1. Rambo Amadeus's concerts are never mere repetitions of recorded songs, but a mixture of free improvisation and satirical humor exploiting all aspects of human nature in a crude manner.
21 Facts About Rambo Amadeus
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Rambo Amadeus represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, with the song "Euro Neuro".
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Rambo Amadeus's writer and painter mother Bosiljka was born in Cuprija and raised in Jagodina, Serbia before meeting Ilija Pusic from the coastal village of Kumbor near Herceg Novi and moving there upon marrying him.
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Rambo Amadeus completed six grades of elementary music school for piano before dropping out.
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Rambo Amadeus began to sing and compose during his first year of high school which soon led to involvement with various local bands in Herceg Novi and Titograd.
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In 1979, Rambo Amadeus started off in a band called "Radioaktivni otpad," which was short lived.
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Rambo Amadeus's sound was a seemingly coarse blend of folkish ululations and opera, further mixed in with humorous lyrics and classic guitar riffs.
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Since very few people had prior knowledge of him, Rambo was delighted in creating confusion by introducing himself as Nagib Fazlic Nagon, a mine shaft operator who saved up enough money to record an album.
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Rambo Amadeus jokingly referred to his own musical style as turbo folk, long before this term would begin to be applied to an actual musical style, which critics refer to with a grave social connotation and came to symbolise the moral and cultural decline throughout the Balkans during the wars of the 1990s.
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The record's sales weren't particularly high, but Rambo Amadeus created enough of a buzz to remain active on the scene.
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Rambo Amadeus even received solid critical acclaim for chances he took in "Samit u buregdzinici Laibach".
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Rambo Amadeus threw the microphone on the floor, left the stage and the show was over.
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Old-school Rambo Amadeus fans did not have to wait long for a return to earlier style.
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On 9 June 1998 Rambo Amadeus played Belgrade's Dom Sindikata hall in what he announced to be the farewell performance before retirement.
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Soon, Rambo Amadeus packed his bags and left for the Netherlands, though not before squeezing in two more shows in Bosnia.
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In 2004, Rambo Amadeus released his third live album Bolje jedno vruce pivo nego cetri ladna, which was followed by the studio album Oprem dobro in mid-2005.
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Rambo Amadeus made a song "Dikh tu kava" in collaboration with ethno-jazz fusion band Kal, and in 2007 he appeared on their album as a featured artist in the song "Komedija".
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In February 2008, Rambo Amadeus performed as a guest star of The RTS Big Band jazz orchestra, for their 60th Anniversary.
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Rambo Amadeus was internally selected by the Montenegrin national broadcaster RTCG to represent Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Rambo Amadeus's winning song "Euro Neuro" gained controversy for its video.
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Rambo Amadeus ultimately succeeded in his goal of obtaining a very low ranking in the competition and announced that he is honoured to have written the worst song on Eurovision.