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Aerodrom (also known as Jurica Pađen & Aerodrom) is a Croatian rock band from Zagreb.

Aerodrom was founded in 1978 by Jurica Pađen, former member of rock bands Grupa 220 and Parni Valjak. Aerodrom saw its greatest success in the early 1980s. Between 1979 and 1986 the band produced five studio albums, before disbanding in 1987.^[1][2]

Between 1987 and 1990, Pađen was a member of Azra. In 1994, he formed Pađen band. In 2001, he launched a comeback of Aerodrom, with two of the band's original members.^[2] Since then Aerodrom has released four studio albums, a live album, a best-of compilation album and a box set of their first 5 albums from the 1980s.

Members

Current members

• Jurica Pađen - Guitars, vocals
• Tomislav Šojat - Bass guitar
• Ivan Havidić - Guitars
• Damir Medić - Drums

Past members

• Remo Cartagine – Bass
• Zlatan Živković – Lead vocals, percussions, drums, keyboards
• Mladen Krajnik – Keyboards
• Zoran Kraš – Keyboards
• Paolo Sfeci – Drums
• Branko Knežević – Drums
• Nenad Smoljanović – Drums, percussions
• Slavko Pintarić 'Pišta' – Drums

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Kad misli mi vrludaju (Jugoton, 1979)
• Tango bango (Jugoton, 1981)
• Obične ljubavne pjesme (Jugoton, 1982)
• Dukat i pribadače (Jugoton, 1984)
• Trojica u mraku (Jugoton, 1986)
• Na travi (Croatia Records, 2001)
• Rock @ Roll (Croatia Records, 2007)
• Taktika noja (Menart, 2012)
• Dnevni rituali (Croatia Records, 2019)

Live albums

• Hitovi i legende (Croatia Records, 2009)

Compilations

• Flash Back 1979-1986 (Croatia Records, 1996)
• The Ultimate Collection (Croatia Records, 2008)
• Greatest Hits (Croatia Records, 2020)

Box Sets

• The Original Album Collection (Croatia Records, 2018)

See also

• Music of Croatia
• SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene

References

• 14.studenog Jurica Pađen & Aerodrom u "Tvornici kulture" (in Croatian)

External links

• Official Youtube channel