1. Vlada Divljan was known as the frontman of the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Idoli, one of the bands which initiated the Yugoslav new wave on the music and cultural scene of Yugoslavia in the 1980s, as well as for his solo works.
10 Facts About Vlada Divljan
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The first serious band Vlada Divljan formed after graduation, in 1976 called Merlin soon renamed to Zvuk Ulice.
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The band featured Vlada Divljan, Zdenko Kolar, Dragan Mitric, Kokan Popovic and Bora Atic The band was a combination of melodic rock, hard rock and jazz rock.
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In January 1997 back in Australia Vlada Divljan worked on a project with Leb i Sol keyboardist Kiril Dzajkovski titled "Apartchiks".
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In July 1998 the Old Stars Band had a successful tour of Slovenia and Vlada Divljan appeared as guest on Buldozer concerts.
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In September 2002, Dina and Vlada Divljan had a second son, Pavle.
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Vlada Divljan worked between 2001 and 2003 for a radio programme for people from the former Yugoslavia that was part of a project by ORF.
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Vlada Divljan released an instrumental album Vlada Divljan presents Die Tonzentrale released in 2003 by B92 Records.
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In 2006 Vlada Divljan formed a new backing band called Nevladina Organizacija and did several live shows.
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In 2012, Vlada Divljan was diagnosed with an appendix cancer, which was operated on the following year.