Many of you have been requesting early music from impressive vocalist / musician DINO JELUSIC before becoming world-wide famous working for Whitesnake, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Dead Daisies, Magnus Carlsson’s Free Fall and many more – and of course his own bands Animal Drive and Jelusic.
Despite his expansive career so far, Dino is only 32 years-old now. As his parents are musicians, Jelusick was introduced to music and singing at the age of three and started performing at the age of five by appearing on television, on stages, and at festivals. He won Croatia’s Junior Eurovision 2003 with mere 11, and recorded / released his first album (pop-rock) that same year. As Jelusick entered his teens and lost his ability to hit the high notes, he grown up listening to King’s X, Whitesnake, Dream Theater and Toto, among others, and he decided to change his musical direction to hard rock and metal.
In 2009, and only 17-years old, DINO JELUSIC released his 2nd studio album – “Living My Own Life”. Sung in English language, the material was recorded in Melbourne, Australia, and was finalized by Swedish producer Robert Ahrling.
This is the first showcase for DINO JELUSIC in his ‘rock side’, and album crossing melodic rock with rock&pop and classic rock, professionally produced & mixed.
After the release of “Living My Own Life” Dino planned some gigs in Scandivavia to present the album but shortly thereafter required surgery due to issues with his vocal cords. The surgery was a success and he underwent vocal training, and then released “Prošao sam sve” (“I went through everything”) in 2014, the first album where he was also the main songwriter. Jelusick had also learned bass and keyboards.
Since then, Dino was discovered by important bands from America and Europe, and never stopped to record & collaborate with many of them.
“Living My Own Life” is a good chance to hear a juvenile DINO JELUSIC, still not fully the monster rock shouter he became, but showcasing an impressive sense of melody and varied register for such a young dude. This CD is pretty rare, hard to find nowadays.
Highly Recommended
01 – I’m Not Getting Over You
02 – Rain
03 – Miss You More
04 – Living My Own Life
05 – Get On Without You
06 – Invincible
07 – Don’t Cry
08 – I Want It Now
09 – Madeline
10 – Can’t Stand This Any Longer