Ep392: Art During Wartime w Gino Yevdjevich of Kultur Shock

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Nate Goyer

Music, Music History, Music Interviews

4.7 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

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 9^th 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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0:22.0	And now, on with the show.
0:25.9	Hey, everyone, it's Nate.
0:27.5	Welcome to episode 392 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds,
0:33.0	and today we have on the show, Mr. Gino Yev Jeevjavovich, who has an absolutely incredible story of
0:39.1	music, records, and making art in the middle of a war zone. Gino was an absolute superstar
0:45.8	in the Balkans in the late 80s. He was brought up with a life of privilege. His mother was a judge
0:52.2	on their Supreme Court. Gino formed a band. He sold a lot of
0:56.7	records, and at the height of his fame, the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict broke out, and
1:01.9	Gino and his friends in Sarajevo braved nightly sniper fire to put on music in the middle of a war.
1:08.4	It's a crazy story, but it's true. And Gino now lives in the
1:11.6	U.S. after being discovered in Sarajevo by many artists, including Joan Baez, and his band,
1:18.0	Culture Shock, has many albums available through Billy Gould's Cool Arrow Records, and more recently
1:24.1	Alternative Tentacles, the label owned and operated by Jellaby Offram.
1:28.5	Now, we discuss all of that today, as well as the new Culture Shock single, King Country
1:34.9	Muhammad, unlimited blue vinyl, available for as long as it lasts at Alternative Tentacles.com.
1:42.8	Gino tells an absolutely fascinating story today, and we have over 30 extra minutes of this
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