Grock festival performance

During December 1980, the band performed at the Grock festival held at the Novi Sad Fair , leaving a good impression but also causing an uproar by burning a copy of Borba , an official newspaper of the League of Communists. Following the show, the band members were summoned to a police station , where Čonkić defended their actions by telling the real course of events: the band did not intend to send a political message; Vukmanović–himself a son of a League of Communists official–wanted to pose on stage as the Statue of Liberty , and used a copy of Borba as a torch due to the newspaper’s large format, not being aware that paper he found nearby were the pages of Borba . During the intro for the song “Biti ružan, pametan i mlad”, Čonkić ironically dedicated the song to Goran Bregović , the leader of Bijelo Dugme , which was the most popular Yugoslav band at the time. Džuboks music magazine praised the show, while Dnevnik journalist Bogdan Četnik wrote an article demanding that the band be completely banned.