Dejan Orešković (born March 24, 1970), also known by his nickname Klo, is a Croatian

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and

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. He is a current member of rock band

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and a former member of heavy metal band Divlje jagode.

Life and career

Orešković was born and raised in

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(nowadays Croatia). At the age of six he went to his first music concert. It was the Bijelo Dugme concert, because his parents were their fans. Shortly thereafter, he had got an acoustic guitar and learned to play the first song " The House of the Rising Sun". By the end of elementary education, he started playing in his first rock band with whom he plays songs of the

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and similar rock bands. In the following period, he played in various local bands, and in 1988, he became a member of the most popular local band Casablanca, at that time in a contract with Jugoton. At the beginning of the

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he relocated to Munich, Germany. At that time, Orešković worked in a popular disco club where many popular bands and musicians from the former Yugoslavia were performing. He met with them, as well he worked with some of them, like with Dino Dvornik on his live album ''Live In München''. In 1994, he returned to Croatia and settled in Zagreb. Invited by his longtime acquaintance

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, he became a member of band Hard Time where he played the bass guitar until 1997. In the same year, he joined Divlje jagode through audition. There, he performed on their ninth studio album '' Od neba do neba'' (2003). Orešković left the Jagode band in 2005. From the very beginning of his stay in Zagreb he has worked as a producer or co-producer of songs for musicians or bands such as Meritas, Vanna,

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, E.N.I., Žanamari, the Opća opasnost and many others.

Zabranjeno pušenje (2008–present)

Since 2008, he has been a member of the rock band

. He performed on their last four studio albums; ''

Muzej revolucije ''Muzej revolucije'' () is the ninth studio album by Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje, released through Hayat Production in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia Records in Croatia, Vijesti in Montenegro, and Long Play in Serbia, on November 7, 20 ...

'' (2009), ''

Radovi na cesti ''Radovi na cesti'' () is the tenth studio album by Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje, released through Tropik distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia Records in Croatia and Dallas Records in Serbia, on October 10, 2013. Also, the al ...

'' (2013), ''

Šok i nevjerica ''Šok i nevjerica'' () is the eleventh studio album by Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje, released through Tropik in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Menart in Croatia and Serbia, on October 31, 2018. Recording and production In 2017 and early 2 ...

'' (2018), and ''

Karamba! ''Karamba!'' () is the twelfth studio album by Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje, released through Zenica-based records Tropik and streaming platforms on June 3, 2022. Recording and production In 2020 and 2021, the band recorded sixteen ne ...

'' (2022).

Discography

;Zabranjeno pušenje * ''

'' (2009) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2018) * ''

'' (2022) ;Divlje jagode *'' Od neba do neba'' (2003)

References

External links

Dejan Orešković Discography
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Zabranjeno Pušenje
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oreškovic, Dejan 1970 births Living people Croatian emigrants to Germany Croatian guitarists Croatian record producers Croatian rock musicians People from Slavonski Brod Zabranjeno pušenje members 21st-century guitarists