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GRANDPA CANDYS
P r e s e n t a t i o n
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Sasha Jovanovic - Jovandeka |
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In the beginning of 1989, with Tomislav Bozovic (of The Cool
Shakes) I founded in Belgrade a popular rockabilly band called Rock Therapy.
The band's existence lasted for five years. During that time period it went
on tour through ex-Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria and Switzerland (where the band
broke-up in 1994).
In 1996, I establish my new band called Mr. Blue, and released
one LP record, "Sa druge strane ogledala". Right after shooting the
video for "Lepe zene prolaze kroz grad", the band split up.
In November of 1998., on a party in Belgrade, under the influence
of Milan and Sandra from Devil Records, and after listening to some new records
(RHH, Batmobile, Demented are Go, Mad Sin, Peacocks etc.), my musical orientation
expanded from plain rockabilly to other styles of music such as ska, punk, surf,
and psychobilly. That same year, in Greenwood Studio I met Aleksandar Simic
Sima and Andreja Milosevic, where we established demo band called Cikine Bombone.
Soon after, we had our first gig with URGH in SKC, Belgrade.
In January of 1999., with a slight help from Radio-television
B92, we recorded our first LP, "Flaming Dynamite", and that is where
the band gets its new name, Grandpa Candys, inspired by a late '60 comic book
character - Grandpa Jim Candys. That same year we shot our first video, for
the song "Vampirella", produced by Devil Records. The band also played
several shows in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Because of NATO aggression in 1999, the band temporarily stopped
playing. In 2001, we released "Flaming Dynamite" for ITMM Records,
and that same year we appeared on the Raucous Records' compilation "Psychobilly
Freakout" with the song "My little sister".
In 2002, the band released its second album called "Captain
Crash" for Active Time Records and shot the video for "Psycho in New
Orleans", and played on Belgrade's Beer Fest.
During 2005, we recorded our third album called "666.000
miles on the wrong way", and shot the video for the song "Paralyzed".
I may also add that the band (Grandpa Candys) and myself are mostly influenced
by Misfits, 7 Seconds and The Stray Cats. (Sasha Jovanovic - Jovandeka).
Grandpa Candys Line-Up: Sasha Jovanovic - Jovandeka (Vocal & Guitar); Andreja
Milosevic (Slapbass) and Aleksandar Simic - Sima (Drums). ( www.myspace.com/grandpacandys
).
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