page_title: Djordje Stijepovic
section_title: 2013–present: Drake Bell, Tiger Army, Molotov
hierarchical_section_title: Djordje Stijepovic / Music career / 2013–present: Drake Bell, Tiger Army, Molotov
caption_attribution_description: Srpski (latinica)‎: Djordje Stijepović receiving an award from World Music Association of Serbia, December 18, 2019
context_page_description: Djordje Stijepovic is a Serbian-American double bass player, singer and composer. He is best known as bassist for the psychobilly band Tiger Army and for Nickelodeon star Drake Bell. He is also a former member of Lemmy Kilmister's side project The Head Cat.
  As a bandleader, Stijepovic fronts the rockabilly band Atomic Sunset and performs as a solo artist under his own name. He has also recorded and performed as a guest musician with Tommy Emmanuel, Marco Beltrami, Wanda Jackson, Molotov, Rachel Brice and Beats Antique among others.
context_section_description: In December 2013, Stijepovic received an invitation to play in Drake Bell's band as a guest at the Christmas concert of Brian Setzer Orchestra at the Dolby Theater.
  Bell was thrilled by Stijepovic's musicianship and energy, so he became a steady member of the band.
  Their biggest show up to date was in front of 55.000 people at Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City in October 2014.  In February 2020, Drake Bell released The Lost Album with Stijepovic playing double bass on songs "The Party" and "Pots & Pans".
  In October 2015, Stijepovic became a member of the psychobilly band Tiger Army. Besides heavy touring in the US, Europe, Australia, South and Central America, the band played festivals like Riot Fest Chicago in 2016. They also appeared in two episodes of the late night show Last Call with Carson Daly. In 2018, they released the EP “Dark Paradise.” Its title track, a cover of a Lana del Ray song, stayed on KROQ's TOP5 for 3 months and reached no.1 for 2 weeks in a row. To promote the EP, they've played 2 sold out concerts at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. Full length album Retrofuture was released on September 13, 2019 on Rise Records, followed by 2 music videos "Devil That You Don’t Know" and "Mi Amor La Luna". The Retrofuture tour concluded with 2 sold out nights at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. In January 2020, the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame updated their Right Here, Right Now exhibit, which focuses on current pop stars, with artifacts from Tiger Army, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Adam Lambert, and Kacey Musgraves, which included Stijepovic's custom made shirt, shoes and bass strings.
  In April 2018, Stijepovic joined the acoustic lineup of popular Mexican rap rock band Molotov. He was a special guest, alongside Ana Tijoux and Money Mark of the Beastie Boys, on their MTV Unplugged performance. The concert was filmed and recorded by Sylvia Massy and the album was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2019. El Desconecte tour included 10 sold out nights at the Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City.
caption: Djordje Stijepovic accepting an award for his contribution to World Music in 2019
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