DRUGI NACIN
(Eng. "Another Way") was formed in Zagreb (present Croatia) by members
of the band called ZLATNI AKORDI. These included: Branko Pozgajec
(vocals, keyboards, flute); Halil Mekic (guitar); Zeljko Mikulcic (bass)
and Ismet Kurtovic (vocals, flute, guitar). This line-up released one
single in 1973. The following year Boris Turina joined the band as
drummer and lyricist and they changed their name to DRUGI NACIN,
inspired by a poem of F. G. Lorca "In Another Way". In February 1975
they recorded the eponymous debut album. After being rejected by
"Jugoton" and "Suzy" labels, PGP RTB finally agreed to release the album
only because their executive liked, the then rare in ex-Yugoslavia,
gatefold cover sleeve without even listening to the music! It appeared
to be a very succesfull "concept" album and it was regularly re-printed
in the following years. At the end of 1976 the band split-up, so
Kurtovic and Mekic formed a short-lived off-shoot band NEPOCIN which
released only one album. The band re-formed 1978 with Pozgajec, Turina,
Mikulcic and new guitarists Branko Bogunovic and Nikola Gecevic. This
line-up recorded several succesfull hit-singles and toured across
ex-Yugoslavia. After several more personnel changes, the second album
"Ponovno na putu" was recorded by Pozgajec, Kurtovic, Bozo Ilic (bass),
Miroslav Budanko (drums) and Danijel Velican (guitar). Since this album
did not repeat the success of the debut, the band restricted its
activity to only occasional concerts during the 1980s and gradually
retired from the scene. The first album
"Drugi Nacin" is now a classic of 1970s hard-rock/prog-rock of
ex-Yugoslavia. It is a concept album dealing with a theme of love and
loneliness, full of somewhat pathetic hippie philosophy. Music is
typical hard-rock of the time with some prog improvisations,
characterized by the interplay between twin guitars and twin flutes,
bearing influence from DEEP PURPLE, WISHBONE ASH or JETHRO TULL. The
second album is much weaker with pop-rock and mainstream oriented songs.
Since during the end of 1970s and beginning of 1980s DRUGI NACIN mostly
concentrated on live concerts, sometimes offering up to 300 dates per
year, it is pity that this period was not captured on a live album. Line-up / Musicians Branko Požgajec/vocals,flute Ismet Kurtović/vocals,flute,guitars Boris Turina/drums Željko Mikulčić/bass Halil Mekić/guitars Discography Drugi Nacin 1975
1.Opet 2.Carstvo samoce 3.Na mom dlanu 4.Lile su kise 5.Zuti list 6.Stari grad
