History
In 1981, 16-year-old gymnasium student from Sarajevo Saša Lošić founded a band called Ševin orkestar with Srđan Krošnjar on guitar, Gordan Džamonja on bass, and Admir "Ćera II" Ćeramida on drums. The following year they changed their name to Plavi orkestar due to there being another group called Ševe in the city at the time. Still, the band's activity was sporadic at best, consisting of occasional local audition-like performances for musical hopefuls. Soon afterwards Lošić changed schools, switching from Third Sarajevo Gymnasium to First Sarajevo Gymnasium where he met guitarist Mladen "Pava" Pavičić who already experienced a certain measure of musical prominence having played in a band called Rock Apoteka that was one of the numerous opening acts for Bijelo Dugme at their September 1979 open air concert at Stadion JNA. In 1981 Pavičić also appeared at Omladinski festival in Subotica with a band called Super 98 (Rock Apoteka's next incarnation), before switching to pop band Mali Princ, and finally ending up in Pauk with whom he even recorded an album called Mumije lažu that was released in 1982. Since Pauk was based out of Zavidovići, for teenager Pavičić that meant traveling every weekend for band rehearsals, which his parents weren't too keen on and soon persuaded him to quit the group. He then flirted with and filled in with a variety of bands, including Elvis J. Kurtovich and His Meteors, Bonton Baja, and Kazablanka.
Though Pava and Loša hit it off as soon as they met in school, it wasn't until 1983 that Pava joined Loša's band. The two agreed to do so at the Siluete gig in Sarajevo. As soon as he arrived to Plavi orkestar, much more musically experienced Pava arranged for guitarist Krošnjar and bassist Džamonja to be kicked out of the group, seeing them as not committed and dedicated enough. Before summer 1983, Samir "Ćera I" Ćeramida joined on bass as replacement for Džamonja.
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