PREDRAG PEĐA VRANEŠEVIĆ was a Serbian musician, conceptual artist and architect. Together with his brother Mladen, he founded the band Laboratorija zvuka in 1978, which functioned until 1996. He began his musical career as a student. In Belgrade, he formed the band The Best Nothing, but their music was not recorded. The band performed at the first Guitar Festival in Belgrade in 1966 and attracted media attention. Upon his return to Novi Sad in 1970 and 1971, he was active as a conceptual artist within a collective called KOD, which included his childhood friend Slobodan Tišma. KOD advocated a critical attitude towards the social reality and art of the time, which led to problems with local cultural figures. These are a few of his own songs from 1972.
ZLATNI DEČACI were formed in 1962, in Beograd, Serbia (ex-Yugoslavia). Their first name was The Tigers but advised by Nikola Karaklajić (famous Yugoslav international chess player and journalist) they change it into Zlatni dečaci. In the beginning they played on parties. Beat music was taboo in early 60s for many radio programs. So, they made beat covers of four classical music parts just to be played on radio. Their friend and big fan Nikola Karaklajić brought those recordings to Holland. Record company "Fontana" puti it out as 7"EP of Golden Boys. Next year the same record comes out in Yugoslavia. Very soon they become popular and their next single is sold out in 100000 copies. In 1966 they are going as young chess players to England with their big fan Nikola (as chess players they didn't have many problems to get visa's for U.K.) and there they played a few gigs mixing famous beat and Yugoslav folk covers. After that they recorded one of the best selling 60s records in Yugoslavia together with famous singer Miki Jevremović. "18 žutih ruža" EP was sold out in 200000 copies. On that EP they covered "The House Of The Rising Sun". They split up in 1967 after "Beogradsko proleće" festival. (from jugobeat.com)
PADOT NA VIZANTIJA was an influential 1980s post-punk, darkwave and gothic rock band with occasional Byzantine music elements and orthodox Christian beliefs from Skopje, SR Macedonia (ex-Yugoslavia). The group is notable for its guitar player Klime Kovačeski and vocalist Goran Trajkoski who rose to international prominence as a frontman of the group "Anastasia" which was featured on the soundtrack album for the Academy Award nominated movie "Prije kiše" directed by Milčo Mančevski. The most prominent tracks by Padot na Vizantija are "Početok i kraj" and "Sepak istata sostojba". They performed in Skopje, Kumanovo, Štip, Niš, Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Zagreb among others. (from wikipedia)
