Siniša Vuco (born 29 April 1971), better known simply as Vuco, is a Croatian recording artist and singer-songwriter.
Vuco is best known in Croatia for his blend of hard rock and pop folk genres, emphasized by his baritone rock vocals. Majority of his songs have recurring themes such as addiction, alcoholism, unrequited love, misfortune and suffering.[3]
Siniša Vuco, began his career as a pop musician, but his big break came in early 1990s when he appeared in the Split Music Festival.[4] He presented himself as one of the first Croatian Pop musicians to reintroduce the accordion (which was being regarded as "rural and primitive" by many advocates of Urbanism), Roma music and oriental sounds in his work, in a time when it was considered "politically incorrect" for Croatians to do so because it was somehow redolent of Turbo-folk music. Vuco, much to the dismay of pop/folk critics and social commentators, introduced elements of turbo-folk to Croatian pop music.[5]
Although officially frowned upon, such trends apparently struck the chord among a large section of the Croatian public and Vuco acquired a loyal following.
One of his newer singles is "Volim narodno" (I Love/I Like Folk) in which he copied parts from popular song "We Will Rock You". The song is a duet with popular Serbian folk singer Mitar Mirić. He has also collaborated with other big names in the industry, which include Džej Ramadanovski and Vesna Zmijanac.
Apart from having a turbo-folk career, Siniša Vuco is a founder and vocalist and guitarist for the hard rock band Živo blato. While playing for Živo blato, he takes the stage name General Vasilij Mitu. He is also a member of the heavy metal band Klanje ljudi,[6] for which he performs using the stage name Admiral Koljač (transl. Admiral Slayer). Vuco played bass in a thrash metal band Evil Blood,[7] alongside drummer Toni Silobrčić and vocalist Denis Gabrić (better known as Bat Connan). Also he gained acclaim as the vocalist for heavy metal band Witchcraft.
Vuco has also written songs for others, some of which have become semi-hits, for example the song "Stari se" was written by him for Thompson.[4]
He is infamous for his often eccentric performances; for example: Klanje ljudi's Split concert of 2004 stands out as lambs were being roasted on stage as the band played, and spectators could simply walk up to the stage and grab a piece of lamb to eat.
Similar appearances occurred during the 2003 parliamentary elections when he appeared on Croatian Radiotelevision as an independent candidate.[8] Although many in Croatian public considered his TV presentation to be the most original and the most entertaining part of the entire campaign, most people saw his candidacy more as a publicity stunt than a genuine effort to start a political career.
1993 - A gdje si ti? (English: But where are you?) is the debut album of Croatian singer Siniša Vuco. It was released in 1993 on the Croatia Recordsrecord label.[9]A gdje si ti was recorded and mixed in Tomislav Mrduljaš's studio in Split. Apart from standard CD release, this album was released both in LP record and a cassette format.[9]
1995 - Vuco II is the second album of Croatian singer Siniša Vuco. It was released in 1995 on the Croatia Recordsrecord label.[10]Vuco II contains all major hits by Vuco, which makes it one of his best albums. Songs "Crna ženo", as well as festival songs "Sestro, odlazi" and "Siromasi" were all very popular songs, and are one of his best songs to date.[11] This album was best-selling album in Croatia in 1995.[11] It also contains a rock ballad "Rajske kočije". Album was recorded in a studio "TM" in Split.[12]
1997 - Vuco III is the third album of Croatian singer Siniša Vuco. It was released in 1997 on the Croatia Recordsrecord label.[13] Unlike Vuco's last album Vuco II, this one was poorly received. Producer of his earlier recordings Željko Šparmajer was absent in recording of this album, which basically makes it without any hits.[11] This fact made Vuco release another album the same year as this one called Vuco IV.[11]Vuco III was recorded in a studio "Sound & Vision" in Makarska, in summer and autumn of 1996. It was mixed in Croatia Records studio in Zagreb, during autumn and winter of 1996.[14]
"Idi do vraga" – 5:48, along with『Mjesec žut』were originally recorded in 1996, but due to political messages, they were not released on the demand by the publisher.[15] They were released on this album.
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Joško Čaleta
Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb,
The ethnomusicological approach to the concept of the Mediterranean in music in Croatia, Accessed 1 Feb 2012
^Dicogs.com album imagesArchived 2021-02-20 at the Wayback Machine This information is printed on the album sleeve. It applies to producer from 1996, not later producers or publishers. Although, his name is not mentioned. Added 24 Apr 2010
