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Zabranjeno pušenje (phrase meaning "Smoking is forbidden") were a Bosnian garage rock band founded in the 1980s.
During a time when the rest of the ex-Yugoslav music scene was following the trends of Europe at the time (chiefly Punk Rock and New Wave), Zabranjeno Pušenje were part of a unique rock movement centered in Sarajevo that forged its own path. This movement for the most part centered on simple, youthful, garage rock, with folk influences and a distinct Sarajevo urban feel.
Songs such as Dan kad je otišao Hase (The Day That Hase Left), a tribute to Asim Ferhatović, and the cautiosly optimistic Lijepa Alma (Beautiful Alma) have secured their place in the history of Bosnian music. They released four albums before the Yugoslav wars.
Due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, the band temporarily stopped releasing albums and lost some of its prominence. Most of the band (including Sejo Sexon of the original group) remained in Croatia and Bosnia, while the singer Nele Karajlić moved to Serbia. The western part continued to perform in mid-1990s and renewed the group's success. They also later went to a European tour and by 2004 released seven more albums. The eastern part released one more album as well, and later got renamed to "Emir Kusturica & No Smoking orchestra".
External link
- Official band web site (http://www.zabranjeno-pusenje.com/)