Zabranjeno pušenje (phrase literally meaning "Smoking is forbidden", often translated as "No Smoking") is a Bosnian ( ex-Yugoslavian) garage rock band founded in the 1980s in Sarajevo, parts of which are now separately residing and working in Belgrade and Zagreb.
During a time when the rest of the ex- Yugoslav music scene was following the trends of Europe at the time (chiefly punk rock and New Wave), Zabranjeno pušenje were part of a unique rock movement centered in Sarajevo that forged its own path. This movement, for the most part, centered on simple, youthful, garage rock, with folk influences and a distinct Sarajevo urban feel called Novi primitivizam (New primitivism).
Songs such as Nedjelja kad je otišao Hase (The Sunday Hase Left; the song looks like a tribute to Asim Ferhatović - Hase, a football player, but actually talks about Josip Broz Tito), Anarhija all-over Baš Čaršija, Zenica blues, Šeki is on the road again, Balada o Pišonji i Žugi, Pišonja i Žuga u paklu droge, Dok jezdiš ka Alemanji, Lutka sa naslovne strane, Na straži pored Prizrena and the cautiously optimistic Lijepa Alma (Beautiful Alma) have secured their place in the history of ex-Yugoslav/Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian rock music. Band released four albums before the Yugoslav wars forced most of the members to relocate.
Zabranjeno pušenje was founded by a group of friends who attended Sarajevo 2nd gimnasium and lived in Fuad Midžić Street in Sarajevo neighbourhood of Koševo. The band they formed was called "Pseudobluz bend" (trans. Pseudo-blues band). All of the members were involved in radio show Top Lista Nadrealista at the time, so they all already had their stage names. Lineup was: Nenad Janković (Dr. Nele Karajlić; vocals, keyboards), Davor Sučić (Mr. Sejo Sexon; guitar), Zenit Đozić (Fu-Do; drums), Mustafa Čengić (Muče/Mujo Snažni; guitar), Mladen Mitić (Munja; bass guitar) and Ognjen Gajić (Ogi; sax, flute). They were sometimes accompanied by Mirko Srdić ( Elvis J. Kurtović), who de facto wasn't the band member as he had his own band "Elvis J. Kurtović & his Meteors". They soon started referring them selves as "Pseudobluz bend Zabranjeno pušenje", and after some time just dropped the first part. Their first recording was "Penzioneri na more idu zimi" (trans. "Pensioners Take Their Vacation In Wintertime") was made at Radio Sarajevo in early 1981.