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Elvis J. Kurtovic
12+ albums
Novi Primitivizamnew primitivesrockex-yuBosnian
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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 the most notable as the bandleader and a co-founder of a 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 is 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 band Zabranjeno Pušenje, disbanded in the early 1990s. He performed on their two studio albums; Fildžan viška (1997) and Agent tajne sile (1999). Discography Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors : Mitovi i legende o kralju Elvisu (1984) Da bog da crk'o rok'n'rol (1985) The Wonderful World of Private Business (1988) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA Licens
