Milić Vukašinović

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Milić Vukašinović
Milić Vukašinović in Veliki brat VIP
Background information
Birth name	Milić Vukašinović
Also known as	Mitch Valiant
Born	March 9, 1950 (1950-03-09) (age 58) Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genre(s)	Rock Hard rock Folk
Years active	1965 – present
Label(s)	Diskoton, Diskos, Goraton
Associated acts	Vatreni poljubac, Bijelo dugme, Indexi, Kodeksi

Milić Vukašinović, a.k.a. Mitch Valiant (Serbian Cyrillic: Милић Вукашиновић) (born March 9, 1950 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian musician, founder of the rock band Vatreni poljubac and drummer of the famous Yugoslav band Bijelo dugme.

Born in Belgrade, he moved with his family to Peć when he was 6 years old. In 1963 they moved again, this time to Sarajevo.

1 Career
2 Discography
- 2.1 Solo albums
3 External links

[edit] Career

Simultaneous to his schooling, Vukašinović started drumming, first joining the band called Plavi dijamanti before switching to Čičci where Zoran Redžić played bass. Čičci folded in 1969.

During spring 1970, Željko Bebek invited Redžić to join his band Kodeksi on tour in southern Italy since they immediately needed someone to play bass. Redžić in turn brough along Vukašinović as well, since the struggling band that featured future Bijelo dugme leader Goran Bregović also needed a replacement drummer. Right after his arrival, Vukašinović encouraged the band to take a turn towards hard rock, similar to the pioneering sound that was coming out of England at the time epitomized by acts like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

The band's new style had backfired and Vukašinović decided to leave for London in 1971 where he lived for the next three years, mostly earning a living through a series of menial jobs. Among other things he worked as a busboy at London's Hard Rock Cafe near Hyde Park Corner.

After returning to Sarajevo in late 1974 he joined Indexi where he performed on several singles, but once Bijelo dugme drummer Ipe Ivandić left due to mandatory military service, Goran Bregović offered Vukašinović the vacated spot, which he accepted.

Vukašinović appeared on the 1976 Bijelo dugme album Eto! Baš hoću! but decided to leave the group the following year, eventually forming the enthusiastic power trio Vatreni poljubac in 1977. After recording nine studio albums between 1977 and 1986, Vukašinović disbanded the group choosing to pursue a solo career, recording five albums. After the Yugoslav Wars he released two more albums and took part in Bijelo dugme’s 2005 farewell tour. Since November 1997 he's been living in Belgrade were he collaborates with fellow musicians.

In late 2006, he took part in a brief Vatreni poljubac reunion, the focus of which was a December 29 concert at Belgrade's SKC.

After expressing interest to appear as one of the opening acts at the Rolling Stones concert in Belgrade on July 14, 2007, Vukašinović was booked up until a couple of days before the show. However, at that time a row between him, Stones' management and local concert organizers came to a head and he ended up not playing.[1]

On March 1, 2008, he entered the Veliki brat house as part of the show's second season in celebrity format.