Divlje Jagode

Divlje Jagode
Divlje Jagode performing in Belgrade in 2022
Background information
Also known as	Wild Strawberries
Origin	Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (1977–1985, 1987–1990) London, England (1986) Zagreb, Croatia (1994–present)
Genres	Hard rock heavy metal glam metal[1][2]
Years active	1977–1990 1994–present
Labels	Jugoton, Diskoton, Logo Records, Nimfa Sound, Croatia Records, One Records
Members	Sead Lipovača Anto Janković Livio Berak Emil Kranjčić Damjan Deurić András Ispán
Past members	Nihad Jusufhodžić Mustafa Ismailovski Adonis Dokuzović Alen Islamović Nasko Budimlić Samir Šestan Zlatan Ćehić Mladen Vojičić Edin Šehović Vladimir Podany Dragan Jankelić Zlatan Stipišić Žanil Tataj Sanin Karić Dejan Orešković Pero Galić Tomas Balaž Marko Osmanović Adrian Borić Damjan Mileković Nikola Milat Saša Cavrić Mladen Krajnik Velibor Čolović Igor Matković
Website	www.divlje-jagode.com

Divlje Jagode (lit. 'Wild Strawberries') is a hard rock and heavy metal band, originally formed in 1977 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, and since their 1994 reunion based in Croatia. Led by guitarist Sead "Zele" Lipovača, Divlje Jagode are considered one of the most popular and most influential acts of the Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal scenes.

The band was formed in 1977 by Sead Lipovača (guitar), Anto "Toni" Janković (vocals), Nihad Jusufhodžić (bass guitar), Adonis Dokuzović (drums) and Mustafa "Muc" Ismailovski (keyboards). Throughout Divlje Jagode's career, Lipovača would remain the leader and the only mainstay member of the group. The band gained the attention of the Yugoslav public and the media with their 1978 debut self-titled album and the 1981 album Stakleni hotel. After the release of their second album, Janković left the band, parting ways with the rest of the group amicably, and would be seen on several occasions in the following years as guest musician on the band's concerts and albums. With bass guitarist Alen Islamović taking over the vocal duties and the albums Motori (1982), Čarobnjaci (1983) and Vatra (1985), the band achieved large mainstream popularity in Yugoslavia, which provided them with a contract with a British record label and an opportunity to record an album for the international market. In 1986, the group moved to London, England, where they started working on their international career under the name Wild Strawberries, adopting a more glam metal image and recording an English language album. However, doubting the success of the band's venture in England, Islamović accepted the invitation from Goran Bregović, the leader of the most popular Yugoslav band Bijelo Dugme, to join his group as the replacement for the vocalist Mladen Vojičić "Tifa", and the album Wild Strawberries was released internationally without much promotion. After a hiatus, Lipovača reformed the group in Yugoslavia with Bijelo Dugme's former frontman Vojičić as the vocalist, recording the 1988 album Konji. In 1989, the band was joined by former Osmi Putnik vocalist Zlatan Stipišić "Džibo". Despite making demo recording, the lineup featuring Stipišić never made any official releases, and Divlje Jagode disbanded in 1990.

In 1994, Lipovača reformed the group, long-time bass guitarist Zlatan Čehić taking over the vocals. The band's following releases, Labude, kad rata ne bude (1994) and Sto vjekova (1996), the latter recorded with vocalist Žanil "Žak" Tataj, presented the band with a slightly softer, more ballad-oriented sound. With the 2003 album Od neba do neba, recorded with vocalist Pero Galić, the band reestablished their popularity in the region of former Yugoslavia. Since 2013, the band has performed with vocalist Livio Berak, Divlje Jagode original vocalist Anto Janković becoming an official member once more and the second vocalist for the band with the release of the 2020 studio album Jukebox.

Divlje Jagode are widely considered to be one of the most popular hard rock and heavy metal bands in the region of former Yugoslavia. Since their founding, the band have released 13 studio albums, a live album and a number of compilation albums, scoring a number of hit songs and selling around 4 million records.^[3]