VIS Idoli (often only Idoli) was a New Wave (pop art) band, officially founded on 1st of March 1980 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
The line-up included three primary school friends: Vlada Divljan, Zdenko Kolar, and drummer Bo<#382;a Jovanovi<#263; as well as Divljan<#8217;s high school friends Sr<#273;an <#352;aper and Neboj<#353;a Krsti<#263;. The band played their first gig in 1980 in Belgrade<#8217;s SKC (Student Cultural Centre), where they performed together with the leading bands of Belgrade<#8217;s new wave scene.
D<#382;uboks (=The Jukebox) magazine<#8217;s critics declared Idoli the band of the year in 1982, and seven other European music magazines placed them fourth on the best-of rock bands list. In years that followed, many critics chose their album, Odbrana i poslednji dani, as the best ever record released in former Yugoslavia. The single <#8220;Retko te vi<#273;am sa devojkama<#8221; was the first mainstream gay-themed song from the Balkans.