born in smederevo, serbia, simanic started to play guitar at the age of 12. in the early '90s, he started an instrumental rock band: "bride" - the band played clubs, guitar festivals and received radio airplay. in 1993, his single, "water of life" was named the best song of the year on one of the most popular serbian radio station radio belgrade and its show "501" under the program beograd 202.