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Kodeksi were a cover band from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia that existed from 1965 until 1971. It is most notable as one of the predecessors to Bijelo dugme, the most commercially successful band ever to come out of SFR Yugoslavia. Key future members of Bijelo dugme — Goran Bregović, Željko Bebek, Zoran Redžić, and Milić Vukašinović — came up through Kodeksi.
The band effectively ended during fall 1970 via splitting off into two groups — Mića, Goran i Zoran and Novi Kodeksi — with both offshoots also folding within a year.
Kodeksi were formed in 1965 as a hobby cover band by Eduard "Edo" Bogeljić. Soon after formation, Bogeljić invited Željko Bebek to join as a singer and rhythm guitarist. By 1968, the group also featured Ismeta Dervoz on backing vocals and Luciano Paganotto on drums. Simultaneously to their high school studies, Kodeksi members spent the rest of the decade playing local dance parties with a repertoire of covered tunes they would hear on Radio Luxembourg. In the process, they built up somewhat of a local youth following in Sarajevo.
As the band experienced continual problems filling the bass player spot throughout this period, Bebek recommended 18-year-old Goran Bregović after seeing him play with another local cover band Beštije in 1969. Realizing Kodeksi were more established around town than his Beštije, teenage Bregović immediately jumped at the opportunity.
The band's musical activity began to assume a more serious form immediately after Bregović's arrival.
In the summer of 1969, Kodeksi secured a season-long gig at Hotel Splendid's bar in Dubrovnik, however, just before they were set to depart for Adriatic coast, Ismeta Dervoz left the band, choosing to devote her full attention to university studies. Their Dubrovnik repertoire was aimed at tourists and consisted mostly of pop covers, folk standards, and easy-listening tunes.
Though it clearly didn't inspire much in terms of creativity, the Dubrovnik stay still proved useful as they got spotted by an Italian nightclub owner, Renato Pacifico, who offered a two-month gig in his Naples club. Infused with new energy, the band went back home to hone a new progressive rock set inspired by the likes of Cream and Jimi Hendrix, while simultaneously obtaining the necessary paperwork in order to be able to travel and temporarily live and work in Italy.
Kodeksi (Bogeljić on lead guitar, Bebek on vocals and rhythm guitar, Bregović on bass, and Paganotto on drums) left for Italy in early 1970. However, soon upon arrival, it became apparent that the Italian club owner was deeply disappointed with their musical shift. Instead of Anglo-American progressive rock, he wanted them to play kozachok and other similar Eastern European folkish stuff from their Dubrovnik repertoire and the band unwillingly acquiesced.
Kodeksi
Kodeksi were a cover band from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia that existed from 1965 until 1971. It is most notable as one of the predecessors to Bijelo dugme, the most commercially successful band ever to come out of SFR Yugoslavia. Key future members of Bijelo dugme — Goran Bregović, Željko Bebek, Zoran Redžić, and Milić Vukašinović — came up through Kodeksi.
The band effectively ended during fall 1970 via splitting off into two groups — Mića, Goran i Zoran and Novi Kodeksi — with both offshoots also folding within a year.
Kodeksi were formed in 1965 as a hobby cover band by Eduard "Edo" Bogeljić. Soon after formation, Bogeljić invited Željko Bebek to join as a singer and rhythm guitarist. By 1968, the group also featured Ismeta Dervoz on backing vocals and Luciano Paganotto on drums. Simultaneously to their high school studies, Kodeksi members spent the rest of the decade playing local dance parties with a repertoire of covered tunes they would hear on Radio Luxembourg. In the process, they built up somewhat of a local youth following in Sarajevo.
As the band experienced continual problems filling the bass player spot throughout this period, Bebek recommended 18-year-old Goran Bregović after seeing him play with another local cover band Beštije in 1969. Realizing Kodeksi were more established around town than his Beštije, teenage Bregović immediately jumped at the opportunity.
The band's musical activity began to assume a more serious form immediately after Bregović's arrival.
In the summer of 1969, Kodeksi secured a season-long gig at Hotel Splendid's bar in Dubrovnik, however, just before they were set to depart for Adriatic coast, Ismeta Dervoz left the band, choosing to devote her full attention to university studies. Their Dubrovnik repertoire was aimed at tourists and consisted mostly of pop covers, folk standards, and easy-listening tunes.
Though it clearly didn't inspire much in terms of creativity, the Dubrovnik stay still proved useful as they got spotted by an Italian nightclub owner, Renato Pacifico, who offered a two-month gig in his Naples club. Infused with new energy, the band went back home to hone a new progressive rock set inspired by the likes of Cream and Jimi Hendrix, while simultaneously obtaining the necessary paperwork in order to be able to travel and temporarily live and work in Italy.
Kodeksi (Bogeljić on lead guitar, Bebek on vocals and rhythm guitar, Bregović on bass, and Paganotto on drums) left for Italy in early 1970. However, soon upon arrival, it became apparent that the Italian club owner was deeply disappointed with their musical shift. Instead of Anglo-American progressive rock, he wanted them to play kozachok and other similar Eastern European folkish stuff from their Dubrovnik repertoire and the band unwillingly acquiesced.