Haustor

Haustor was a new wave band from Zagreb, Croatia, active from 1979 to 1990 and counted among the most prominent acts of the Yugoslav new wave. Its roots lie in the group Komuna, founded in 1977 by Darko Rundek and Srđan Sacher. The first line-up had Rundek on vocals and guitar, Ozren Štiglić on rhythm guitar and Sacher on bass, with Boris Leiner helping out on drums before Zoran Perišić became the first permanent drummer, and Damir Prica "Capri" on saxophone. Rundek was the band's leading creative figure.

In 1981 they released the singles "Moja prva ljubav" / "Pogled u BB" and "Radio" / "Crni žbir", and then the debut album Haustor on Jugoton, produced by Husein Hasanefendić "Hus" of Parni Valjak. "Moja prva ljubav" made them known across the country. Srđan Gulić joined on drums that year and stayed until the end, and on 6 January 1982, before military service, the band played a farewell concert at Kulušić in Zagreb, released much later as the live album Ulje je na vodi (1995).

Treći svijet (1984) mixed reggae, Latin American music and pop. Sacher and Prica left after the weak tour that followed, and Sacher later formed Vještice. Bolero (1985), written entirely by Rundek, brought "Ena" and "Šejn", and Tajni grad (1988), on which Sacher guested on five songs, was well received by critics and audiences.

In 1990 the band stopped while recording its fifth album, Dovitljivi mali čudaci, which was finally released as an EP in 2017. Rundek moved to Paris and began a successful career as a singer-songwriter with Apokalipso (1996). Haustor reunited in 1996 for a concert in Zagreb and again in 2022 to rework "Treći svijet" for a vinyl reissue.

In the 1998 YU 100 list of the best Yugoslav albums, Treći svijet was ranked 20th, Haustor 29th, Bolero 39th and Tajni grad 45th. In the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times, voted in 2000 by readers, critics and musicians, "Šejn" was ranked 26th and "Moja prva ljubav" 63rd.