Antun "Toni" Lović (born July 2, 1967) is a Croatian

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...

and

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. He is a current member of rock band

Zabranjeno Pušenje Zabranjeno Pušenje () is a Bosnian Rock music, rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with Bosnian folk music, folk influences, often featuring innovative production a ...

Life and career

Lović was born and raised in

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(nowadays

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). At the beginning of the 1980s, he began to deal with music and soon became one of the best local guitarists. In 1988, he co-founded the heavy metal band Sauron. In 1992, Lović and his band Sauron released their first studio album ''Better Tomorrow''. Later, he moved to Zagreb and joined then-famous Croatian heavy metal band Hard Time. With them he released two albums: ''Kad poludim'' in 1996, and ''No.3'' ten years later. At the same time, he works as a record producer and a

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in the studio of Alen Islamović. Also, he recorded two studio albums with band Buđenje; ''Lipo vrime'' (2002) and ''Kosti i tilo'' (2005). Lović works as a record producer at the Plavi Film Studio in Zagreb. Also, works as a

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Zabranjeno pušenje (2004–present)

Since 2004, Lović has been a member of the rock band

. He performed on their last five studio albums, '' Hodi da ti čiko nešto da'' (2006), '' Muzej revolucije'' (2009), '' Radovi na cesti'' (2013), and '' Šok i nevjerica'' (2018), and '' Karamba!'' (2022).

Discography

;Zabranjeno pušenje * '' Hodi da ti čiko nešto da'' (2006) * '' Muzej revolucije'' (2009) * '' Radovi na cesti'' (2013) * '' Šok i nevjerica'' (2018) * '' Karamba!'' (2022)

References

External links

Toni Lović Discography
at

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Zabranjeno pušenje
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