page_title: Želimir Altarac Čičak
section_title: And then the War crushed life and dreams.....
hierarchical_section_title: Želimir Altarac Čičak / And then the War crushed life and dreams.....
caption_attribution_description: Bosanski: Želimir Altarac Čičak i Joan Baez prije njenog koncertnog nastupa u ratnom Sarajevu 14. aprila 1993. godine.
context_page_description: Želimir "Čičak" Altarac is a Yugoslav and Bosnian rock promoter, poet, songwriter, music critic, and publicist.
  His pioneering work with various Sarajevo-based rock acts, in both creative and organizational capacity, has made him a well known behind-the-scenes figure on the country's music scene.
context_section_description: ....but obviously not Želimir Altarac Čičak who rediscovered his own way to fight against gloomy days of besieged and suffocated Sarajevo. He continued organizing the concert at Sloga and hosting many radio shows when there was electricity to allow them to be broadcast. 
  From 1993 to 1995. In Sarajevo's radio station The Wall, he was editor and host of show Rock 'n' roll radio, that he called, thanks to blackouts in that years, Accumulator Radio. Still, in polls among listeners, it was the most listened radio show in that years. Same thing happened with his TV Show on NTV 99 Above the Clouds (1996–1997). 
  He was the organizer of first rock concert during the war (March 23, 1993) at Chamber Theater 55, entitled Give Peace a Chance, that gathered all musicians who stayed in war-torn Sarajevo. Special event was a concert of famous Joan Baez on April 14, 1993, in cinema hall Imperial, that attracted attention of world media.
caption: Želimir Altarac Čičak and Joan Baez before her concert appearance in wartime Sarajevo April 14, 1993
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