in Zagreb.

In 1997 a video-clip was shot for a track "Boli Me Uspomena" ("Memory Hurts Me"), but it was shown only few times on HRT (which was already invaded by popular musical styles such as Pop-Folk, Funk, or Rock). In the whole, the album wasn't successful, just because the Croatian audience was stlll under great influence of Balkans and they were not ready to accept Eurodance style. They also suffered from the competition of cheap Pop-Dance artists such as ET, Emilia, Kasandra, or Senna M. In spite of his international reputation, Denis Curman remained unknown to most of the Croatians.

Discography

1996 Sve Sto Si Znao, Zaboravi (Croatia Records)

Track Listing

01 Sve Sto Si Znao (Wave RMX) (Everything You Knew)
02 A Sada Nema Te (Dance Floor RMX) (And Now You're Gone)
03 Usred Noci (Radio Edit) (In The Middle Of The Night)
04 Daj Mali Sredi Se (Power Mix) (Calm Down, Little Boy)
05 Da Li Opet Lazes (NRG Nord RMX) (Do You Lie Again)
06 Sto Daje Ljubav (Euro NRG RMX) (What Gives Love)
07 Boli Me Uspomena (Euro NRG RMX) (Memory Hurts Me)
08 Crno Je (Japanese Flight RMX) (It's Black)
09 Usred Noci (Nord Space RMX) (In The Middle Of The Night),

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ANDREA GIGOSKI

Voditeljica kviza "Lovac na novac"

Rođena 21. lipnja 1987 u Beogradu, gdje je i odrasla, i završila osnovnu i srednju školu. Za fakultet kaže da nikada nije kasno, ali da će se potruditi da i ta važna stavka bude uskoro započeta...

Izuzetno ambiciozna i predodređena za uspjeh... Kaže da joj nedostaje Beograd i njegova dinamičnost, i naravno, dragi joj ljudi koji se tamo nalaze.

Do sada nije imala voditeljskog iskustva, ali se jako dobro snalazi...

Obožava životinje, i hobbya osim šetanje psa nema, to joj je velika strast...

Postoje još neke otvorene mogućnosti i planovi u njenom životu, ali za sada neka to ostane njena mala tajna...

BLIND GUARDIAN

Commonly the development of any band is judged by the means of their studio albums. But in case of Blind Guardian it's definitely worth it to cast a glance at the dimensions of the live activities in order to appraise the development of the musicians. And these have no peer, not only in Germany!

Already the first live shows of the quartet, which was founded in 1984, showed one thing: Blind Guardian has entertainment qualities, which quickly became a trademark.

Spontaneous acting builds a contrast to all the bands that try hard to deliver their studied ballet. Logically the first big tour took place shortly after the release of the debut album "Battalions Of Fear" (1988).

From this first tour on, the guys from Krefeld already had between 150 and 300 fans an evening. After the release of the second album "Follow The Blind" (1989) an appendix operation put singer (and at that time also bass player) Hansi Kursch out of action. The consequence: reluctantly, the band had to abandon their plans to tour again. But in the following years Blind Guardian caught up on the missed tours with an impressive intensity. Especially because the third output "Tales From The Twilight World" (1990) came as a real bombshell, the interest in concerts of the band got bigger and bigger. In Germany Blind Guardian toured three weeks and each concert was attended by 500 to 800 people. Shortly after this the first external commitment was possible. "Somewhere Far Beyond" (1992) then fuelled the flames of success for the four guys: For the first time in the history of Blind Guardian one of their albums was on top of the international charts – the guys became stars in Japan overnight. The first trip to the Far East was also the highlight of the career of the band so far: in Japan, the quartet played in front of 4,000 enthused fans and was able to taste the mega Rock star atmosphere for the first time.

The impressions that the first live album "Tokyo Tales" (1993) gave the fans also showed how strong and special the relationship between the band and audience is. A unique symbiosis, which makes every Blind Guardian concert magical.

After the release of "Imaginations From The Other Side" (1995) the band toured in all of Europe – some countries were even visited several times. In some large cities up to 3,000 fans came to see the show. "In Japan, we gave one concert more than on the last tour. On the way back, we had the next culture shock as we were the third Heavy Metal band after Metallica and Bon Jovi to play in Thailand. Right after we left the plane, we got some sort of Hawaiian flower necklaces from the salutation committee. On our drive from the airport into town the police escorted us. Our bus had a stereo outside, so that everyone in the streets could hear our music. We felt like gods on earth!" guitar player Olbrich remembers.

On the entertaining "The Forgotten Tales" (1996) album Blind Guardian made good for something they forgot on "Tokyo Tales": For the first time the ineffable atmosphere of the classic "The Bard's Song – In The Forest" was presented in a live version.

In 1998 the triumphal procession continued with "Nightfall In Middle-Earth". In Europe the band toured even more then before. For the first time the fans chorused "Nightfall" and "Mirror Mirror" like battle hymns. But the peak of the tour was the trip to Central and South America (Mexico, Brazil and Argentina).

Nevertheless the tentative high point in the career of Blind Guardian was the "A Night At The Opera" crusade.

Andre Olbrich: "In Germany we had an average of 2,000 guests an evening, whereas the gig in the Phillipshalle (Dusseldorf), attended by over 6,000 fans, was the most touching moment to date. After we played "The Bard's Song", the traditional highlight of our program, Hansi wasn’t able to communicate with the audience for about five minutes because the jubilation was so loud."

This scene is evidenced by the live documentation simply called "Live". The Guardian-mania was spread all over the globe: in Turkey and Chile the band debuted in front of more than 3,000 spectators. The first concert in the capital of Russia, Moscow, went so off so terrific that the local publicist obliged the band for another concert after the official end of the tour. In England – normally a tricky terrain for traditional Metal bands, especially if they are from Germany – Blind Guardian were engaged as headliner for the Bloodstock festival. And even the first trip to North America was more successful than expected: "In big towns like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago or Montreal, 1,500 to 2,000 maniacs came to our shows!"

In 2003 the fresh founded Blind Guardian Open Air Festival – which took place near Coburg – was the triumphal ending of the tour activities for "A Night At The Opera". For the first time, the band was responsible for the complete realization of a festival. More than 6,000 enthusiastic "die hard" bards attended the festival in June, which wrote music history. Highlights full of atmosphere of these ultimate Blind Guardian shows can be watched on the live DVD "Imaginations Through The Looking Glass" (2004). Even classics like "The Bard's Song" redefine themselves because of the innovative camera perspectives and the tasteful used tracking shots sliding over the audience, which gives the songs a mystical depth. The strongest effect is caused by the 13 minute long opus "And Then There Was Silence" (from "A Night At The Opera"): The perfect assembly of light and camera causes endless gooseflesh atmosphere.

Before the phenomenal crusade in music business can write the next chapters, as is generally known, the gods placed the sweat. After the departure from their longstanding record company Virgin in 2004, Blind Guardian was able to find the perfect partner for worldwide cooperation in Nuclear Blast. Despite the split with drummer Thomen Stauch, the band is the final phase of song writing for the follower of "A Night At The Opera". The new songs can described as a further development of the predecessors. The outstanding qualities of the music of Blind Guardian: bombast, flexibility, dynamics, epos, hardness and a high amount of catchy melodies are descriptions of every song to be found on the new album, which is expected for April 2006. In brief the band will start the recordings with producer Charlie Bauerfeind...

Line up

Hansi Kursch – vocals
Marcus Siepen – guitar
Andre Olbrich – guitar
Frederik Ehmke – drums

Discography

1988 Battalions Of Fear (Virgin)
1989 Follow The Blind (Virgin)
1990 Tales From The Twilight World (Virgin)
1992 Somewhere Far Beyond (Virgin)
1993 Tokyo Tales (Virgin)
1995 A Past And Future Secret (Single) (Virgin)
1995 Imaginations From The Other Side (Virgin)
1996 Mr. Sandman (Single) (Virgin)
1996 The Forgotten Tales (Virgin)
1998 Mirror Mirror (Single) (Virgin)
1998 Nightfall In Middle-Earth (Virgin)
2001 And Then There Was Silence (Single)
2002 A Night At The Opera (Virgin)
2003 The Bard's Song (Single) (Virgin)
2003 Live (Virgin)
2004 Imaginations Through The Looking Glass (Virgin)

Did you know?

The band did not really tour for "Follow The Blind", but played a very small amount of club shows. If at all, they did a pure Bavaria Tour: Bamberg, Hof and Bad Worishofen.

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GORAN RATKOVIĆ RALE

Rale je jedan od najjačih jockera Grand produkcije, u vlasništvu Lepe Brene i Saše Popovića.

Goran Ratković Rale vođa nekadašnjeg beogradskog Heavy Metal banda Metro, danas je kompozitor, producent i aranžer mnogim Folk zvijezdama...

Mega hitove je stvarao za Lepu Brenu, Indiru Radić, Sašu Matića, Jelenu Karleušu, Seju Kalača, Stoju, Minu Kostić, Tanju Savić, Sanju Maletić, Velu, Šabana Šaulića, Daru Bubamaru, Viki Miljković, DJ Krmka, Anu Bekutu, Sanju Đorđević, Nedu Ukraden, Reni, Eru Ojdanić, Ćiru, Natašu Đorđević, Miloša Bojanića, Maju Marijanu, Alena Islamovića, Gogu Sekulić, Gocu Božinovsku, Gogu Filipović, Martu Savić, Kseniju Mijatović, Đanija, Cecu Slavković, Jašara Rahmedovskog, Šaku Polumentu, Gorana Vukušića, Cobea, Suzi, Draganu Mirković, Ivanu Brkić, Gordanu Jovanović, ...

Tekstove im piše daleko najjači tekstopisac u ex-Jugoslaviji u posljednjih 20-ak godina, Marina Tucaković.

Marina Tucaković

Neki od mega hitova: "Zmaj", "Lopov", "Imali smo, nismo znali", "April", "Moj živote", "50 godina", "Pijem crnu kafu bez šećera", "Ne smem da se zaljubim u tebe", "Samo", "Europa", "Za moje dobro", "Da li si me voljela ili nisi", "Ala, ala", "Pola vino, pola voda", "Mercedes", "Papagaj", "E, moj ćale", "Luda za tobom", "Pomračenje sunca", "Kao brodovi", "Tražim način da prebolim", "Luda mala", "Gde li te život od mene krije", ...

U duši, Rale je ortodoksni Heavy Metalac!

Text: Darko Hudelist

KIM KARDASHIAN

Kimberly Noel Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980. At this point in her life, Kim Kardashian has become quite the entrepreneur as well as socialite: she is known as a stylist, tv actress, soon to be movie actress, apparel seller ("Dash") and her health and fitness business.

She’s well known as Paris Hilton’s best friend, her incredible social life, her sex tape with Ray J, which was bought by Vivid Entertainment and is sold online, and her famous reality TV show, "Keeping Up With The Kardashians".

Kim Kardashian is of Armenian descent and was born in LA to her parents, Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner. She has two sisters, Kourtney and Kloe, and a brother, Robert, as well as several step-brothers and sisters.

Kim owns and participates in a number of businesses, including her clothing store, "Dash", and her health line, which she launched in 2008 with a workout DVD called "Workout With Kim Kardashian".

Kim is breaking into the film industry and will appear in "Deep In The Valley" (2008) and "Disaster Movie" (2009).

Good luck, Kim!

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