Released double live album ZG Rock Forces

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The long-awaited popularity gave them an opportunity to perform on a concert of most popular Zagreb-based bands at the time alongside Parni Valjak , Prljavo Kazalište and Film , the recording of their performances being released on the double live album ZG Rock Forces in 1989. The band held a series of concerts across Yugoslavia, on which Gobac often appeared dressed in female clothes. After concerts in Yugoslavia, the group—although already a popular act in their home country—participated in a battle of the bands in Netherlands , entitled The Great Prize of the Netherlands, followed by their performances in clubs across the country. Their performances attracted the attention of MTV , which made a report about the group. The recordings from their shows in Dutch clubs Paradiso, held on 30 November 1988, and Melkweg, held on 5 February 1989, were released in Yugoslavia on the live album Live in Amsterdam . On both concerts the band was announced by MTV host Marcel Vanthilt . The album featured previously unreleased song “Polako polako” (“Slowly, Slowly”), a cover of The Stooges song “” No Fun “, and the English language version of “Ja volim samo sebe” entitled “I’m in Love with Gorbac”, in reference to both Davor Gobac and Mikhail Gorbachev . At the beginning of 1990, the band spent two and a half months performing in the Soviet Union , holding 60 joint concerts with Soviet electropop band Electroclub .