Initially led by vocalist Zlatan Stipišić "Džibo", Osmi Putnik achieved nationwide popularity with their debut studio album Ulična molitva, released in 1986.
[1] At the end of the year, they won the first place at the Radiotelevision Zagreb show Stereovizija (Stereovision) with the song "Lutko moja, takav sam ti ja" ("My Doll, That's What I'm Like").
[1] The glam metal-oriented album achieved success and launched Osmi Putnik to the top of the Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal scene.
[1] The title track featured players of the football club Hajduk Split Stjepan Andrijašević, Ive Jerolimov, Mladen Pralija and Zoran Vulić on backing vocals.
[1] The album repeated the success of its predecessor, the title track going on to become the band's biggest hit, and for a period of time an unofficial anthem of Hajduk Split fans Torcida.
[1] In 1988, the band released their third studio album, Drage sestre moje... Nije isto bubanj i harmonika (My Dear Sisters...
[1] At the beginning of 2002, Bojan Antolić, Davor Gradinski and Mirjan Jovanović, with the approval from the band's former leader Stipišić, who maintained a successful solo career, reformed Osmi Putnik.
[1] During the same year, PGP-RTB successor PGP-RTS reissued Glasno, glasnije and Drage sestre moje... Nije isto bubanj i harmonika on single CD.
[1] In 2021, after a longer hiatus in their work,[2] the band recorded the album Rock 'n' Roll se kući vratio (Rock 'n' Roll Came Back Home), entitled after a song from their third album, featuring new vocalist, Giuliano Đanić,[1] previously a member of the bands Apokalipsa (Apocalypse), and Feeling and a successful solo artist.