Biography
There are at least two bands under this name.
1) Magazin is a Croatian pop band from Split.
Founded in the 1970s under the name Dalmatinski Magazin ("Dalmatian Magazine" in Croatian) with Majda Šoletić as the lead singer, Željko Baričić (solo guitar, backup vocals), Zoran Marinković (drums, back up vocals), Miro Crnko (keyboard piano) i Igor Biočić (bass guitar). The band quickly began to make a mark on local pop music festivals with its songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music. Its gradual rise in popularity continued in the 1980s with a series of prestigious festival victories.
But the zenith was reached in the 1990s when Danijela became the band's lead singer. Band's leader Tonči Huljić began to insert elements of folk music from other former Yugoslav countries in his songs, often being criticised for promoting turbo-folk in Croatia. This didn't matter much to the audience, and Magazin became Croatia's most popular and influential music band.
Other notable Magazin singers after Majda Šoletić include Mara Marinković, Ljiljana Nikolovska, who used to sing in the 1980s, Danijela Martinović, Jelena Rozga, Ivana Kovač and Andrea Šušnjara. In 2024, Lorena Bućan was announced as the new lead singer, allowing Andrea to start her solo career.
Magazin represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1995. with the song "Nostalgija". They are competing in Dora 2025 with the song titled "AaAaA" and are a current favourite according to social media numbers.
Current lineup:Tonči Huljić, Željko Baričić, Nenad Vesanović - Keko, Lorena Bućan
2) Magazin is a Hungarian pop rock band formed in Százhalombatta in 1985. They released 3 demos, their lineup: Levente Csordás - vocals, Antal "Atom" Csarnoki - guitar, Zsolt Suba - keyboards, László "Hangya" Hangyássy - bass, Attila "Sügér" Molnár - drums.
In 1989, they won the "Csillag születik", a well-known talent-seeking show (name means "A Star Is Born"), and they toured in East Germany as well, but after the tour, they split up. Suba and Sügér were forced to enter the army, Csordás moved to the US. The remaining two members, Hangya and Csarnoki, formed the successful hard rock band Sing Sing with Zoltán and Csaba Abaházi, joined by drummer Csaba Tobola from Triton, Csarnoki's other band, which played speed metal. Interestingly, Sing Sing covered two Magazin songs, Nehéz lehet hősnek lenni and Sírni csak a győztesnek szabad, both of which can be found on Sing Sing's 1990 debut album, Életfogytig Rock 'n Roll. In the 2007 Sing Sing box set "Összezárva '89–'99" (where all Sing Sing albums are available on CD with lots of bonuses), the demos were released as bonuses for "Életfogytig Rock 'n Roll".
Later on, Csordás formed the pop/disco band Shygys (pronounced as 'shy guys'), which lasted until the new millenium. Csarnoki left the music scene after the demise of Sing Sing in 1999, Hangya went on managing other bands like Junkies, formed Zero-G and Zorall.
On March 31, 2007, Magazin gave a concert in Százhalombatta after almost 18 years of silence, and the demo songs are planned to be recorded by the original lineup. As of May 2008, no news about this appeared since the concert.
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