Griva

Group from YU

About Griva

Griva (Serbian Cyrillic: Грива; trans. Mane) was a Serbian and Yugoslav hard rock band formed in Novi Sad in 1982. The band was formed by two former members of the band Ibn Tup, guitarist Josip Sabo and drummer Zlatko Karavla. After the band's original vocalist, Zoran Gogić, left the group soon after its formation, Karavla switched to the position of the band's frontman. Griva released their debut album in 1983. Their second studio album saw little commercial success, and the group split up soon after its release. The band's third release, the 1987 self-titled album, was recorded by Karavla with a number of studio musicians and released as Griva's third album on the insistence of the record label. It proved to be a large commercial success with its folk-influenced glam metal sound, which led Karavla to reform Griva after album release. The band released one more studio album before disbanding in 1990, at the wake of Yugoslav Wars. The group's last official album was recorded by Karavla and released two years after the disbandment of the group. In 2002, the band reunited for an unplugged performance in Novi Sad, the recording of which was released as live and video album.

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