Dejan Cukic
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Dejan Cukić is a Serbia
n rock musician, journalist
and writer
.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave
band Bulevar
, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music. He returned to music in 1984, when he became one of the vocalists of the rock
/pop rock
band Bajaga i Instruktori
, with wich he recorded three studio albums. In 1987, he released his first solo album, and soon after left Bajaga i Instruktori to purchase solo career, which spans to the present day. In 1988, Cukić formed his backing band, Spori Ritam Band.
band Bulevar
. Cukić released two albums with Bulevar: Loš i mlad
(Bad and Young) and Mala noćna panika
(A Little Night Panic). After Bulevar disbaned in 1982, Cukić started working as a journalist.
. He recorded three albums with Bajaga i Instruktori: Pozitivna geografija
(Positive Geography), Sa druge strane jastuka
(On the Other Side of the Pillow) and Jahači magle
(Fog Riders). In the spring of 1987, he released his first solo album, Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm). The album featured a cover of Azra
's song "A šta da radim" ("What Should I Do"). The same summer, Cukić went on Bajaga i Instruktori Soviet Union tour, which was his last tour with the band.
and Tunel
member, guitar), Safet Petrovac (a former Piloti
member , guitar), Slobodan Jurišić (a former Mama Co Co and Točak Band
member, drums), and Branko Isaković
(a former Bulevar, Suncokret
and Idoli member, bass guitar). In 1989, Isaković moved to Kerber
, and Bata Božanić replaced him. This lineup recorded the album Zajedno (Together). The title track was a cover of The Beatles
' song "Come Together
". At the time, Petrovac and Božanić left the band, and Božanić was replaced by former Jugosloveni
member Nenad Novaković. In 1991, both Isaković and Petrovac returned to the band. Album 1991 was soon released. It featured a cover of Bulevar's song "Nestašni dečaci" ("Wild Boys"). At the time, the Yugoslav wars
started, and Cukić made a three-year break in his work.
In 1994, Cukić released a compilation album San na pola puta (A Dream on the Half of the Road), which featured songs which did not appear on his solo albums. The album featured a cover of Arsen Dedić
's song "Sve što znaš o meni" ("Everything You Know about Me"), cover of Bulevar's song "Trenutni lek" ("Momentary Remedy") and the ballad "Ruža ispod pepela" ("Rose under the Ashes"), the latter previously released on the various artist album S one strane duge (Over the Rainbow). In 1994, Cukić performed at the unplugged
festival held in Sava Centar, and an unplugged version of the song "Ruža ispod pepela" was released on the live album Bez struje
(Unplugged). At the end of 1995, Negovanović left Spori Ritam Band and became a member of Bajaga i Instruktori, but he continued working with Cukić.
The album 4 ½... Ja bih da pevam... (4 ½... I Would Like to Sing...) was released in 1996. It featured a cover of Đorđe Marjanović's song "Zvižduk u osam" ("Whistle at Eight") and a cover of Doobie Brothers' song "Long Train Running
", Cukić version titled "Dugo putovanje vozom". The song "Mokre ulice" ("Wet Streets") featured Branimir Štulić
on vocals as guest. In 1997, Dejan Cukić and Spori Ritam Band released the live album Unplugged recorded on their unplugged concert in Studio M in Novi Sad
. In 1996, Cukić and Spori Ritam Band also performed on Music Festival Budva, playing the song "Na moru ljubavi" ("On the Sea of Love"), and in 1997 they performed at the same festival playing the song "Karneval" ("Carneval"). At the end of 1998, they released album Igramo na ulici (Dancing in the Street).
In 2000, Cukić wrote Serbian language
lyrics for Bob Dylan
's songs to be used in the play
Divlji med (Wild Honey). These covers were released on the album Divlji med - Pesme Boba Dilana (Wild Honey - Bob Dylan Songs). In 2002, Cukić released the studio album Kalendar ("Calendar"). The album featured guest appearances by Teodora Bojović
(on the track "U snovima"), Riblja Čorba
guitarist Vidoja Božinović
(on the tracks "Marina" and cover of Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
"), Vladimir Barjaktarević and Bora Đorđević of Riblja Čorba and Momčilo Bajagić
and Žika Milenković of Bajaga i Instruktori (on (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction). Along with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever
" was covered as a bonus track. In 2003, backed with Spori Ritam Band, Cukić recorded a live album in Belgrade's Sava Centar and released it as DC & SRB @ SC (short of Dejan Cukić & Spori Ritam Band at Sava Centar).
In 2007, after a 4 years break, Cukić presented his new single "Kud me vetar doziva" (Where the Wind Calls Me) at Music Festival Budva, which he announced to appear on a new album. The album was recorded in Sky Music studio from November 2006 until November 2007, and was out on April 1, 2008 with a simbolic title Ubrzanje! (Acceleration!). The album featured several producers: Mirko Vukomanović, Vlada Negovanović, Voja Aralica, Ted Yanni, Predrag M. Milanović and Kornelije Kovač
. Like on the previous album, two bonus cover versions appeared: Azra's hit "Obrati pažnju na poslednju stvar" ("Pay Attention to the Last Tune") and a different version of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" (as "Zauvek mlad") than the one appearing on Divlji med - Pesme Boba Dilana album.
publications. He published his interviews with Dire Straits
, Uriah Heep
, Saxon
, Tina Turner
, Sting, Kim Wilde
and others. By his own words, he decided to return to music after an interview with Bananarama
members in 1984, after which he joined Bajaga i Instruktori
.
At the end of 1996, Cukić started writing about Serbian rock scene
for Beocity.com website. In the spring of 2001, Cukić became one of the editors of the Žica magazine. He occasionally contributes to the Politikin Zabavnik
magazine.
In 2011, he became the host of Radio B92 show Volim ponedeljak (I Like Monday).
, titled Muzika je najbolja (Music Is the Best). His book Rolingstonsi - uputstvo za upotrebu (The Rolling Stones
- the Manual) was published in 2007. The book entitled 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama
(45 Revolutions: Stories about Songs), compiled of his articles published in Politikin Zabavnik, was published during the same year.
Kreatori i kreature (Creators and Creatures) directed by Vladimir Milančić.
In 2011, Cukić became a contestant in the TV Pink reality show Dvor (The Casle), the move which caused mostly negative reactions by the rock community in Serbia. He was voted out of the show after three weeks.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n rock musician, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band Bulevar
Bulevar (band)
Bulevar were a Serbian and former Yugoslav New Wave band from Belgrade.-Band formation:The band history dates from the days of the group Tilt consisting of young highschool attendants Dejan Cukić , Nenad Stamatović , Dušan Bezuha , Miroslav Cvetković and drummers at different times,...
, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music. He returned to music in 1984, when he became one of the vocalists of the rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
/pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
band Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
, with wich he recorded three studio albums. In 1987, he released his first solo album, and soon after left Bajaga i Instruktori to purchase solo career, which spans to the present day. In 1988, Cukić formed his backing band, Spori Ritam Band.
Bulevar
As a teenager Dejan Cukić was the singer of the band Dizel. After leaving Dizel, he joined Tilt, and later the New WaveNew Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band Bulevar
Bulevar (band)
Bulevar were a Serbian and former Yugoslav New Wave band from Belgrade.-Band formation:The band history dates from the days of the group Tilt consisting of young highschool attendants Dejan Cukić , Nenad Stamatović , Dušan Bezuha , Miroslav Cvetković and drummers at different times,...
. Cukić released two albums with Bulevar: Loš i mlad
Loš i mlad
- Bulevar :* Nenad Stamatović — guitar, arranged by , music by * Predrag Jakovljević — drums, arranged by * Dejan Cukić — vocals, lyrics by , music by , arranged by...
(Bad and Young) and Mala noćna panika
Mala noćna panika
- Bulevar :* Dejan Cukić — vocals, backing vocals, music by , lyrics by , arranged by * Branko Isaković — bass,* Nenad Stamatović — guitar, backing vocals, music by * Predrag Jakovljević — drums,...
(A Little Night Panic). After Bulevar disbaned in 1982, Cukić started working as a journalist.
Bajaga i Instruktori
In 1984, Cukić became a member of Bajaga i InstruktoriBajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
. He recorded three albums with Bajaga i Instruktori: Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija is the 1984 debut album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1984...
(Positive Geography), Sa druge strane jastuka
Sa druge strane jastuka
Sa druge strane jastuka is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1985...
(On the Other Side of the Pillow) and Jahači magle
Jahači magle
Jahači magle is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1986....
(Fog Riders). In the spring of 1987, he released his first solo album, Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm). The album featured a cover of Azra
Azra
Azra was a rock band from Zagreb that was popular across Yugoslavia in the 1980s. Azra was formed in 1977 by its frontman Branimir "Johnny" Štulić. The other two members of the original line-up were Mišo Hrnjak and Boris Leiner . The band is named after a verse from "Der Asra" by Heinrich Heine...
's song "A šta da radim" ("What Should I Do"). The same summer, Cukić went on Bajaga i Instruktori Soviet Union tour, which was his last tour with the band.
Solo career
In 1988, he formed his backing band, Spori Ritam Band (trans. Slow Rhythm Band). The first lineup of the band featured Dragan Mitrić (keyboard), Vlada Negovanović (a former Doktor Spira i Ljudska BićaDoktor Spira i Ljudska Bića
Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića was a Serbian New Wave/alternative rock band from Belgrade.- Mira i Spira, band formation :...
and Tunel
Tunel (band)
Tunel was a former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade.-1980 – 1992:The band was formed in 1980 by Ljuba Ninković , Vladimir "Vlada" Janković "Džet" , and Steva Stevanović...
member, guitar), Safet Petrovac (a former Piloti
Piloti (band)
Piloti is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1981, and initially immersed in the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the band later moved towards mainstream pop rock, they came to prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s as one of the leading pop rock acts in former Yugoslavia...
member , guitar), Slobodan Jurišić (a former Mama Co Co and Točak Band
Radomir Mihajlovic
Radomir Mihailović , also known as Točak , is a Serbian rock guitarist. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Smak. Mihailović is considered one of the top and most influential guitarists of former Yugoslav rock scene.-Studio albums:*R.M...
member, drums), and Branko Isaković
Branko Isakovic
Branko Isaković is a Serbian bass player born in Valjevo in 1958. He was a member of notable rock bands active in former Yugoslavia. He closely collaborates with Dejan Cukić and Bilja Krstić and has his own projects TeodulIja and Divine Sound, focusing on ambiental, ethno and spiritual music.-...
(a former Bulevar, Suncokret
Suncokret
Suncokret was a former Yugoslav acoustic rock band from Belgrade.-Band history:The band was formed in 1975 by former Zajedno member Bora Đorđević , a former U Cvetu Mladosti member Nenad Božić and female singers Snežana Jandrlić and Vesna Rakočević...
and Idoli member, bass guitar). In 1989, Isaković moved to Kerber
Kerber
Kerber is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Niš.-1980s:The original members of Kerber were Goran Šepa "Gale" , Tomislav Nikolić , Branislav "Bane" Božinović , Zoran Stamenković and Zoran Madić . In 1981, formerly known as Top Kerber (Serbian Cyrillic: Кербер; trans. Cerberus) is a...
, and Bata Božanić replaced him. This lineup recorded the album Zajedno (Together). The title track was a cover of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
' song "Come Together
Come Together
"Come Together" is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on The Beatles' September 1969 album Abbey Road....
". At the time, Petrovac and Božanić left the band, and Božanić was replaced by former Jugosloveni
Jugosloveni
Jugosloveni were a former Yugoslav rock band, best known for their hit "Jugosloveni".-Band history:The band was formed in 1986 by the vocalist Zoran Paunović...
member Nenad Novaković. In 1991, both Isaković and Petrovac returned to the band. Album 1991 was soon released. It featured a cover of Bulevar's song "Nestašni dečaci" ("Wild Boys"). At the time, the Yugoslav wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
started, and Cukić made a three-year break in his work.
In 1994, Cukić released a compilation album San na pola puta (A Dream on the Half of the Road), which featured songs which did not appear on his solo albums. The album featured a cover of Arsen Dedić
Arsen Dedic
Arsen Dedić is a Croatian singer-songwriter who has been prominent in the Croatian as well as former Yugoslav music scene. Dedić writes and performs chansons as well as film music...
's song "Sve što znaš o meni" ("Everything You Know about Me"), cover of Bulevar's song "Trenutni lek" ("Momentary Remedy") and the ballad "Ruža ispod pepela" ("Rose under the Ashes"), the latter previously released on the various artist album S one strane duge (Over the Rainbow). In 1994, Cukić performed at the unplugged
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
festival held in Sava Centar, and an unplugged version of the song "Ruža ispod pepela" was released on the live album Bez struje
Bez struje
Bez struje is a various artists live album, released in 1994, recorded on the unplugged festival held in 1994 in Sava Centar, Belgrade, Serbia. The album features eighteen Serbian acts.-Track listing:-References:*...
(Unplugged). At the end of 1995, Negovanović left Spori Ritam Band and became a member of Bajaga i Instruktori, but he continued working with Cukić.
The album 4 ½... Ja bih da pevam... (4 ½... I Would Like to Sing...) was released in 1996. It featured a cover of Đorđe Marjanović's song "Zvižduk u osam" ("Whistle at Eight") and a cover of Doobie Brothers' song "Long Train Running
Long Train Running
"Long Train Runnin" is a song written by musician Tom Johnston and recorded by The Doobie Brothers. It was included on the band's 1973 album The Captain and Me and released as a single, becoming a top-ten hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight...
", Cukić version titled "Dugo putovanje vozom". The song "Mokre ulice" ("Wet Streets") featured Branimir Štulić
Branimir Štulic
Branimir "Johnny" Štulić is a Yugoslav singer, songwriter, poet and a leader of the popular former Yugoslav rock group Azra...
on vocals as guest. In 1997, Dejan Cukić and Spori Ritam Band released the live album Unplugged recorded on their unplugged concert in Studio M in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
. In 1996, Cukić and Spori Ritam Band also performed on Music Festival Budva, playing the song "Na moru ljubavi" ("On the Sea of Love"), and in 1997 they performed at the same festival playing the song "Karneval" ("Carneval"). At the end of 1998, they released album Igramo na ulici (Dancing in the Street).
In 2000, Cukić wrote Serbian language
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
lyrics for Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
's songs to be used in the play
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
Divlji med (Wild Honey). These covers were released on the album Divlji med - Pesme Boba Dilana (Wild Honey - Bob Dylan Songs). In 2002, Cukić released the studio album Kalendar ("Calendar"). The album featured guest appearances by Teodora Bojović
Teodora Bojović
Teodora Bojović , born in Novi Sad, SR Serbia , currently living in Belgrade, is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She used to be a TV show host before starting her singing career, but today mostly focuses on her job as a music professor in Belgrade. She participated in Evropesma two times, once in...
(on the track "U snovima"), Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...
guitarist Vidoja Božinović
Vidoja Božinovic
Vidoja Božinović , also known as Džindžer , is a Serbian musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...
(on the tracks "Marina" and cover of Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
" Satisfaction" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. Richards's throwaway three-note guitar riff — intended to be replaced by horns — opens and drives the song...
"), Vladimir Barjaktarević and Bora Đorđević of Riblja Čorba and Momčilo Bajagić
Momcilo Bajagic
Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
and Žika Milenković of Bajaga i Instruktori (on (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction). Along with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, The Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever
Strawberry Fields Forever
"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and attributed to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. It was inspired by Lennon's memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army house named "Strawberry Field" near his childhood home."Strawberry Fields...
" was covered as a bonus track. In 2003, backed with Spori Ritam Band, Cukić recorded a live album in Belgrade's Sava Centar and released it as DC & SRB @ SC (short of Dejan Cukić & Spori Ritam Band at Sava Centar).
In 2007, after a 4 years break, Cukić presented his new single "Kud me vetar doziva" (Where the Wind Calls Me) at Music Festival Budva, which he announced to appear on a new album. The album was recorded in Sky Music studio from November 2006 until November 2007, and was out on April 1, 2008 with a simbolic title Ubrzanje! (Acceleration!). The album featured several producers: Mirko Vukomanović, Vlada Negovanović, Voja Aralica, Ted Yanni, Predrag M. Milanović and Kornelije Kovač
Kornelije Kovac
Kornelije "Bata" Kovač is a famous Serbian composer. He is a father of Aleksandra Kovač and Kristina Kovač, both successful Serbian singers.-Early life:...
. Like on the previous album, two bonus cover versions appeared: Azra's hit "Obrati pažnju na poslednju stvar" ("Pay Attention to the Last Tune") and a different version of Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" (as "Zauvek mlad") than the one appearing on Divlji med - Pesme Boba Dilana album.
Career as a journalist
After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, Cukić started working in the Rock magazine and other PolitikaPolitika AD
Politika a.d. is a Serbian media corporation founded in present form in 2005, and it has continually existed in various legal forms since 1904....
publications. He published his interviews with Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...
, Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...
, Saxon
Saxon (band)
Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...
, Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
, Sting, Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
and others. By his own words, he decided to return to music after an interview with Bananarama
Bananarama
Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
members in 1984, after which he joined Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
.
At the end of 1996, Cukić started writing about Serbian rock scene
Serbian rock
Serbian rock is the rock music scene of Serbia. During the 1960s, 1970s and the 1980s, while Serbia was a constituent republic of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Serbian rock scene was a part of the SFR Yugoslav rock scene....
for Beocity.com website. In the spring of 2001, Cukić became one of the editors of the Žica magazine. He occasionally contributes to the Politikin Zabavnik
Politikin zabavnik
Politikin Zabavnik is a popular magazine in Serbia, published by Politika Newspapers and Magazines. The first issue came out on 28 February 1939. In the beginning it was printed in the form of newspaper, and issued biweekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Nowadays it comes out weekly on Fridays...
magazine.
In 2011, he became the host of Radio B92 show Volim ponedeljak (I Like Monday).
Career as a writer
In 2001, Cukić published a book about life and work of Frank ZappaFrank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
, titled Muzika je najbolja (Music Is the Best). His book Rolingstonsi - uputstvo za upotrebu (The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
- the Manual) was published in 2007. The book entitled 45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama
45 obrtaja: Price o pesmama
45 obrtaja: Priče o pesmama is a book by Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer Dejan Cukić published in 2007, compiled mostly of his articles previously published in Politikin Zabavnik magazine.The book features biographies of forty-five different music artists, as well as...
(45 Revolutions: Stories about Songs), compiled of his articles published in Politikin Zabavnik, was published during the same year.
Other activities
In 1986, Cukić played one of the main characters in the TV drama Poslednja priča (The Last Story) directed by Miloš Petrović. He appeared in TV rock operaRock opera
A rock opera is a work of rock music that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections in the manner of opera. A rock opera differs from a conventional rock album, which usually includes songs that are not unified by a common theme or narrative. More recent developments include...
Kreatori i kreature (Creators and Creatures) directed by Vladimir Milančić.
In 2011, Cukić became a contestant in the TV Pink reality show Dvor (The Casle), the move which caused mostly negative reactions by the rock community in Serbia. He was voted out of the show after three weeks.
Studio albums
- Pozitivna geografijaPozitivna geografijaPozitivna geografija is the 1984 debut album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1984...
(1984) - Sa druge strane jastukaSa druge strane jastukaSa druge strane jastuka is the second studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1985...
(1985) - Jahači magleJahači magleJahači magle is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1986....
(1986)
Studio albums
- Spori ritam (1987)
- Divlji med - Pesme Boba Dilana (2000)
- Kalendar (2002)
- Ubrzanje! (2008)
Other appearances
- "Ruža ispod pepela" (S one strane duge, 1992)
- "Ruža ispod pepela" (Bez strujeBez strujeBez struje is a various artists live album, released in 1994, recorded on the unplugged festival held in 1994 in Sava Centar, Belgrade, Serbia. The album features eighteen Serbian acts.-Track listing:-References:*...
, 1994)
Studio albums
- Zajedno (1989)
- 1991 (1991)
- 4 ½... Ja bih da pevam... (1996)
- Igramo na ulici (1998)