album release delayed by war

The release of the band’s second studio album Glupost je neuništiva ( Stupidity Is Indestructible ) was delayed due to the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars in 1991. When the album was finally released in mid-1992 through Helidon, it brought well-received songs “Pisma o ribaru Marinu, Mari i moru” (“The Song about Marin the Fisherman, Mara and the Sea”), “Delamo škifo” (“We’re Working Disgustingly”), “Bepo, vrati se” (“Bepo, Come Back”) and “To nije mjesto za nas” (“That’s Not a Place for Us”), the latter being a cover of the song “No Room For You” by the British punk band Demob . However, at the time of the album release, the group had been on hiatus due to the war, with Milovanović, Marjanović and Bosusco playing in local punk band Lokalni Bend Radnički ( Local Labour Band ). For a short period of time, the members of KUD Idijoti considered disbandment, but eventually decided to continue their activity, releasing in 1993 the album Tako je govorio Zaratusta ( Thus Spoke Zaratusta , the title referring to Friedrich Nietzsche ‘s work Thus Spoke Zarathustra and to the band’s frontman Branko Črnac “Tusta”), which was their first compact disc release. The album featured songs authored by Milovanović between 1981 and 1985; it included seven old songs, seven old but previously unreleased songs, and two new songs – “Ništa nije tako dobro da bi bilo dobro” (“Nothing’s that Good to Call It Good”), co-authored with Franci Blašković of Gori Ussi Winnetou , and “Kad bi naše LP, MC, CD…” (“If Our LPs , MCs and CDs Were…”). The album included two covers, of songs by Pula punk bands Gola Jaja ( Naked Balls ) and Visoki Napon ( High Voltage ). The song “Io sonno… dittatore” ( Italian for “I Am… a Dictator”) featured a sample of a monologue by Yugoslav and Serbian actor Ljuba Tadić from the 1970s TV drama Defence of Socrates and Death . The album featured a new version of “Bella Ciao”, with the subtitle “ili… šta hoće ti antifašisti” (“Or… What Do Those Anti-Fascists Want”) and featuring small accordion, often appearing in recordings of Yugoslav Partisan songs. Following the release of Tako je govorio Zaratusta , the group returned to touring, performing across Europe, playing, on 10 October 1994, in Ljubljana ‘s Tivoli Hall as the opening band for Ramones. Despite communist and Yugoslavist imagery becoming undesirable in independent Croatia, KUD Idijoti continued to perform their versions of anti-fascist songs and to provoke Croatian public with their songs critical of the new political and economical system.