The Shamrock (band)
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The Shamrock is a six-piece Croatia
n band from Rijeka
that plays Slavic
/Celtic
folk
-Punk rock
/Metal
, formed in 2007. The first album, entitled "..otom potom..", was released in June 2008, and was a mixture of traditional
irish music and self-written songs. In summer 2009. they released an EP with three songs entitled "Sjećanje na livade" (The memory of the meadow). Over time, they're creating more and more their own special style with a strong influence of ancient slavic folklore and mythology as well as celtic music.
A new album will be released in 2012. This second album will put more power with melodic folk instruments, hard guitar riffs and very loud and fast drum beats.
After the outstanding reaction from the public everything started to change in a very fast motion. The band decided to switch their style into Folk. The members started to buy new instruments ( Banjo, Whistle, Mandolin), new members started to come to the "new" band. In a very short period the band got 4 new members. Ana and Petra as the backvocals, Elvis as the Bass player and Anamarija on the violin. In that formation the first demo album "...otom potom... " was recorded and it contained 5 songs.
Shortly after that as a new member came Antonio who played the Accordion and Petra left the band. In this formation the band recorded its first Demo-single "Sjećanje na livade" with 3 songs.
Band had more than a few concerts on the areas of Kvarner and the entire Croatia, and also played on lot of festivals and in a very short time it found its place on the scene.
At the end of 2009. Antonio left the band and the number of members came to a size 7. The band made their first Music-video for the song “Novi Dom”. Aleksandar left the band after the filming– Filip took his place. A short period after that Elvis and Ana left the band too, then Sandi joined The Shamrock. The band is now preparing for the recording of the first but not the last Album.
Lead Vocal, Banjo, Banjitar, Tin-Whistles
E-Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Bass
Fiddle, Vocal
Flute, Tin-Whistles, Low-Whistles, Vocal
Bass
Back-Vocals
Accordion
E-Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Bass
Back-Vocals
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n band from Rijeka
Rijeka
Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
that plays Slavic
Slavic mythology
Slavic mythology is the mythological aspect of the polytheistic religion that was practised by the Slavs before Christianisation.The religion possesses many common traits with other religions descended from the Proto-Indo-European religion....
/Celtic
Celtic music
Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...
folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
-Punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
/Metal
Metal
A metal , is an element, compound, or alloy that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat. Metals are usually malleable and shiny, that is they reflect most of incident light...
, formed in 2007. The first album, entitled "..otom potom..", was released in June 2008, and was a mixture of traditional
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
irish music and self-written songs. In summer 2009. they released an EP with three songs entitled "Sjećanje na livade" (The memory of the meadow). Over time, they're creating more and more their own special style with a strong influence of ancient slavic folklore and mythology as well as celtic music.
A new album will be released in 2012. This second album will put more power with melodic folk instruments, hard guitar riffs and very loud and fast drum beats.
Biography
The actual idea to create The Shamrock came during the performance on the 29. RiRock Festival, while the former band "Shamrock" ( the Punk band whose members were Damir, Aleksandar and Paul) called a mutual friend Hrvoje to learn to play one of their songs on the block flute.After the outstanding reaction from the public everything started to change in a very fast motion. The band decided to switch their style into Folk. The members started to buy new instruments ( Banjo, Whistle, Mandolin), new members started to come to the "new" band. In a very short period the band got 4 new members. Ana and Petra as the backvocals, Elvis as the Bass player and Anamarija on the violin. In that formation the first demo album "...otom potom... " was recorded and it contained 5 songs.
Shortly after that as a new member came Antonio who played the Accordion and Petra left the band. In this formation the band recorded its first Demo-single "Sjećanje na livade" with 3 songs.
Band had more than a few concerts on the areas of Kvarner and the entire Croatia, and also played on lot of festivals and in a very short time it found its place on the scene.
At the end of 2009. Antonio left the band and the number of members came to a size 7. The band made their first Music-video for the song “Novi Dom”. Aleksandar left the band after the filming– Filip took his place. A short period after that Elvis and Ana left the band too, then Sandi joined The Shamrock. The band is now preparing for the recording of the first but not the last Album.
Band members
- Damir Markotić (since 2007)
Lead Vocal, Banjo, Banjitar, Tin-Whistles
- Filip Mikić (since March, 2010)
E-Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
- Paul Markotić (since 2007)
Drums, Percussion
- Sandi Harapin (since November, 2010)
Bass
- Anamarija Martinčić (since March, 2008)
Fiddle, Vocal
- Hrvoje (aka Hrco) Pitlović (since December, 2007)
Flute, Tin-Whistles, Low-Whistles, Vocal
Former members
- Marko (January–April, 2008)
Bass
- Petra Stipanić (since January 2008 - February 2009)
Back-Vocals
- Antonio Babić (since August, 2008 - October or November, 2009)
Accordion
- Aleksandar (aka Aco) Lučić (since 2007 - March 2010)
E-Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
- Elvis Ponjević (since April, 2008 - October 2010)
Bass
- Ana Jajalo (since January, 2008 - November 2010)
Back-Vocals
Discography
- Demo (2007)
- ...otom potom... (2008)
- Sjecanje na livade (2009)
- Novi Dom - DVD (2010)
- -Uknown Album- (2012)
...otom potom...
- 1. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore (traditional arranged by Damir M.)
- 2. Moja Raka (Lyrics: Hrvoje P. - Music: Damir M.)
- 3. Zbogom Sve (Lyrics: Peter P. - Music: Damir M.)
- 4. Mara (Lyrics: Hrvoje P. - Music: Damir M.)
- 5. Oda Dubravi (Lyrics: Trzezbor Piekutowski - Music: Damir M.)
"Sjecanje na livade"
- 1. Ladarice (Lyrics: Damir M. - Music: Damir M.)
- 2. Novi dom (Lyrics: Hrvoje P. - Music: Damir M.)
- 3. Old Skibbereen (Lyrics: Old slavic poesy - Music: Damir M.)