Ep392: Art During Wartime w Gino Yevdjevich of Kultur Shock
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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
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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