Goran Bregović is a recording artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic-speaking countries in the Balkans, and is one of the few former Yugoslav musicians who has performed at major international venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall and L'Olympia.
Emir Kusturica is a Bosnian-born Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship. Kusturica is one of the most-distinguished European filmmakers beginning in the mid-1980s, best known for surreal and naturalistic movies that express deep sympathies for people from the margins. He has also been recognized for his projects in town-building. He has competed at the Cannes Film Festival on five occasions and won the Palme d'Or twice, as well as the Best Director prize for Time of the Gypsies.
Zabranjeno Pušenje is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. Currently, the band consists of founding member, vocalist and guitarist Sejo Sexon, longtime drummer Branko Trajkov, guitarist Toni Lović, bassist Dejan Orešković, and violinist and keyboardist Robert Boldižar.
Partibrejkers is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as one of the most acclaimed acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.
New Primitivism was a subcultural movement established in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in March 1983. It primarily used music, along with satire, sketch and surreal comedy on radio and television, as its forms of expression. Its protagonists and followers called themselves the New Primitives.
Nenad Janković, known as Dr Nele Karajlić, is a Yugoslav and Bosnian Serb musician, composer, comedian, actor, writer and television director living and working in Belgrade, Serbia. One of the founders of the New Primitivism cultural movement in his hometown of Sarajevo, he was also the lead singer and co-author for one of former Yugoslavia's best known bands, Zabranjeno Pušenje.
Davor Sučić, better known by his stage name Sejo Sexon, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, film score composer, actor and television director. He is most notably the bandleader and a co-founder of the rock group Zabranjeno Pušenje, contributing on all Zabranjeno Pušenje releases. He was one of the founders of the New Primitivism movement in his hometown Sarajevo. As an actor, he has been featured in the Top lista nadrealista.
Super 8 Stories is a documentary film about the band No Smoking Orchestra. It is directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The film won the Silver Plate of best documentary at Chicago International Film Festival in 2001.
Turneja 2005: Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd is the fourth live album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme, released in 2006. The album was recorded on Bijelo Dugme's 2005 reunion tour, and is the band's first release since the 1988 studio album Ćiribiribela.
Das ist Walter is the debut studio album by Yugoslav band Zabranjeno Pušenje released on April 10, 1984. It was released through Jugoton in Yugoslavia.
Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom is the second studio album by Yugoslav band Zabranjeno Pušenje released on June 11, 1985. It was released through Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia. It is the band's first double album.
Crni Biseri were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1963. The band were one of the pioneers of the Yugoslav rock scene.
Ivan 'Ivica' Maksimović was a Serbian rock, Balkan ethnic, folk and pop guitarist. He was also a composer, arranger songwriter and actor. He played in the Yugoslavian heavy metal band Metro, pop-folk band 'Ljute papričice' and was a member of The No Smoking Orchestra. He was also active in several other side projects with pop singers.
Rockovnik is a forty-episode documentary aired on Radio Television of Serbia in 2011, written by Sandra Rančić and Dušan Vesić and directed by Vesić. The series focuses on the history of former Yugoslav rock scene from its beginnings in the late 1950s until the year 2000. The name of the show is a bilingual pun based on the words "rock" and "rokovnik".
Robert Boldižar is a Bosnian-Croatian violinist and music pedagogue. He is a current member of rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje.
Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors was a Yugoslav punk rock band formed in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia in 1981. The band was the product of the New Primitivism movement, and its founder and leader was Elvis J. Kurtović. The band disbanded following the disintegration of Yugoslavia.
No Smoking in Sarajevo is a 2016 French documentary film by Gianluca Loffredo and Andrea Postiglione. The documentary explores the history of rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje through stories of three founding members; Sejo Sexon, Nele Karajlić and Fudo. The film was released on October 26, 2016, in Paris, France.
Ognjen Gajić, is a Bosnian–American intensive care physician, pulmonologist, university professor and a former musician. He serves as a Clinical Informaticist and a Critical Care Specialist of the Pulmonary Medicine Department at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. and as a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. He first found mainstream success as a member of the original lineup of a Bosnian rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje.
Dražen Janković, also known by his nickname Drale, was a Serbian musician, composer, writer and actor. He was a band member of Sarajevo-based rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje under pseudonyms Seid Mali Karajlić, and Belgrade-based band The No Smoking Orchestra as Herr Dralle Draugentaller. He was one of the prominent members of the New Primitivism movement in his hometown Sarajevo. His older brother is a Serbian musician and actor Nenad Janković.
Predrag Kovačević, known by his nickname Kova, is a Bosnian guitarist. He first found mainstream success as a 1980s lineup member of a Bosnian garage rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje.
