Osmi Putnik | |
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| Origin | Split, Croatia |
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| Labels | Jugoton, PGP-RTB, Dancing Bear, PGP-RTS, One Records, Croatia Records |
| Members | Bojan Antolić Danijel Stojan Giuliano Đanić Ivan Dabro Tomislav Mandarić |
| Past members | Zlatan Stipišić Nenad Mitrović Davor Gradinski Igor Makić Dražen Krolo Miro Marunica Alen Koljanin Mirjan Jovanović Dean Brkić Marsel Benzon Petar Šantić Kristian Barišić |
| Website | www |
Osmi Putnik (transl. The Eighth Traveller, the Yugoslav title of the film Alien) is a Croatian and Yugoslav hard rock band formed in Split in 1985.
Initially led by vocalist Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, Osmi Putnik achieved nationwide popularity with their debut studio album Ulična molitva, released in 1986. The band's following two studio releases maintained their status of one of the most popular bands on the Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal scene. However, the band split up in 1989, only several months after the release of their third album, as Stipišić moved to Divlje Jagode. In 2002, the band's former members Bojan "Božo" Antolić (guitar), Davor Gradinski (bass guitar) and Mirjan Jovanović (guitar) reformed Osmi Putnik with the approval of the band's former leader Stipišić, who in the meantime started a successful career as a singer-songwriter under the stage name Gibonni. With new vocalist, Dean "Clea" Brkić, the band recorded the successful comeback album Živ i ponosan, released in 2005. Brkić left the band after their fifth studio album, the band, led by Antolić, continuing their activity with vocalist Giuliano Đanić.