Psihomodo Pop

Psihomodo Pop is a Croatian rock band formed in Zagreb in 1982 from the remains of the groups Neron, Rokfeler and Klinska Pomora. The first line-up, all eighteen years old, was singer Davor Gobac, guitarist Neven Kepeski, bassist Smiljan "Šparka" Paradiš, drummer Tigran Kalebota and saxophonist Branko Banjeglav. The name comes from Cockney Rebel's album The Psychomodo, with "Pop" added for Iggy Pop.

In 1985 guitarists Saša Novak Radulović and Vlatko "Brada" Ćavar joined and the sound turned to Ramones-style punk. The band's first recording, "Nema nje (Zauvijek)", appeared that year on the PGP-RTB compilation Demo Top Vol. 3. The 1988 debut album Godina zmaja, produced by Ivan "Piko" Stančić, gave them the hits "Kad sam imao 16" and "Frida" and also carried "Ramona". They played a Dutch battle of the bands, MTV made a report about them, and Live in Amsterdam (1989) captured shows at Paradiso and Melkweg.

In 1990 they played sixty concerts in the Soviet Union with Electroclub, released Sexy magazin, with "Sexy magazin" and "Sve je propalo", and opened for the Ramones in Ljubljana and Zagreb. Tko je ubio Mickey Mousea?, recorded in early 1991, was held back by the war until 1992. Srebrne svinje (1993), the acoustic Unpljugd (1994), Sextasy (1997, with "Mila") and Debakl (2000, with guests including Dino Dvornik) followed; in 2001 they played Serbia again for the first time since 1991.

Ćiribu ćiriba (2014) won the Porin for album of the year, and that June they opened for Billy Idol in Belgrade. Drummer Tigran Kalebota died suddenly on 11 December 2017 and Tin Ostreš took his place. Digitalno nebo came out in 2019 and Vjerujem u čuda, with the radio hit "Dižeš me", in 2024.

Godina zmaja was ranked 69th on Rolling Stone Croatia's 2015 list of the 100 greatest Yugoslav albums, and "Nema nje (Zauvijek)" 86th on B92's 2006 list of the top 100 Yugoslav songs. In the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times, published in 2000 from the votes of more than 3,400 readers, 120 journalists and critics and 100 musicians, "Ramona" was ranked 58th.