Banana
Banana in 1988
Banana in 1988
Background information
OriginBelgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres
Years active1985-1988
LabelsPGP-RTB
Past membersAleksandra Toković
Boban Šaranović
Dragan Lončar
Srđan Cincar
Igor Borojević

Banana (Serbian Cyrillic: Банана) was a Yugoslav pop rock band formed in Belgrade in 1985. They were a prominent act of the Yugoslav rock scene in the late 1980s.

Band history

1985-1988

Banana was formed in 1985.[1] Initially the band went through numerous lineup changes, before a steady lineup was formed: Aleksandra Toković (daughter of the famous composer Dragan Toković, vocals), Dragan Lončar (guitar), Boban Šaranović (bass guitar), Srđan Cincar (keyboards) and Igor Borojević (drums).[1] They released their debut album, Ponoćni pasaži (Midnight Sections) in 1986.[1] The album was pop rock-oriented and featured guitarist Duda Bezuha, Bajaga i Instruktori keyboardist Saša Lokner and former Zamba vocalist and bass guitarist Bogdan Dragović as guest musicians.[1]

In the summer of 1987, the band toured Czechoslovakia, headlining a festival in Prague,[2] and at the beginning of 1988, they released their second album, Banana‚ produced by keyboardist Đorđe Petrović, who, at the time, performed with the band.[1] Aleksandra Toković wrote seven songs which marked the band's shift towards power pop.[1] Soon after the release of their second album, Banana disbanded.[1]

Post breakup

Borojević moved to Partibrejkers, and later started working as a producer,[1] producing the albums by Bjesovi, Piloti, Dža ili Bu, Kristali, Partibrejkers and other acts.[3] Aleksandra Toković became a television presenter at Radio Television of Serbia.[1] Cincar formed the band Fantomi.[1]

Discography

  • Ponoćni pasaži (1986)
  • Banana (1988)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 25.
  2. ↑ ""Sandra Toković, Boban Šaranović, Đorđe Petrovič: Grupa Banana/LP 'Banana' (1988)", yugopapir.com". Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. ↑ Igor Borojević production credits at Discogs
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