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Elvis J. Kurtović
Mirko Srdić (born 26 February 1962), better known by his stage name Elvis J. Kurtović, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, actor, comedian, and music editor. He is most notable as the bandleader and co-founder of the Yugoslav punk rock band Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors. He was one of the founders of the New Primitivism movement in his hometown Sarajevo. As an actor, he has been featured in the '' Top lista nadrealista'' and the '' Nadreality Show''. Career Kurtović was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) where he finished elementary school and the 2nd Sarajevo Gymnasium. He earned his degree in civil engineering from the University of Sarajevo. In 1981, Kurtović with Dražen Janković and Sejo Sexon established a punk rock band Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors. He has contributed on all Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors releases; ''Mitovi i legende o kralju Elvisu'' (1984), ''Da bog da crk'o rok'n'r ...
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Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, Istočno Sarajevo, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants. Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southern Europe. Sarajevo is the political, financial, social and cultural center of Bosnia and Herzegovina and a prominent center of culture in the Balkans. It exerts region-wide influence in entertainment, media, fashion and the arts. Due to its long history of religious and cultural diversity, Sarajevo is sometimes called the "Jerusalem of Europe" or "Jerusalem of the Balkans". It is o ...
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SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugoslavia occurring as a consequence of the Yugoslav Wars. Spanning an area of in the Balkans, Yugoslavia was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west, by Austria and Hungary to the north, by Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and by Albania and Greece to the south. It was a one-party socialist state and federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and had six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Within Serbia was the Yugoslav capital city of Belgrade as well as two autonomous Yugoslav provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The SFR Yugoslavia traces its origins to 26 November 1942, when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia wa ...
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1962 Births
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Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ...
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Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. Headquartered in Lyon, France, it is the world's largest international police organization, with seven regional bureaus worldwide and a National Central Bureau in all 195 member states. Interpol was conceived during the first International Criminal Police Congress in 1914, which brought officials from 24 countries to discuss cooperation in law enforcement. It was founded on September 7, 1923 at the close of the five-day 1923 Congress session in Vienna as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC); it adopted many of its current duties throughout the 1930s. After coming under Nazism, Nazi control in 1938, the agency had its headquarters in the same building as the Gestapo. It was effectively moribund until the end of Wo ...
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Hapsi Sve!
''Hapsi sve!'' () is the first live album by Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje, released in 1998. It was released through Croatia Records in Croatia and A Records in Yugoslavia. Recording The songs are recorded over two nights at Dom Sportova, in Zagreb on July 10, 1997, and at the Metalac school yard in Sarajevo on September 25, 1997. Track listing SourceDiscogs/small> Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Zabranjeno Pušenje * Marin Gradac Mako – trombone, vocals, backing vocals * Sejo Sexon – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals * Elvis J. Kurtovich – vocals, reciting * Predrag Bobić Bleka – bass, backing vocals * Zoran Stojanović – electric guitar * Nedžad Podžić Počko – keyboards, backing vocals * Branko Trajkov Trak – drums * Bruno Urlić Prco – violin, backing vocals (Vlahov String Quartet) Additional musicians * Žana Marendić – vocals (track 9) * Drago Lokas – harmonica * Marijan Jakić – saxophone * Lju ...
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Agent Tajne Sile
''Agent tajne sile'' () is the sixth studio album by Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje, released in June 1999. It was released through Dancing Bear and TLN-Europa in Croatia, RENOME and Nimfa Sound in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Active Time in Yugoslavia. Track listing SourceDiscogs/small> Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Zabranjeno Pušenje * Sejo Sexon – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals * Elvis J. Kurtovich – vocals, backing vocals * Marin Gradac Mako – trombone, vocals, backing vocals * Predrag Bobić Bleka – bass * Kristina Biluš – vocals, backing vocals * Bruno Urlić Prco – violin, viola, keyboards, backing vocals * Branko Trajkov Trak – drums, percussion, backing vocals * Sejo Kovo – lead guitar, rhythm guitar Additional musicians * Cena von Vinkovci – accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical inst ...
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Fildžan Viška
''Fildžan viška'' () is the fifth studio album by Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje, released in 1997. It was released through Dallas Records in Croatia and Slovenia, and Nimfa Sound in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's the first album where Sejo Sexon took over the role of the lead singer in the band. Promotion Immediately following the release of ''Fildžan viška'', the band embarked on a tour to support the record. The band realized 149 concerts for promotion of the album. Track listing SourceDiscogs/small> Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Zabranjeno Pušenje * Sejo Sexon – lead vocals, guitar, backing vocals * Samir Ćeremida – bass * Đani Pervan – drums, backing vocals * Elvis J. Kurtovich – vocals, backing vocals * Marin Gradac Mako – trombone, vocals, backing vocals * Sejo Kovo – lead guitar, rhythm guitar * Dušan Vranić Duco – keyboards, backing vocals Production * Sejo Sexon – co–production, audio mixing * ...
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Samir Ćeramida
Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is closer to exquisite, superb or perfect. Samira is the feminine spelling, also found in both languages. People with the name Given name Artists and musicians * Samir (filmmaker), Samir Jamal al Din / Jamal Aldin, a Swiss film maker of Iraqi origin *Samir Badran, Swedish television personality and singer, part of duo Samir & Viktor *Samir Chamas, Lebanese actor, writer and voice actor *Samir Ghanem, Egyptian comedian * Samir Soni, Indian actor Politicians *Samir Allioui, Dutch politician *Samir Frangieh, Lebanese politician *Samir Geagea, Lebanese politician * Samir Kassir, Lebanese politician *Samir Mouqbel (born 1939), Lebanese politician *Samir Saïed, Tunisian politician *Samir Sharifov, Azerbaijani politician *Sameer Zuberi, Canadian po ...
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Predrag Bobić
Predrag Bobić (born May 18, 1960), sometimes credited as Dragan Bobić and known by his nickname Bleka, is a Croatian musician, guitarist and music pedagogue. He is most notable as a former bassist of rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje. Music career Bobić started his guitarist career in the late 1970s. His first band was Epitaf. During 1980s he performed with many local-known bands, such as Jesen, Band, No.1 and Brod and Animatori. In late 1980s he made a collaboration with Sarajevo-based rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje and appeared as guest bassist on their 1987 album '' Pozdrav iz zemlje Safari''. After his stint with Animatori, he left his music career for a while. In 1996, Bobić joined with Sejo Sexon and Elvis J. Kurtović in a refreshed lineup of Zabranjeno Pušenje after the band's dissolution in early 1990s. Bobić played on four studio albums; ''Fildžan viška'' (1997), ''Agent tajne sile'' (1999), '' Bog vozi Mercedes'' (2001) and '' Hodi da ti čiko nešto da'' (2006); a ...
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