Konstantin Polzovic

## Bio timeline

I was born in 1969 at SFR Yugoslavia ( Serbia, Montenegro , North Macedonia , Bosnia , Croatia , Slovenia 1969 - 1992 )

later > SR Jugoslavija 1992 - 2003. later > Serbia & Montenegro 2003 - 2006 later > Serbia ( without Kosovo province  ) 2006 – today

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1976 saw President Tito

1978 First time saw hear AC/DC if you want blood LP

1979  start collecting music records and magazines

1983. Started heavy metal Explosive fanzine

**1985.**first self organised metal show: Demoniac / Black Moon / Valhala in club NS

**1985.** Meet Django ( Dragan Velkovski ) most famous Yugoslavian manager. After seeing hundreds of letters for Explosive fanzine and talking with me he give me office and job in his Panonia concerts label to become tours assistant with popular Yugoslavian bands at the time  ( Divlje Jagode, Plavi Orkestar  and many ohers

**1986** meet Miodrag Balaban - Stavra drummer and founder of band Annathema , listen to their demo and shortly after became their manager.

**Jan 1987**. meet band Metallica in Germany on Master of Puppets tour.

**June 1987.** graduated in middle arts school graphic design.

**Aug 1987** . Ended firstt editiion Explosive fanzine few thousands sold copys.

**1987/1988** served Yugoslavian Army in air defence unit in Zagreb Air command at Maksimirska street.

**1989**..become president of regional association of rock musicians ( Udruzenje Rok Muzicara Vojvodine )

**1989.** Signed Annathema to Panonia concert as my first band with LP

**1989.** Starting radio show Hard and Heavy special ( 1989 - 1991.) 1 x week 2 hours with Obrad Skrbic

**1989**. April. 1st YU Metal Attack 1989. festival organised in Novi Sad with 2000 attendance ( note names 4th row )

**1989.** Touring Yugoslavia with Annathema and other bands

**1989**. Concert Annathema / Destruction in Slovenia visitor stabbed to death police on horsebacks interupted concert

**1989.** concert Annathema in Romania during encore Sympthom of the universe dosens of people break on stage and stage collapsed cancelling rest of line up .

**1990**. Started label Explosive records and publish Bloodbath band 12" EP Toxic Death

**1990**. meet then unknown band Pantera in Slovenia ,on their first trip to Europe

**1990.** Organised YU Metal Attack 1990. with 3000 attendance in Novi Sad , with wide media coverage about our metal bands.

**1990**. Meet Slayer

**1990.** i was approached from biggest newspapers  company Dnevnik  and become editor of Hard Metal magazine

**1991**. Bombarder ,) Bez Milosti ( No Mercy ) LP Demoniac Touch the Wind LP , Bloodbath LPs at Explosive label relised .( Bloodbath - Traumatic Memories LP )

**1991**. i was Invited by TV Novi Sad editor to have Hard Metal Tv show on Tv Novi Sad

Show was running until 1999.( roughly 5 years weekly , 4 years every two weeks .30/45/60 mins each )

**1991**.Organised Hard Metal festival in Novi Sad with 4000 visitors. My first concert with full colored poster as advert.

**1991**. meet Metallica , interview with Metallica published in no 4 Hard Metal magazine

**1991.** June 25. War in Yugoslavia started: Croatia and Slovenia declared independence as USA , Germany and others recognize them as separate countrys without constitutional agreement with Serbian population

**1992.** Brutal Reality Tortour 1992/ 1993 is organised with Bloodbath , Demoniac and Necrophobia

**1992.** may war in Bosnia started , Maho Siljdedic guitarist from Bombarder killed.

**1992.** Hard Metal magazine colapsed because of hyperinflation and broke of Yugoslavia market

**1992.** [1]Annathema Empire of Noise second LP published , last Explosive records label vinyl manufactured in Bulgaria , Balkanton .

Panonia concert and association collapsed.

**1993**. All banks colapsed and people loose all their money

**1993**. banned for UK entry in Budapest emabassy

**1993**. banned for US entry in Budapest embassy

**1993** Bloodbath played Dracula rock in Romania and we visited Vlad Tepes Bran castle

**1993** Got visa for Germany and with female band PMS been on few concerts including bi festival where I was only male present . "wie es ihr gefallt" female band festival-Berlin -1993. Offered to stay in Berlin with with some LGBT NGO but returned(also reject offer of 2000 german marks for my hai)(

**1993.** approached by Dusan Ercegovac legendary manager of then most important Yugoslavian bands EKV ( Ekaterina Velika ) and Partibrejkers.

**1993.** Decembar 1st Koncert Godine - Concert Of The Year in Novi Sad with 5000 visitors and inflation of 1000% ( money = worthless papers )

**1994.** Started working with Ritam Nereda

**1994** Balkan Horror Opera 2 day sold out festival in Belgrade with Svarog , Bloodbath , Necrophobia , Rapid Force , Sanatorium , Neurotica , P.M.S. and many others

**1994.** December 2nd Koncert Godine concert of the Year biggest indoor event in country at the Year ( I am visible some moments with camera right behind amps 1,30 – 1.40 )

**1995**. [./Https://www.facebook.com/photo/%3Ffbid%3D142669462446168%26set%3Da.142669432446171 Started label for] Ritam Nereda Nered source and first live album published Pogo live

**1995** december last concert of Bloodbath

**1996**. Stefan Hattinger owner of Rock The Nation company invited me and my friend Stanimir Lukic ( Bloodbath guitarist )  to work at territory here for his artists and we started together Rock The Nation concerts organization and promotion company .

**1996**. Urban Dance Squad sold out 2 concerts in Belgrade during mass protests . Album Live in Belgrade published by Virgin records in 1998. with my name credited.

**1996**. Organized with Rock The Nation then biggest full production show in Belgrade ever - KISS.( Rock The Nation logo on poster )

**1996**. Offered Rammstein concert in Belgrade from their manager but noone know about them back then here and its was impossible club show because of real fire using on stage.

**1996 – 1999** Promoted many smaller international Rock The Nation bands like Entombed  Biohazard  , Pro Pain and many more.

**1997**.kid killed in Belgrade before Ritam Nereda concert Rock The Nation organization and event was canceled

**1997**. Banja Luka Bosnia riots at Ritam Nereda concert interupted and 500 capacity club demolished.

**1997.** approached by Cane , singer of Partibrejkers biggest Yugoslavian garage rock band to work with them

**1999.** March NATO start Bombing of Yugoslavia with first day strikes on Novi Sad.

Among others all 3 bridges over Donau were destroyed in Novi Sad, along with power electricity and gas supllies cutting city at half for many years ahead.

Building of Television Novi Sad was destroyed with whole my decade long saved video archive and Hard Metal Video magazine TV show ended after almost 9 years of airplay,

**1999.** approached by Ivan Milivojev and Dusan Kovacevic whos to be founders of Exit festival to participate in then " new project " https://www.facebook.com/exit.festival cooperation lasts until 2024.

**2000.** International sanctions , bans on travel and isolation ends

**2000.** Honored by Novi Sad city major with Obrad Skrbic as someone who organized first big Croatian aritst in Serbia after war since major was huge Kud Idijoti fan and we also have dinner all together with band.

**2000.** extraordinary music event starts in Novi Sad on Danube river bank with duration of 100 days named Exit 0 ( Exit "zero " )

**2002**. Meet Cliff Williams from AC/DC during his secret tour with Emir Bukovicas band Frozen Camels in Croatia and Bosnia.

**2002.** Ritam Nereda played with Motörhead in Belgrade . Bill Gould from band Faith No More who was at concert came after show and congratulate Boban and band for performance .

**2002.** Tour with Partibrejkers  https://www.facebook.com/partibrejkers    in UK , US and Canada.

**2002.** Explosive magazine started in 10000 copys https://www.kupindo.com/Muzika-i-film/61189729\_casopis-EXPLOSIVE-2003-3-casopisa-na-srpskom Number 3 only ever magazine in Serbia / Yugoslavia that had 2 different covers for same issue

**2003.** Metal Hammer licence brought and magazines published for Color press group company https://vremeplovsd.wordpress.com/%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8/metal-hammer-2/

**2004.** Kotor , Montenegro concert of punk band Kud Idijoti - visitor bring and activate handgranade killed himself and injured others.

**2004.** left exclusivity with Partibrejkers

**2004**. Book first concert of The Cult in Serbia .

**2005.** First time worked directly with The Prodigy

**2005**.Metal Hammer magazine canceled due to poor sales ( >10000 )

**2005**.meet Rod McSween agent for Ozzy , Black Sabbath, Rage against the Machine , Lenny Kravitz, Kiss

**2006.** King Diamond sold out club show Belgrade

**2006.** Meet Wendy Dio , Dios wife and manager in London.

**2007**. Meet Robert Plant singer from Led Zeppelin.

**2007.** Live Nation / Exit cooperation biggest concert in Serbia ever with 80000 tickets sold Red Hot Chilli Peppers , Ritam Nereda supported

**2007**. The Prodigy at Exit festival

**2007**. Exit festival won Best European festival award in London , Ivan Milivojev founder and me https://www.flickr.com/photos/53843905@N06/7709756088/in/faves-exitfestival/

**2007**. Meet Johnny Rotten ( Sex Pistols )

**2007**. Meet John Giddings agent for Madonna and Rolling Stones

**2007**. Meet Peter Mensh AC/DC manager from Bon Scott era now RHCP

**2008**. Honored at provincial goverment for promoting concerts and Novi Sad ( meeting with band Kud Idijoti and president of province Vojvodina )

**2008.** Book band Nightwish with Dark Passion Play album tour .

**2008**. In Exit camp during storm branch fall from tree killing Macedonian girl and badly injured other

**2009**. The Prodigy at Exit festival

**2009**. Aaa production company started  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065194104469

**2009**. Sabaton sold out club in Belgrade

**2010.** Spirit of Burgas The Prodigy ,Bulgaria  Serj Tankian booking / production

**2010** - 2023. with booming sales of obscure vinyl metal records on Ebay and other records seling sites Explosive recordsalbums in nice condition fetch prices from 200 to 1000$ each

**2010**. Re start Concert of The Year and create FB page  https://www.facebook.com/KoncertGodine

**2010** - **2017**. Revamped Koncert Godine - Concert Of The Year 5-10000 attendance

**2011**. Gibonni ( Croatian singer / songwritter) called me to organize him concert in Novi Sad and we sold record 12000 indoor tickets in Novi Sad ( knowing him 20 tears earlier as frontment of one at the time metal.bands )  https://www.facebook.com/gibonnins/

**2011**. approached by The Prodigy to do their festival in Serbia  https://www.facebook.com/theprodigyofficial

**2012.** Warrios Dance festival - one of a kind festival with The Prodigy , Skrillex and others including Ritam Nereda ,Eyesburn , Hype!

in words of band The Prodigy , managemant and agent " best bands concert and organization in their carier " ( my biggest profesional honour ) Attendance 20000 at Kalemegdan fortress , Belgrade https://www.facebook.com/WarriorsDanceFestivalBelgrade

**2012**. Koncert Godine ( Concert of the Year ) sold out Ritam Nereda headlinig 10000 people - live from TV news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqb-LQxP6ww , other bands included Eyesburn , Hype! , Goblini , and others.

**2013**. Gibonni Belgrade Arena ( sold 17000 tix ) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064877040254 on guitar https://www.facebook.com/stevestevensofficial organised by AAA production

**2013**, The Prodigy 3rd time at Exit festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v30LWsnjLg

**2013.** Organised sold out concerts of Mano Chao in Belgrade and Novi Sad

**2014**. Exit festival again won award for Best European festival ( for 2013. Edition )

**2014**. left exclusivity with Ritam Nereda

**2015.** Organising Motörhead at Exit , Ritam Nereda supporting , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13\_0wLH3KUM months after Lemmy died

**2015.** AAA production started Revolution festival in Romania , Timisoara with Sabaton headlining.

**2016**. Meet Tom Morello from Rage against The Machine / Prophets of Rage

**2016.** AAA production continued Revolution festival in Romania , Timisoara with guest Juliette Lewis and Suicidal Tendencies.

**2017.** Ritam Nereda and Partibrejkers played with Queens of The Stone Age . Josh singer from QOTSA congratulate Cane singer from Partibrejkers on great show.

**2019.** Ritam Nereda recorded video wih my son Ivan acting with burning flag ( white flag on fire = no surrender ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZnrIdN4clQ

**2020**. AAA production company closed . Started individual selected works mostly online .

**2022** november became friend with Morgana Lefay and entered a new world with her that I didn't even know before that exist .

After few days we decide to meet and stay together in future.

**2023**. july : meet with The Prodigy remembering ;ae singer Keith and mostly 2012. Warriors Dance festival and concluding that we should try to make another in 5 years .

## Connected links:

* Morgana Lefay ‎
* Explosive records ‎
* Koncert Godine ‎
* Bloodbath ‎
* Bombarder ‎
* Demoniac ‎
* Annathema ‎
* Explosive fanzine ‎
* YU Metal Attack 1989. ‎
* Hard Metal magazine ‎
* Explosive magazine ‎
* YU Metal Attack 1990. ‎
* Ju Speed Metal Festival ‎
* Hard Metal festival ‎
* Brutal Reality Tortour ‎
* Balkan Horror Opera
* Ritam Nereda
* The Rose and the cross Wiki ‎
* The Realm of Barbelo-Book series-