Mirko Srdić (born 26 February 1962), better known by his stage name
Elvis J. Kurtović, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, actor,
comedian, and music editor. He is most notable as the bandleader and
co-founder of the Yugoslav punk rock band Elvis J. Kurtović & His
Meteors. 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 and the Nadreality Show.Kurtović was born in
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day
Bosnia and Herzegovina) where he finished elementary school and the
2nd Sarajevo Gymnasium. He earned his degree in civil engineering from
the University of Sarajevo.In 1981, Kurtović with Dražen Janković
and Sejo Sexon established a punk rock band Elvis J. Kurtović & His
Meteors. He has contributed on all Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors
releases; Mitovi i legende o kralju Elvisu (1984), Da bog da crk'o
rok'n'rol (1985), and The Wonderful World of Private Business
(1988).In 1996, Kurtović accompanied Sejo Sexon, Predrag Bobić, and
Samir Ćeramida, with whom he restarted the band Zabranjeno Pušenje,
disbanded in the early 1990s. He performed on their two studio albums;
Fildžan viška (1997) and Agent tajne sile (1999).
Elvis J. Kurtović, is a Bosnian rock and roll musician, actor,
comedian, and music editor. He is most notable as the bandleader and
co-founder of the Yugoslav punk rock band Elvis J. Kurtović & His
Meteors. 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 and the Nadreality Show.Kurtović was born in
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day
Bosnia and Herzegovina) where he finished elementary school and the
2nd Sarajevo Gymnasium. He earned his degree in civil engineering from
the University of Sarajevo.In 1981, Kurtović with Dražen Janković
and Sejo Sexon established a punk rock band Elvis J. Kurtović & His
Meteors. He has contributed on all Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors
releases; Mitovi i legende o kralju Elvisu (1984), Da bog da crk'o
rok'n'rol (1985), and The Wonderful World of Private Business
(1988).In 1996, Kurtović accompanied Sejo Sexon, Predrag Bobić, and
Samir Ćeramida, with whom he restarted the band Zabranjeno Pušenje,
disbanded in the early 1990s. He performed on their two studio albums;
Fildžan viška (1997) and Agent tajne sile (1999).
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