Rock music in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Difference between revisions

'''Rock music in Bosnia and Herzegovina''' mostly developed during the time when the country was part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|socialist Yugoslavia]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Jovanovic |first=Zlatko |title="This Is a Country for You": Yugonostalgia and Antinationalism in the Rock-Music Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina |date=2018 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-71252-9_6 |work=Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe |pages=125–150 |editor-last=Raudvere |editor-first=Catharina |access-date=2023-11-20 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-71252-9_6 |isbn=978-3-319-71251-2}}</ref>

The city of [[Sarajevo]] was, prior to the war, a center for Yugoslav rock music. Bands from this period included [[Plavi Orkestar]], [[Bijelo Dugme]], [[Indexi]], [[Zabranjeno Pušenje]], [[Crvena Jabuka]], and [[Divlje Jagode]]. Most of the bands in Sarajevo at the time were influenced by heavy metal pioneers such as [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], and [[Deep Purple]]. Punk music in [[Sarajevo]] was also influenced by major punk bands of the time, such as the [[Sex Pistols]]. Influenced by [[Bob Dylan]], [[Kemal Monteno]] helped popularize [[folk rock]]. [[Goran Bregovic|Goran Bregović]] was a renowned songwriter and brought his band, [[Bijelo Dugme]], to popular acclaim across [[Central Europe]]. [[Psychedelic rock]] was taken control of by the pioneers of Bosnian rock [[Indexi]].

[[Punk rock]] entered Bosnia from [[Slovenia]], and it set roots in Sarajevo, [[Tuzla]], and [[Mostar]]. Rock music was most dominant in Bosnia and Herzegovina out of all the states in [[Yugoslavia]]. [[Bijelo Dugme]] was probably the most legendary and influential band of the Balkans.

During the late