Banana (band)

Banana
Banana in 1988
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	Pop rock power pop
Years active	1985-1988
Labels	PGP-RTB
Past members	Aleksandra 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 1980s Yugoslav rock scene.

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 well-known folk music 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 guest appearances by guitarist Duda Bezuha, Bajaga i Instruktori keyboardist Saša Lokner and former Zamba vocalist and bass guitarist Bogdan Dragović.^[1] The songs were authored by Šaranović, Cincar, Bezuha, Dragović and Heroji member Vladimir Đurić.^[1]

In the summer of 1987, the band toured Czechoslovakia,^[1] headlining a festival in Prague.^[2] 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 music 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] Srđan Cincar performed with the band Grof (Count).^[1] With the band, he recorded the album Na tvojim rukama (In Your Arms), released in 1991.^[1] Simultaneously, he led the band Fantomi (The Phantoms).^[1]

Discography

• Ponoćni pasaži (1986)
• Banana (1988)

References

1. Janjatović, Petar (2024). Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960-2023. Belgrade: self-released / Makart. p. 29.
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