Van Gogh (band)

Van Gogh
Van Gogh performing live at the 2007 Novi Sad Exit festival
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Alternative rock, rock, electronic rock, power pop
Years active	1986–1987 1990–present
Labels	PGP-RTB, PGP-RTS, Metropolis Records, Hi-Fi Centar, Croatia Records, Gold Audio Video
Associated acts	Zajedno, Hush, Vasil Hadžimanov Band
Website	www.musicvangogh.com
Members	Zvonimir Đukić Srboljub Radivojević Dejan Ilić Branislav Gluvakov
Past members	Đorđe Petrović Goran Milisavljević Predrag Popović Miško Veličković Aleksandar Barać Vladan Cvetković Vlada Barjaktarević Dušan Bogović Dragan Ivanović

Van Gogh is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade.

The band was formed in 1986, and released their debut alternative rock-oriented self-titled album during the same year. During the 1990s, the band released a number of well-received albums inspired mostly by the works of the band Ekatarina Velika, and in the 2000s the band adopted more commercial sound, becoming one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene. Since the beginning of the band's career, vocalist and guitarist Zvonimir Đukić and drummer Srboljub Radivojević have been the mainstay members of the band.

The band was formed in 1986. The first lineup consisted of Zvonimir Đukić "Đule" (guitar), Srboljub Radivojević (drums), Đorđe Petrović (a former Zajedno member, keyboards), Goran Milisavljević (vocals), and Predrag Popović (a former Rock Ekspres member, bass guitar). In February 1986, the band released their debut single "Tragovi prošlosti" ("Traces of the Past"), and in May they appeared at Youth Festival in Subotica, performing songs "Tragovi prošlosti", "Tvoj smeh" ("Your Laughter") and "Menjam se" ("I'm Changing"), and winning the second place by the choice of the audience, and the third place by the choice of the jury. At the end of 1986 the band released their debut self-titled album. The album lyrics were written by Milisavjević, the music was written by Đukić, and the album was produced by Petrović. The album featured new versions of "Tragovi prošlosti", "Tvoj smeh" and "Menjam se". After a number of concerts Van Gogh disbanded. Before the 1990 reunion Đukić performed with Fit (participating in the recording of their debut album Uz rijeku), Ekatarina Velika (participating in the recording of their album Samo par godina za nas) and Nikola Čuturilo.