Davor Slamnig

Davor Slamnig (born 13 March 1956) is a Croatian and Yugoslav writer and musician.

Biography Early life Slamnig was born on 13 March 1956 in Zagreb, where he finished his primary education and graduated from grammar school. He allegedly never finished his musical education as well as his studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb. He attended further education in the United States, in Bloomington, Indiana and in Chicago.

Writing career Slamnig rose to prominence as an author in 1977, when he started publishing his short stories in youth periodicals, mainly in Polet. Those stories were re-published in the collection Čudovište (Monster) in 1980. For Čudovište Slamnig received the Seven Secretaries of SKOJ Award, given to young Yugoslav artists for their achievements in various fields of culture. The next three years he continued publishing short stories, collected in the 1983 book Qwertzu i Opš.

Musical career Slamnig debuted as a musician with the song "Debil Blues", co-written with Goran "Pipo" Pavelić. The song was simultaneously adapted into a comic by informal leader of the Zagreb comic group Novi kvadrat (The New Square) Mirko Ilić.

In 1979, Slamnig joined the Ljubljana-based avant-rock band Buldožer as the guitarist. He participated in the recording of the band's fourth studio album Izlog jeftinih slatkiša (Shop Window of Cheap Candy), released in 1980. Slamnig performed with the band until its final dissolution in 1995.

For a period of time, Slamnig was a member of the rhythm and blues band Pjer Žardin i Njegovi Psi Od Slame (Pjer Žardin and His Straw Dogs).

Slamnig wrote the score for the popular television show Milan Blenton. The score was released in 2021 on the album Milan Blenton. The song "Frida", originally written for the show, was recorded in 1988 by the punk rock band Psihomodo Pop, becoming a large hit for the group.

Other activities Slamnig created and recorded over 1000 jingles for the Zagreb Radio 101.