Big Foot Mama

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Big Foot Mama is a rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is one of the most popular Slovenian pop rock bands of the 1990s.

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The group started their career in 1990. After their third album, Tretja dimenzija (The Third Dimension), they were already considered as the Slovenian pop rock band of the decade, breaking sales records in rock category and selling out some of the biggest venues in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana like Križanke and Hala Tivoli, which were previously considered as unconquerable for Slovenian rock bands.

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