Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenović ( Cyrillic : Милан Младеновић; * September 21, 1958 - November 5, 1994 ) was a rock musician in the former Yugoslavia , known as the front man of the art rock band Ekatarina Velika (EKV). He was a great rock poet for a generation.
Life
Mladenović was born in Zagreb , where his father was an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army . When he was six years old, the family moved to Sarajevo , and in 1970 to Belgrade .
Musical career
Limunovo Drvo and Šarlo Akrobata
He founded his first band with his school friend Gagi Mihajlović ; it was called Limunovo drvo (lemon tree). Later the name was changed to Sarlo akrobata . Mladenović's musical influences at the time were Elvis Costello , Paul Weller and Andy Partridge from XTC .
Katarina II and Ekatarina Velika
In 1981 Mladenović and his bandmate from Limunovo drvo founded the band Katarina II. In 1982 Margita Stefanović joined them as keyboard player , Bojan Pečar as bassist and Ivan Vdović Vd. Due to a name dispute, the band was renamed Ekatarina Velika in 1985 .
In 1992 Mladenović teamed up with other Serbian musicians to form Rimtutituki , an anti-war project . In the spring of 1994 he recorded the album Angel's Breath in Brazil with his old friend Mitar Subotić .
death
In August 1994, Mladenović was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died in Belgrade on November 5th .
Discography
Sarlo acrobata
- Package aranžman (1980) - with Električni orgazam and Idoli
- Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad ... (1981)
Katarina II / Ekatarina Velika
- Katarina II (Album) | Katarina II (1984)
- Ekatarina Velika (1985)
- S 'vetrom uz lice (1986)
- Ljubav (1987)
- Samo par godina za nas (1989)
- Dum dum (1991)
- Neko nas posmatra (1993)
Angel's Breath
- Angel's Breath (1994)
Individual evidence
- Milan Mladenović: Child out of the water . Song lyrics. Translated from the Serbian by Elvira Veselinović. Leipziger Literaturverlag 2012, ISBN 978-3866-601390
Web links
- Ekatarina Velika fansite
- Mladenović's grave
- Danas 13 godina od smrti Milana Mladenovića, Blic , November 5, 2007
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mladenović, Milan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav rock singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb , Croatia |
DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1994 |
Place of death | Belgrade , Serbia |