Propaganda (Serbian band)

Propaganda
Origin	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	New wave, synthpop, pop rock
Years active	1981 — 1982
Labels	PGP-RTB, Supraphon, Sonar Kollektiv
Associated acts	Idoli, Bulevar, Slađana Milošević, Bajaga i Instruktori, Bilja Krstić & Bistrik Orchestra, Dejan Cukić & Spori Ritam Band, Kal, Kerber
Past members	Branko Isaković Dragan Mitrić Kokan Popović Nenad Morgenstern

Propaganda (Serbian Cyrillic: Пропаганда) was a Yugoslav new wave band from Belgrade, consisting of former Zvuk Ulice and Bulevar members. The band released only one album, Apatija javnosti, and disbanded.

The roots of Propaganda can be found in the mid-1970s band called Zvuk Ulice. The band was formed in 1976 by Vlada Divljan (guitarist, vocalist), Zdenko Kolar (bass), Kokan Popović (drums), Dragan Mitrić (keyboards), Bora Antić (saxophone) and Dragana Milković (piano, vocals). At first Divljan only played the guitar and later also did vocals.

The band did cover versions of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and performed their own songs, mostly instrumentals. The band sound was described as a combination of melodic rock and jazz rock, but Zdenko Kolar in an interview stated that it was the sound that in the early eighties would definitely be described as new wave. They had recording sessions in Radio Belgrade studios and the recordings were often broadcast on radio stations.

In 1978 the band performed at the last BOOM festival in Novi Sad and in 1979 at Zaječar Gitarijada where they were well received, but the first place at the festival was won by Galija. Soon after, Kokan Popović went to serve the Yugoslav People's Army and his future wife got pregnant so the band split up. Vlada Divljan and Zdenko Kolar soon formed Idoli, Dragan Mitrić joined Bulevar and Kokan Popović joined Slađana Milošević's backing band.

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