Siluete (band)

Siluete
Siluete in 1967: Slobodan Todorović, Ljuba Đorđević, Zoran Miščević, Dejan Dunjić and Jovan Mišević (from left to right)
Background information
Also known as	VIS Siluete
Origin	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	Beat music, rock and roll, instrumental rock, shock rock, rock
Years active	1961 – 1971 1975 1976 – 1995
Labels	Diskos, PGP-RTB, PGP-RTS
Associated acts	Elipse, Zlatni Dečaci, Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete, Džentlmeni, Dah, YU Grupa
Past members	Zoran Miščević Branko Gluščević Ilija Stanić Zoran Simjanović Miroslav Minić Dejan Dunjić Jovan Mišević Miomir Petrović Ljuba Đorđević Tomi Sovilj Dragi Jelić Slobodan Todorović Aleksandar Cvetković Nikola Čuturilo

Siluete (Serbian Cyrillic: Силуете, trans. The Silhouettes) was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, notable for being one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene.

The band was officially formed on October 20, 1961 by Zoran Miščević (vocals and bass guitar), Branko Gluščević (formerly of Black Cats, rhythm guitar), Ilija Stanić (guitar), Zoran Simjanović (keyboards) and Miroslav "Mine" Minić (drums). The band members, influenced by the film The Young Ones which featured Cliff Richard and The Shadows, named the band Siluete. The band had their first notable performance on Đorđe Marjanović's concert in Belgrade's Dom Sindikata.

After performances in Makarska during the summer of 1963, the members of Siluete departed. Simjanović moved to Elipse, Gluščević and Miščević formed Lutalice with guitarist Božidar "Lari" Plesničar and rhythm guitarist Slobodan Mihajlović, and Ilić continued to lead Siluete in the new lineup: Dejan Dunjić (bass guitar), Jovan Mišević (drums), Miomir "Kraka" Petrović (rhythm guitar) and Ljuba Đorđević (keyboards). As the band performed instrumental music, at one of their performances they were approached by singer Tomislav "Tomi" Sovilj (formerly of Zlatni Dečaci) who suggested them to work together, but this collaboration lasted for only a year.