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Sikter is a
Bosnian alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...
band from
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...
. The band was formed in 1990 as a punk rock project of a few students, but became one of the most successful Bosnian rock bands. The name of the band is translated as ''Buzz Off''!
From 1990 they changed line-ups many times, as well as musical styles. Their first songs were parodies of
Yugoslavia
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n pop songs. Sikter became the first band from Bosnia and Herzegovina whose video clip ''Pain In Brain'' was broadcast on MTV for several months.
They recorded four albums: ''
Now, Always, Never'' in 2000, ''
Queen of the Disco'' in 2002, ''
My Music'' in 2005 and ''
Ego Trip'' in 2009. The album ''
Now, Always, Never'' was produced by English musician
Brian Eno.
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History
Band Sikter was formed in spring 1990. in Sarajevo. It was created spontaneously at fresh party on Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts. At the party was supposed to play
pop rock
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band
Regina but when they started to play, Enes Zlatar, Igor Čamo,
Faris Arapović, and Davor Čolić came to the stage and repelled Regina from stage with word ''Sikter'' which means ''Buzz Off'' and started to play. After that party band was formed and they played a parody of
Yugoslavia
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n pop songs with
punk rock elements. First two years, the band didn't constant line-up and rehearsals so many musicians played in the band in a period of 1990-1992.
By the beginning of the
war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...
, the band started the transformation from
punk rock to
alternative rock
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band but still with elements of punk. During
the siege
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, Sarajevo had a large alternative scene and numerous club concerts. Sikter was one of the most active bands during that period. They performed on the ''Rock Under Siege'' concert in Sloga club organized by ''Radio ZID''. In 1994, they performed as the opening act at
Bruce Dickinson concert in Sarajevo. Also
MTV made a reportage from their concert in Obala Arts Center in Sarajevo.
In 1995
Haris Pašović
Haris Pašović (born 16 July 1961) is a Bosnian theatre director. Over the course of his career, he has also worked as a playwright, producer, choreographer, performer, and designer. He is best known for his productions of Wedekind's “ Spring A ...
invites band members to join his theatre ensemble. During that time the team of journalists from
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came to Sarajevo and started to hang out with the band members. They decided to record their first music video for the song ''Pain in Brain'' directed by Haris Pašović. It was aired often on
MTV UK
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The channel launched as part of MTV Networks Europe localisation strategy in 1997. MTV UK (previously MTV UK & ...
during 1995. In April 1995 they came to
London
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with the ensemble to perform on play ''Silk Drums'' on festival ''Memories 45-95'' but under certain circumstances, ensemble didn't perform. Because Airport in Sarajevo was closed, ensemble can not be returned in Bosnia and Herzegovina so they must stay in London for a couple of weeks and after that, they went to
Amsterdam
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and the band started to rehearse and play again. They have a lot of concerts in the Netherlands during 1995 and they met
Brian Eno in one of the Amsterdam clubs. Dutch saxophonist Jan Kooper also joined the band. In July 1995,
Vasco Rossi
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invites the band to play on his double concert ''Rock sotto l'assedio'' which held on
San Siro
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stadium in
Milano
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.
After the end of the war, the band returns to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1996 Vasco Rossi again invites them to join him on his tour across Italy. After Italy, they went on tour in Belgium, France, and the Czech Republic during 1996. By the end of 1996, they started to rehearse and play in Bosnia and planning their debut album.
In 1997 they played on the
U2 concert in Sarajevo as an opening act. They are invited to open
Pavarotti Music Centre
Pavarotti Music Centre ( Croatian and Bosnian: ''Muzički centar Pavarotti'') is a non-profit arts institution located in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was opened on 21 December 1997 and its premises are located in a former primary school. It ...
in
Mostar
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and perform with
Bono Vox,
Jovanotti
Lorenzo Cherubini (; born 27 September 1966), better known as Jovanotti (), is an Italian singer-songwriter, rapper and disc jockey.
The name Jovanotti derives from ''giovanotti'', the plural form of the Italian word ''giovanotto'' ("young man") ...
and Brian Eno. Also, they agreed with Brian Eno to come into Mostar and help them to record their debut album. They started to record in the spring 1998 and ended recording of the album by the end of 1998.
The album ''
Now, Always, Never'' was released two years after recording on 21 November 2000. Album was long-awaited in Bosnia and Herzegovina and has received a good reviews. It was distributed internationally by
The Orchard.
By the end of February 2002 band released a second album
Queen of the Disco. Album was not well accepted because of the changing of musical style from alternative rock to disco music.
During the 2004 they signed a contract with label
Gramofon
Gramofon is a record label and event agency founded in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2003. It's the biggest music label of alternative music in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Since 2003, Gramofon has organized more than 200 concerts and music even ...
from Sarajevo which published their third album
My Music and single "
Don't You Miss Me". The album was supported with DVD ''
My Documents
My Documents is the commonly recognized name of a special folder in Microsoft Windows (starting with Windows Vista, it is called Documents only, and the actual name of the folder might be different when the language of the installed copy of Wi ...
'' which was released 2006. On the DVD was also released a film about the band ''I Was Dreaming About Smirnoff Buffalo'' directed by Timur Makarević.
In 2009 band released their last album ''
Ego Trip''. The album was released by one of the biggest labels in Bosnia and Herzegovina ''Hayat Production''.
At the start of the 2017 band decided to no longer exist and they made a farewell concert on February 2, 2017 at
Bosnian national television studio.
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''
Now, Always, Never'' (2000)
* ''
Queen of the Disco'' (2002)
* ''
My Music'' (2005)
* ''
Ego Trip'' (2009)
;Singles
*
Don't You Miss Me from the album
My Music (2005)
;Video Albums
* ''
My Documents
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'' (2006)
Members
;Final line-up
*Enes Zlatar - vocals, keyboards
(1990–2017)
*Esad Bratović - guitar
(1994–2017)
*Dragan Rokvić - bass, vocals
(1996–2017)
*Igor Čamo - keyboards
(1990, 2000–2017)
*Nedim Zlatar - drums
(2002–2017)
*Leondardo Šarić - backing vocals
(2005–2017)
*Dejan Kajević - backing vocals
(2005–2017)
;Former members
*
Faris Arapović - drums
(1990, 1993-2002)
*Davor Tadić - bass
(1990-1992)
*Davor Čolić - guitar
(1990-1992)
*Darko Jelisić - drums
(1990-1992)
*Nebojša Šerić - bass, guitar
(1990-1995)
*Nedžad Sladić - guitar
(1990-1992)
*Igor Vukašinović (deceased) - guitar
(1992-1993)
*Sandi Ilić - bass
(1993)
*Dušan Vranić - keyboards
(1994)
*Hamdija Kreševljaković - bass
(1995)
*Jan Kooper - saxophone
(1995, 2006)
*Wilbrandt Meischke - bass
(1995)
*Renato Foder - keyboards
(2002)
*Režinald Šimek - keyboards
(2004–2006)
References
External links
Sikteron
MySpaceSikteron
Last.fm
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Sikter's fanclubGramofon.ba
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Bosnia and Herzegovina musical groups
Musical groups established in 1990
Hayat Production artists