Irish Stew of Sindidun

Irish Stew of Sindidun
Irish Stew of Sindidun performing in 2014
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Irish folk, Celtic rock, Celtic punk
Years active	2003 – present
Labels	One Records
Associated acts	Orthodox Celts
Website	www.irishstew.net
Members	Bojan Petrović Nemanja Jovanović Ivan Đurić Nenad Gavrilov Aleksandar Gospodinov Marko Jovanović
Past members	Pavle Medan Marko Krasnić Ana Mrkobrada Ana Milanović

Irish Stew of Sindidun (often referred to as Irish Stew only) is a Serbian Celtic rock band from Belgrade. While initially playing Irish folk music, the band later made a shift towards light punk rock, inspired by Irish folk music and other genres. Beside their own songs, the band performs covers of Irish traditional songs and songs by The Pogues.

The first ideas of forming an Irish folk band came up in 2002, when Bojan Petrović (lead vocals, tin whistles) and Nenad Gavrilov (acoustic guitar, backing vocals), both fans of Irish music, decided to start playing together. After several attempts, the band was officially formed in January 2003. At that time the band did not perform live and did not have a name, but a few months later, it got a name and new members. The lineup, beside Petrović and Gavrilov, included Ivan Ðurić (banjo, electric guitar, backing vocals), Ana Mrkobrada (violin), Aleksandar Gospodinov (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Pavle Medan (drums).

The first Irish Stew of Sindidun live appearance happened on June 26, 2003, on a radio show Celtic Night broadcast by Obrenovac Radio. After getting positive reviews, the band started playing frequently. Even though the band was formed as a cover band, the band members started writing their own songs and soon the band entered several demo band competitions. In 2004, the band got the Audience Award on Demo Masters Tournament 2004 organized by radio Belgrade 202 and an award of the Demo Maraton 2004 organized by the Belgrade Youth Cultural Center.