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Marko Perković (English transcription: Marko Perkovich), born October 27, 1966 in the village of Čavoglave in Dalmatian hinterland, Republic of Croatia, is a Croatian musician and is the lead singer of the band Thompson since 1991. In June, 2008, Marko Perković was named as the third most influential person in Croatian showbusiness by Globus magazine.[1]
[edit] CareerThompson is known in Croatia and in the world according to his pro-fascistic songs which propagate and call for the killing of the ethnic Serbs living in Croatia. Due to the hate speech, Thompson is comparable with neo-nazi music bands. Perković's songs are often marked with Christian and historic themes, and often include folklore elements. His own claim to sing about three big loves: God, Family and homeland, are not simply a self-defence statement, or a political manifesto: a lot of his most successful (and most appreciates by critics) songs deal about religion: Radost s Visina (Joy from Above), Neću izdat ja (I will not betray/give up), Dan dolazi (The day is coming), Početak (In Principium); or his own family and birthplace: Vjetar s Dinare (Winds from Dinara, Sine Moj (Oh, my Son), Moj Dida i Ja (My Grandfather and I). Marko Perković has said that he is personally a fan of Nightwish, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Dream Theater among others.[2][3] The lyrics of his songs often feature patriot sentiments and relate to Croatia, God, the 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence, family, and condemn the domestic softline politics and politicians and media, as well as international politics that forgot the values of family and patriotism. Under the accusations of neo-Nazism, he was banned from performing in the Netherlands. [4], The biggest concentrations of his fan base is (for the most part) the rural hinterland, in Dalmatia, Lika, Herzegovina, Bosnia, but also in other areas affected by the recent war, as well as fans in urban areas with origins from those areas, which has significantly influenced the public opinion in certain parts. Romantic glorification of Croatian rural areas (especially mountainous ones, neglected by national economic policy) and revival of folk traditions in his songs, brought him even more popularity among Croats. He has caused much controversy performing the song Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara, which openly glorifies genocide against the Serbs in WWII.[5] The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has filed complaints to Croatia's state television channel regarding its broadcast of a singer accused of expressing nostalgia for the Ustaše, Croatia's pro-Nazi ruling party during World War II, although Perković denies any connection with that period in history.[6] His fans are known for displaying Croatian patriotism mixed with Ustaše uniforms, (including black hats associated with the regime), symbols, and banners.[7] At the beginning of the song Bojna Čavoglave, Perković invokes the audience with the slogan "za dom - spremni!" which means "for home - ready!" The slogan was also (but not exclusively) used by the Ustaša, which gave it bad connotations.[8] However, Perković says this did not originate as a Ustaša slogan and that it was traditionally used by Croats before World War II. The song was composed at the time of hardest part of the Serbian aggression on Croatia (when the "tide" was on the Serb side) as a memory to glorious successful defense in battle of the village Čavoglave, against much better equipped and armed enemy, Serb-led JNA and rebel Croatian Serb paramilitary forces; he himself was engaged in that battle, and the song appeared there, on the battlefield. That slogan, that was also used by Ustaše, Croat nazi movement from WWII (that came to power by being posed by Axis forces). In this context, here's important to note that that regime (besides not less important inhumanities) behaved as heavily revanchist towards the Serbs. He has performed two large concerts in Croatia. One was held in Poljud stadium, Split, on September 15, 2002 with about 45,000 people. The other was held in the Maksimir stadium in Zagreb on June 17, 2007 for 60,000 people. Following this June 2007 concert, the Croatian government released a statement decrying the use of Ustaša symbols. He has also performed for Croatian diaspora in Germany, Australia, Sweden, Canada and the USA.[citation needed] On November 4, 2007 Thompson is scheduled to have a conert in Koolhaus. This will be his second visit to the venue. Perković has written many songs for other singers, such as Mate Bulić. He has also sung in duets with Miroslav Škoro, Tiho Orlić, and Jasmin Stavros. [edit] Personal lifePerković's nickname, "Thompson", is actually a nom de guerre deriving from his time as a soldier in the 1991-1995 Croatian War of Independence, during which he carried a Thompson submachine gun. He was married to another Croatian singer, Danijela Martinović, but church proved that marriage never was. He owns a share[citation needed] in radio station Narodni radio, which is the only radio station with state concession which often plays his songs. Perković is a declared Roman Catholic and a hardline right-wing political supporter. [edit] CDs
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