Srđan Šaper

Srdjan Saper, born on October 9, 1958 in Belgrade (Serbia) is one of the most prominent and most influential musicians in former SFR of Yugoslavia. He is a founder and a member of the VIS Idoli (The Idols), band that initiated the New Wave on the music and cultural scene of the former Yugoslavia in the 1980s. Their second album, Odbrana i poslednji dani (The Defense and the Last Days), music critics voted for the best album of 1982 and, what is more, the best Yugoslav rock album of the 20th century. Later on, in 1998, the album was polled as Yugoslav greatest popular music album in the book YU 100: Najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music). Album Čokolada (Chocolate), released in 1983, along with Riblja Čorba’s album Mrtva priroda, was the best-selling rock album in Yugoslavia up to that time.