Davor SuÄ ić (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [dâʋor sût͡ʃitÍ¡É•];
born June 7, 1961), 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.Sejo Sexon started playing
the guitar at the age of 12. In 1978, he formed a rock band named
Pseudo Blues Band with Nenad Janković, a singer and keyboardist who
was his neighbor in Sarajevo at the time. The band worked on recording
psychedelic compositions in home production and did not have live
performances or official releases. In 1980, they invited Zenit Ä ozić
to the band and renamed it to the Pseudo Blues Band Zabranjeno
pušenje. Nenad Janković's younger brother, Dražen, was in the band
too.Initially using the pseudonym Elvis J. Spahović, Sejo Sexon was
one of the founders of the New Primitivism movement in Sarajevo. In
1981, while most of the band members went of to compulsory military
service, Dražen Janković and Sejo Sexon met with Elvis J. Kurtović
and they formed the band Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors.
Additionally, the band expanded by adding Dražen RiÄ l and Radomir
"Hare" Gavrilović. Originally formed as an optional mingle, their
first performance was in the fall of 1981. The band soon gets the
status of a cult band whose success exceeds notability of their
primary bands. Later, Sejo Sexon and Elvis J. Kurtović wrote all
songs for their debut album Mitovi i legende o kralju Elvisu (English:
Myths and Legends about Elvis the King), released through RTV
Ljubljana in 1984. During this time, Sejo Sexon also worked on the
first songs for Zabranjeno Pušenje. Their first recording,
"Penzioneri na more idu zimi" (English: Retirees go to the seaside in
the winter), was made for Radio Sarajevo in early 1981. In 1982, Sexon
left Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors.Sejo Sexon performed with
Zabranjeno Pušenje around Sarajevo for two years before beginning to
record material for a debut album during Fall 1983 in producer Paša
Ferović's modest studio. The shambolic recording process took seven
months before the album named Das ist Walter got released by Jugoton
in April 1984 in the small print of 3,000 copies, clearly indicative
of the label's extremely low commercial expectations. Though the album
was initially released in the small print, the final count was 100,000
copies sold, setting a record for exceeding the initial release by 30
times. In Autumn 1984, they embarked on a 60-concert nationwide tour,
making them one of the biggest Yugoslav rock attractions after just
one album.
born June 7, 1961), 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.Sejo Sexon started playing
the guitar at the age of 12. In 1978, he formed a rock band named
Pseudo Blues Band with Nenad Janković, a singer and keyboardist who
was his neighbor in Sarajevo at the time. The band worked on recording
psychedelic compositions in home production and did not have live
performances or official releases. In 1980, they invited Zenit Ä ozić
to the band and renamed it to the Pseudo Blues Band Zabranjeno
pušenje. Nenad Janković's younger brother, Dražen, was in the band
too.Initially using the pseudonym Elvis J. Spahović, Sejo Sexon was
one of the founders of the New Primitivism movement in Sarajevo. In
1981, while most of the band members went of to compulsory military
service, Dražen Janković and Sejo Sexon met with Elvis J. Kurtović
and they formed the band Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors.
Additionally, the band expanded by adding Dražen RiÄ l and Radomir
"Hare" Gavrilović. Originally formed as an optional mingle, their
first performance was in the fall of 1981. The band soon gets the
status of a cult band whose success exceeds notability of their
primary bands. Later, Sejo Sexon and Elvis J. Kurtović wrote all
songs for their debut album Mitovi i legende o kralju Elvisu (English:
Myths and Legends about Elvis the King), released through RTV
Ljubljana in 1984. During this time, Sejo Sexon also worked on the
first songs for Zabranjeno Pušenje. Their first recording,
"Penzioneri na more idu zimi" (English: Retirees go to the seaside in
the winter), was made for Radio Sarajevo in early 1981. In 1982, Sexon
left Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors.Sejo Sexon performed with
Zabranjeno Pušenje around Sarajevo for two years before beginning to
record material for a debut album during Fall 1983 in producer Paša
Ferović's modest studio. The shambolic recording process took seven
months before the album named Das ist Walter got released by Jugoton
in April 1984 in the small print of 3,000 copies, clearly indicative
of the label's extremely low commercial expectations. Though the album
was initially released in the small print, the final count was 100,000
copies sold, setting a record for exceeding the initial release by 30
times. In Autumn 1984, they embarked on a 60-concert nationwide tour,
making them one of the biggest Yugoslav rock attractions after just
one album.
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