The hard rock band Riblja Čorba, formed in 1978, achieved huge success with their debut single "Lutka sa naslovne strane" (1978) and their debut album "Kost u grlu" (1979). Their following albums, "Pokvarena mašta i prljave strasti" and "Mrtva priroda", both released in 1981, launched them to the top of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock scene despite their hard rock sound with blues and heavy metal elements, and thanks to their provocative social- and, since the release of "Mrtva priroda", political-related lyrics written by the band leader Bora Đorđević. After the album "Istina" (1985) the band, although still generally fitting into hard rock, started gradually turning towards softer sound, managing to sustain their popularity throughout the decade. However, in the 1990s, Riblja Čorba's popularity heavily declined in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars, when Ðorđević became an active supporter of the Serbian troops in Republika Srpska and Republika Srpska Krajina, which he demonstrated by recording controversial songs "E moj druže zagrebački" (which was recorded as a response to Jura Stublić's song "E moj druže beogradski") and "Ljetovanje" with the band Mindušari from Knin. However, Ðorđević was also strongly opposed to president Slobodan Milošević and he demonstrated his attitude by writing a number of anti-government songs released on Riblja Čorba albums "Zbogom, Srbijo" (1993), "Ostalo je ćutanje" (1996) and "Nojeva barka" (1999), and on his solo album "Njihovi dani" (1996).