He continued to write songs to raise morale during the war. In 1992 Perković held concerts throughout Croatia, and released his first album the same year. It was while he was defending his home village that Perković became inspired to write one of the most popular songs during the war "Bojna Čavoglave" ( Čavoglave Battalion), which launched his music career. He joined the Croatian National Guard where he was given the American Thompson gun, which became the nickname given to him by his battlefield comrades. In 1991, Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia, prompting the Croatian War of Independence. He rarely saw his father, who worked as a Gastarbeiter in Germany and rarely came home. Perković was born in 1966 in Čavoglave (at the time SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) to Marija and Ante. Since 2005, he has been organizing an unofficial celebration of the Victory Day in his birthplace of Čavoglave.ĭuring his career, Perković has attracted controversy in the media over his performances and songs, some of which are alleged to glorify or promote the World War II-era Croatian fascist Ustaše dictatorship. In 2002, he started his first major tour after the release of the E, moj narode album. He participated in the Croatian War of Independence (1991–95), during which he started his career with the patriotic song "Bojna Čavoglave". Perković was born in the village of Čavoglave, SR Croatia, within SFR Yugoslavia, today a part of Croatia.
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