Jura Stublić

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Jurislav "Jura" Stublić was born in 1954 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1961 he remove with his parents Tomislav and Vesna to Sesvetski Kraljevec near Zagreb. His father was from Sesvetski Kraljevec, and he was also a singer. His mother was a tailor. In Zagreb, he was studing philosophy but his had never graduated. During the ex-Yugoslav New Wave heyday, he was also known as Jura Jupiter. He started his musical career as a member of Croatian rock group Azra in 1977. In 1978, after a few arguments with the frontman of Azra Branimir "Johnny" Štulić, he left the band along with Mladen Juričić Max and Marino Pelaić Barracuda to form his own band Film. He is an author of text and music of most Film's song, and he is one of best popular songwriters in Croatia. Many generation still remember antiwar song "E, moj druže Beogradski" (Oh, my fellow from Belgrade). In 1993 he had backup from Croatian music scene, till he come back in 2000. He is still active Croatian singer.