Samir Ćeremida
Samir Ćeremida[lower-alpha 1] (born 6 November 1964) is a Bosnian guitarist who is a member of Bosnian pop rock band Plavi orkestar.[2] His twin brother Admir is a drummer in the same band.[3] Formerly, he was a member of a Bosnian garage rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje.
Samir Ćeremida | |
---|---|
Also known as | Cera I |
Born | Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | 6 November 1964
Genres | |
Occupation(s) |
|
Instruments | |
Years active | 1981–present |
Associated acts |
Career
Ćeremida was born and raised in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the age of six, he started to play guitar. In the early 1980s, he performed with several local bands, such as Linija života, Posljednji autobus, and Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors. After that, he got an offer to play for Zabranjeno Pušenje and stayed there for a year. In January 1983, they played at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo together with Plavi orkestar and the Elvis J. Kurtović & His Meteors. Three months before the compulsory military service, he left Zabranjeno Pušenje and joined Plavi orkestar. He served his military service in Niš, SR Serbia. After the military, he enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine in Sarajevo.
With the Plavi orkestar, Ćeremida has performed on all band's studio albums, including Soldatski bal (1985), Smrt fašizmu (1986), Sunce na prozoru (1989), Simpatija (1991), Long Play (1998), Infinity (1999), and Sedam (2012).
In 1996, Ćeremida accompanied Sejo Sexon and Elvis J. Kurtović, with whom he restarted band Zabranjeno Pušenje, disbanded in the early 1990s.[4] He performed on their fifth studio album, Fildžan viška, which was released in 1997.[5]
Ćeramida and his twin brother Admir own the Havana Music Club in the Sarajevo downtown.[1]
Discography
Plavi orkestar
- Soldatski bal (1985)
- Smrt fašizmu (1986)
- Sunce na prozoru (1989)
- Simpatija (1991)
- Long Play (1998)
- Infinity (1999)
- Sedam (2012)
Zabranjeno pušenje
- Fildžan viška (1997)
Overdream
- Overdream (1996)
Notes
- In some sources, Ćeremida is mistakenly referred as Ćeramida.[1]
References
- "Ovako danas izgledaju članovi nekad najpopularnije grupe u bivšoj državi". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Samir Ćeremida: Bass Guitar". plaviorkestar.net. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Životne priče poznatih blizanaca: Burići teško podnose razdvojenost, Vujoviće razlikovala samo majka..." avaz.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Kako je i kad nastalo Zabranjeno Pušenje?". jabuka.tv (in Bosnian). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Zabranjeno Pušenje – Fildžan Viška". discogs.com. Retrieved 25 December 2019.