initiated vinyl EP series

In 1996, KUD Idijoti, in their efforts to fight piracy , decided to release a series of vinyl EPs through their own label Veruda Singles. However, they had released only the EP Fuck when they were offered a contract with the label Dancing Bear . During the summer of 1997, they recorded the album Cijena ponosa ( The Price of Pride ). In November 1997, the album was simultaneously released in Croatia through Dancing Bear and in Serbia through Automatik Records, becoming the first album by a Croatian act to be officially released in Serbia after the end of Croatian War . The album brought more melodic sound than on their previous releases, with the hit songs “Ja sjećam se” (“I Remember”), “Rodna gruda” (“Native Ground”), “Jebemti rat” (“Fuck War”) and “Lik” (“Character”). The song “Hoćemo referendum!” (“We Want Referendum!”) featured keyboard solo played by Bruno Krajcer, and the song “Blago” featured Franci Blašković on lead vocals and playing bass guitar solo. Simultaneously with Cijena ponosa , the band released the compilation album Singles Collection Vol. 1 with the songs from their early releases.