The No Smoking Orchestra

The No Smoking Orchestra
The No Smoking Orchestra playing at BKZ Oktyabrskiy in St. Petersburg, Russia on 6 October 2007
Background information
Also known as	Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra
Origin	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Genres	Garage rock world music gypsy punk
Years active	1993 (1993)–present
Labels	Komuna Barclay Mercury Warner Music France Decca UMG
Spinoff of	Zabranjeno Pušenje
Members	See below
Website	Official website

The No Smoking Orchestra, frequently credited as Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra, was a Serbian garage rock band formed in Belgrade in 1993.

The band was formed in 1993 by Nele Karajlić who, after relocating to Belgrade from Sarajevo, decided to revive Zabranjeno Pušenje, a band he co-founded with Sejo Sexon in 1980 that had at that point been dormant since 1990. Initially, the band performed as Zabranjeno Pušenje, but ultimately changed the name to Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra when renowned filmmaker Emir Kusturica (who had previously played with the band in 1987) re-joined it in 1998.