Zele Lipovača

Sead "Zele" Lipovača (; 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.

Early life Lipovača was born 31 August 1955 in Bihać. After graduating from high school, he moved to Zagreb for his studies of external trade. On Staleni hotel, Lipovača took part in the production for the first time, co-producing the album with Enco Lesić. and recording an English language album.

Collaborations In the late 1970s, during Divlje Jagode hiatus caused by the members' mandatory stints in the Yugoslav army, Lipovača, together with lyricist Marina Tucaković, became the spiritus movens for the disco group Mirzino Jato.

Discography With Divlje Jagode Studio albums Divlje jagode (1978) Stakleni hotel (1981) Motori (1982) Čarobnjaci (1983) Vatra (1985) Wild Strawberries (as Wild Strawberries, 1987) Konji (1988) Labude, kad rata ne bude (1994) Sto vjekova (1997) Od neba do neba (2003) Biodinamička ljubav (2013) Jukebox (2020) Prati moje stare tragove (2024)

Live albums Live in Beograd (2023)

Compilations Najbolje (1986) Sarajevo, ti i ja (1993) Antologija 1 (1995) Antologija 2 (1995) The Very Best Of: Let na drugi svijet (2004) The Ultimate Collection (2008) The Love Collection: Najljepše ljubavne pjesme (2011) Greatest Hits (2015)

Box sets Collection (2006) Original Album Collection Vol.1 (2018) Original Album Collection Vol.2 (2018)

Video albums Divlje Jagode (2004)

Singles "Rock 'n' Roll" / "Jedina moja" (1977) "Moj dilbere" / "Prijatelj" (1977) "Patkica" / "Kad bi vi gospođo" (1978) "Nemam ništa protiv" / "Bit' će bolje!" (1979) "Konji" / "Turski marš" (1988) "Marija" (2003) "Dobro došla ljubavi / Marija" (2003) "Piramida" (2006) "Evo banke cigane moj" (2016)

Solo Studio albums Magic Love (1993) Internal Waves of Love (2016)