Darko "Cunja" Jelčić (born 1 January 1965 in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian musician best known for having been Crvena Jabuka's drummer from 1985 to 2017.
Darko Jelčić | |
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| Birth name | Darko "Cunja" Jelčić |
| Born | 1 January 1965 Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | pop rock, progressive pop, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, drummer |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | summer 1974–present |
| Labels | Jugoton, Diskoton, Croatia Records |
Jelčić was born in Zenica on New Year's Day, 1965. As a child, he loved to listen to records (notably folk artists such as Safet Isović, Kemal Monteno, and Halid Bešlić) as well as bands such as Indexi. At only 13 or 14 years of age, his uncle bought him a drum kit as a Christmas present, and Jelčić quickly learned to play drums without anyone showing him anything.
In 1974, Jelčić relocated to Sarajevo with his family, and formed the band Flott. While the band was mostly progressive pop, and a great influence on the Yugoslav musical scene, they were not too successful, and disbanded after having been together for less than ten years.
In the 1980s as the New Primitives movement was taking over, and Flott coming apart, Jelčić began to hang around various bars in hopes of getting attracted. In the meantime, he released two solo albums: Cunja in 1983, and Isti Život (The Same Life) in 1984.
In April 1985, Jelčić was invited to audition for a band who was looking for a drummer. This would eventually form what is known today as Crvena Jabuka. The band released their debut album in the spring of the following year, and it proved to be a great success. Following the release of the album, Crvena Jabuka headed off for their first show in Mostar. However, disaster struck, the band took two cars, and a car accident occurred killing both bassist Aljoša Buha, and singer/guitarist Dražen Ričl.
In memory of the two late members, Crvena Jabuka (as did many other bands) held a tribute concert at Skenderija in Sarajevo on 10 October 1986. While the band meant to go on a one-year hiatus of silence, they decided to go back into the studio and finish up what would be their second studio album Za sve ove godine as a tribute to Buha and Ričl. The band worked as a three-piece band for this album and the rest of the '80s.
Jelčić took most of the time in the war off, but released another studio album Ploce u Prozoru (Records in the Window) in 1990.
In 1994, Dražen Žerić rejoined forces with Jelčić and decided it was time to reconstruct Crvena Jabuka. After the reconstruction, they had major success once again with a more adult-oriented sound as opposed to their 1980s style of music.[1][2]
Jelčić released two more albums: Cunja 2 in 1997, and Sve Najbolje (All The Best) in 1999.
Discography
editFlott
edit- Flott – 1974
- Ljubav u Zatvoru (Love in Prison) – 1978
- Zivot je Ljep (Life is Beautiful) – 1979
- Kosa u Suncu (Hair in the Sun) – 1981
- Live...For the First Time – 1982
- More Live Music – 1984
- Flott-The Best Of – 1985
Crvena Jabuka
editStudio albums
edit- Crvena jabuka – 1986
- Za sve ove godine (For all these Years) – 1987
- Sanjati (To Dream) – 1988
- Tamo gdje ljubav počinje (Where the Love Begins) – 1989
- Nekako s' proljeca (In the Springtime) – 1991
- U tvojim očima (In Your Eyes) – 1996
- Svjet je lopta sarena (The World is a Colorful Ball) – 1998
- Sve sto sanjam (Everything I Dream) – 2000
- Tvojim zelama Voden (Led by Your Wishes) – 2002
- Oprosti sto je ljubavna pjesma (Forgive me for this Love Song) – 2005
- Dusa sarajeva (The Soul of Sarajevo) – 2007
- Volim te (I Love You) – 2009
Live albums
edit- Uzmi me kad hoces ti (Take me when you want To) – 1990
- LIVE – 1998
- Riznice Sjecanja – 1999
Compilations
edit- Ima Nesto od Srca do Srca (There is Something from heart to Heart) – 1993
- Moje Najmilije (My Dearest) – 1997
- Antologija (The Anthology) – 2003
- Zlatna Kolekcija (The Golden Collection) – 2005
Solo
edit- Cunja – 1983
- Isti Zivot (Same Life) – 1984
- Ploce u Prozoru (Records in the Window) – 1989/1990
- Cunja II – 1997
- Bez Kraja-Sve Najbolje (Without an end, All the Best) – 1999(compilation)
- Dame i Gospodo (Ladies and Gentlemen) – 2002 (Boxed set with music by Flott, Crvena Jabuka, and Darko Jelčić)
References
edit- ^ Agency (17 March 2010). "Press Online :: Crvena jabuka slavljenički u Beogradu i Novom Sadu". pressonline.rs (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ Staff (1 April 2010). "CMC Vodice: Predstavljamo prvih 16 izvođača čije pjesme možete čuti na radio postajama". index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 January 2011.