Franc Teropšič died on 9 September 2022, and Marko Herak died on 31 October of the same year. In 2024, Mijo Popovič reformed Pomaranča, in the lineup featuring Tomas Žontar (keyboards), Matic Nareks (vocals), Tilen Hudrap (bass guitar) and Matjaž Winkler (drums). The new lineup released the single “Vse pesmi…
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Although never officially announcing their disbandment, the band ended their activity once again in the second half of the 1990s, Popovič dedicating himself to composing children’s music . Pomaranča would make occasional reunions during the following decades. In 2001, they performed on the Heavy Metal Night in the K4 club…
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Pomaranča made a brief reunion in 1988, to hold a concert as a sign of support to arrested dissident and the future prime minister of Slovenia Janez Janša . The band reunited once again in 1990, appearing as the opening act on Alice Cooper concert in Zagreb . In 1993,…
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In 1983, the band released their second studio album, the English language Madbringer , under the name Orange, in an attempt to break into the foreign market, but the album saw little international success. The album featured controversially titled songs “Honey Let Me Feel Your Pussy” and “Don’t Stop I’m…
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In 1981, Pomaranča released their debut album, entitled Peklenska pomoranča ( Hell Orange , a Slovenian language translation of the title A Clockwork Orange ). The songs “Moli s kim si legla noćoj” (“Ask Who You Slept With Last Night”) and “Pustite upanje, ki vstopate” (“Abandon All Hope, Ye Who…
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In 1980, the band’s first release appeared, the 7-inch single with the songs “Soldat” (“Soldier”) and “Mladost” (“Youth”), released through PGP-RTB . It was followed by two 7-inch singles released in 1981, the first featuring the songs “Alkohol” (“Alcohol”) and “Gozba zla” (“The Feast of Evil”), and the second with…
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Pomaranča was formed in 1979 by Miloje “Mijo” Popovič (guitar), Zlatko Magdalenič (vocals), Marko Herak (bass guitar), Tomaž Žontar (keyboards) and Franc Teropšič (drums). Popovič had previously led the band Trije Norci Tolčejo ( Three Fools Knock ), also known as TNT. Initially Pomaranča’s sound was Deep Purple – and…
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