Zoran Kostić - Cane | |
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Born | August 17, 1964 |
Genres | Garage Punk Punk blues Rock |
Instruments | vocals |
Years active | 1979-present |
Associated acts | Partibrejkers Radnička kontrola Urbana Gerila Rimtutituki |
Zoran Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Костић; born August 17, 1964 in Belgrade) widely known by his nickname Cane (Serbian pronunciation: [tsanɛ]) is Serbian rock and punk-rock musician known primarily as the leader and vocalist for Serbian punk group Partibrejkers.
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Born in a working class family to parents Slobodan and Mirjana, Cane exhibited rebellious tendencies early in life, and seguéd easily into the role of a punk band frontman. Growing up near the Ušće area of New Belgrade, he founded his first band in 1979 at the age of 15 — a group called Kopilad (Bastards). In 1980, he played with Urbana Gerila for a short time, before joining Radnička kontrola in 1981 where he played alongside some also soon-to-become-notable musicians: drummer Žika Todorović, lead guitarist Darko Milojković and bassist Srđan "Đile" Marković.
As teenagers they recorded two tracks — "Dosada" and "TV u koloru" — both of which found their way onto a various artist compilation Artistička radna akcija released country-wide by Jugoton in 1981. This national exposure led to a spot on the showcase concert at Belgrade's Tašmajdan stadium in September 1981 with a batch of other up-and-coming acts. Barely 17 years old, he incessantly provoked the crowd to a point where so much commotion was created that the show had to be interrupted.[1] This got him some, mostly negative, publicity in the daily papers by prompting a discussion on the values and morals of Yugoslav youth.
In August 1982, Cane and drummer Goran "Manzanera" Bulatović dreamed up the idea about a band called Partibrejkers. They were soon joined by guitar player Nebojša "Anton" Antonijević and bassist Ljuba Konstandinović.
For two years during mid-1990s the band was on hiatus and possible brink of folding while Cane battled illness caused by thyroid gland problem for which he had to have surgery. In 1995 he got married and moved to Zrenjanin where he recuperated with his wife. Leaving the pressure cooker of Belgrade behind, he also turned to religion which he credits for helping him calm down and instill self-discipline.[2]
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