No Smoking is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with folk influences, often featuring innovative production and complex storytelling. The band was formed contrary to the then prevalent Yugoslav punk rock and new wave , closely associated with the New Primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire and sketch comedy show Top lista nadrealista.
They were one of the most popular musical acts of the s in Yugoslavia, selling hundreds of thousands of records. Many times they got in trouble with the authorities for their, usually mild and sympathetic, criticism of the socialist system, and the habit of making light of issues considered sensitive at the time. Their debut studio album Das ist Walter was initially released in limited circulation; the final count was , copies sold, setting a record for exceeding the initial release by 30 times.
After one temporary drummer, Branko Trajkov joined the group in The same lineup recorded the album Agent tajne sile The band's ninth studio album, Muzej revolucije , was released on the Anniversary of the October Revolution in almost all former Yugoslav countries , on the same day.
The band released their tenth studio album, Radovi na cesti , in The twelfth and another double studio album Karamba! Both possessing very limited musical knowledge, despite displaying boundless enthusiasm, the duo struggled with everything from simply tuning their instruments to producing the simplest of melodies. He managed to become comfortable on a new instrument fairly quickly, soon becoming a bit of a musical authority among this now three-piece.
Zena, later to become known as Fu-Do , his new classmate at Second Gymnasium who had recently moved to Sarajevo from Bugojno , to be the band's drummer. In fall , in accordance with the newly-passed Yugoslav law requiring high school graduates to immediately report for their compulsory military service in the Yugoslav People's Army , nineteen-year-old Sexon left Sarajevo and was away from the band for a whole year.
