Sead Lipovača
Sead Lipovača | |
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Lipovača in 2014 | |
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| Birth name | Sead Lipovača |
| Also known as | Zele |
| Born | 31 August 1955 Bihać, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
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| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Labels | Jugoton, Diskoton, Logo Records, Nimfa Sound, Croatia Records, One Records |
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Sead "Zele" Lipovača (Bosnian pronunciation: [lîpoʋatʃa]; born 31 August 1955) is a Bosnian and Yugoslav rock musician, songwriter and music producer, currently based in Zagreb, Croatia, best known as the guitarist and leader of the popular hard rock and heavy metal band Divlje Jagode.
Lipovača started his career in mid-1970s, as guitarist for several Zagreb-based bands, before he formed Divlje Jagode in 1977. With Divlje Jagode he achieved nationwide popularity, the band also having a short-lived international career under the name Wild Strawberries. Throughout the band's career, Lipovača has remained the leader and the only mainstay member of the band. He has released 13 studio albums, a live album and a number of compilations with the group.
In addition to leading Divlje Jagode, Lipovača has released two solo albums and has cooperated as a songwriter and producer with a number of acts from the region of former Yugoslavia.