Nikola Šarčević (

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: Никола Шарчевић; born 9 July 1974,

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) is a Swedish musician of Serbian origin. He is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter for the Swedish

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band Millencolin and also has a solo career with four studio albums. He also runs the Swedish brewery Duckpond Brewing.

Biography

His first band was Seigmenn. '' Lock-Sport-Krock'' was Šarčević's first solo album. The title comes from the name of an imaginary

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that he and his brother pretended to play in when they were young. His solo work is mostly composed of

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and

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. On 20 April 2003, the band cancelled their US Tour after Nikola reported the disappearance of his brother, Miodrag Šarčević. Miodrag was found, deceased, four years later. It is believed a few Millencolin songs such as “Happiness For Dogs” and “Farewell My Hell” were written about him. Nikola was listed as one of the "World's Sexiest Vegetarians" in 2008 and 2009, despite the fact that Nikola claims he is not a

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. Šarčević's second solo album, '' Roll Roll and Flee'', was released on 23 October 2006. On 2 December 2009, Šarčević announced on his official

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page that he would release his third solo record " Nikola & Fattiglapparna" in 2010. The 11-song album was his first release to be recorded entirely in Swedish. In 2010 it was released through his own label Stalemate Music. He lives in

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with his wife Lisa, and three daughters.

Discography

Seigmenn

Records

Millencolin

For his recordings with Millencolin, see Millencolin Discography

Solo career

Studio albums

Singles

References

External links

Millencolin profile & MP3s
altsounds.com
Nikola Šarčević profile
Punk76.com; accessed 8 December 2015.
Nikola Šarčević on Fabchannel.com
full length concert recording (29 November 2006) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarcevic, Nikola 1974 births Living people Swedish punk rock musicians Swedish people of Serbian descent English-language singers from Sweden 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers People from Örebro