Bojan Pečar (
Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Печар) (22 March 1960, in
Belgrade
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– 13 October 1998, in
London) was a
Yugoslav and
Serbian musician, best known as
bass player of the
cult
In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This ...
Yugoslav rock band
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en, Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Initia ...
. Previously he was a member of the
new wave group
VIA Talas, who were featured on the
Yugoslav new wave compilation album ''
Artistička radna akcija''. He died on 13 October 1998 in London, England, officially of a heart attack, and was buried in
Progar
Progar ( sr-cyr, Прогар) is a List of Belgrade neighborhoods, suburban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Surčin.
Location
Progar is located in Syrmia's sub-region of Podlužje, in southwester ...
, outside Belgrade, Serbia. He is one of many from the former Yugoslavia (like Vladimir Cvitan, Hrvoje Horvatic, and Breda Beban) who died at a young age in London, but the cause of those deaths remains a mystery.
Discography
Albums
;With VIA Talas
*''
Artistička radna akcija'' (various artist compilation, 1981)
*''
Perfektan dan za banana ribe
''Perfektan dan za banana ribe'' (trans. '' A Perfect Day for Bananafish'') is the first and the only album by the Serbian rock band Talas. The album was printed in 3000 copies, and is available on LP only, since the album has not been reissued o ...
'' (1983)
;With Katarina II / Ekatarina Velika
*''
Katarina II'' (1984)
*''
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, en, Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.
Initia ...
'' (1985)
*''
S vetrom uz lice'' (1986)
*''
Ljubav'' (1987)
*''
Samo par godina za nas
''Samo par godina za nas'' ( en, Only a Few Years Left for Us) is the fifth studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1989. It is the last one recorded with Bojan Pečar as a bassist. The album was produced by Mitar " ...
'' (1989)
See also
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Yugoslav rock
*
Serbian rock
References
External links
Interview with Bojan Pečar ''Ćao'' magazine, 1989
New wave musicians
Yugoslav musicians
Serbian rock bass guitarists
Serbian people of Slovenian descent
1960 births
1998 deaths
Post-punk musicians
Musicians from Belgrade
20th-century bass guitarists
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