May 4, 2023
Gino Yevdjevich (Srđan Jevđević) grew up in Sarajevo, son of a high judge and became a music superstar before age 20. When the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict came, Gino and his artist community dodged nightly sniper fire to make music. Today Gino shares his story and his continued pursuit of art and music.
Topics include:
- Gino intros
- Kultur Shock single on Alternative Tentacles
- Meeting Jello Biafra
- Connecting with Billy Gould and Chris Novoselic
- Disclaimer for potentially asking dumb questions
- Gino grew up as privileged youth, mother a Supreme Court justice
- Fascination with being an artist from youth
- Were records easy to get as a kid?
- Gino’s records were destroyed in the war
- Access to Western Music records
- The records / artists that inspired Gino
- Spending 9th grade in Colorado
- The creation of the band “Zov”
- Making a hit song while in high school
- The impact of being a successful artist in high school
- The journey from “Zov” to “Gino Banana”
- Still getting requests for the song “Mače Moje Čupavo”
- The discography of Gino Banana
- What were the band plans before the war?
- Gino may have been an executive at Diskoton
- He considers himself a “war profiteer”
- The war shaped Gino into a different artist and person
- Being a target for snipers
- Revisiting the streets of Sarajevo
- Putting the musical Hair on during the war
- Inspiring other artists to create during the war
- Being discovered by Joan Baez to come to the United States
- Almost not making it out of the country
- Will he be releasing the Kultur Shock catalogue on vinyl?
- Interview wrap up
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