Eminent Croatian Rock Critic Drazen Vrdoljak Dies Aged 58
Zagreb, May 9 (CP) – Croatian rock music critic and author of a number of books on the topic, Drazen Vrdoljak, has died aged 58 in Zagreb.
Vrdoljak, known as a ‘living encyclopaedia’ of pop music had been hosting numerous music shows on radio and TV and had been the one to introduce the Croatian public to such forms.
He is also the author of several books on pop music and had interviews top rock and pop musicians for Croatian electronic and print media.
Vrdoljak is also known as the man who had been behind the programming of the renowned Kulusic music club in the 1980’s when the ‘new wave’ rock bands in Croatia were very much alive.
Vrdoljak was born in the coastal city of Split and had started publishing reviews in the 1970’s.
He is the recipient of a number of prizes, including the one for the special contribution to the Croatian discography industry.
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