Griva (Serbian Cyrillic: Грива; trans. Mane) was a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Novi Sad. Band history 1982—1992 The band was formed in 1982 by former Ibn Tup members, Zlatko Karavla (drums) and Josip Sabo (guitar). The first lineup also featured Zoran Gogić (also a former Ibn Tup member, vocals), Laslo Novak (keyboards), and Đorđe Jovanović (bass guitar). Soon after the band was formed, Gogić left the band, so Karavla switched to vocals, and Janoš Kazimić became the band's new drummer. The band, under the name Bela Griva (White Mane), had their first live performance as the opening act on a Buldožer concert in Novi Sad. Soon after, Griva, as a support act, went on tour with Divlje Jagode. The band's first commercial success was their debut single, a heavy metal cover of Lepa Brena's song "Sitnije, Cile, sitnije" (Griva's version entitled "Sitnije, sestro, sitnije"), released in 1983. The 7-inch single with songs "Sitnije, sestro, sitnije" and "Tebi je važna samo lova" was given as a present with the 751st issue of the comic book magazine Stripoteka. Due to the success of the single, the band signed for Jugoton, and during the same year released their debut album Kog sam đavola tražio u tebi (What the Hell I Saw in You). The album was produced by the radio host Karolj Kovač, and featured Galija frontman Nenad Milosavljević on harmonica. Soon after the album release, Griva became a support band on Divlje Jagode tour once again. On September 24, 1984, Griva performed as the opening band for Motörhead on their concert in Pionir Hall in Belgrade. New material, recorded in 1985, was refused by several major record labels. It was released, under the title Nisi ni ti anđeo (You're Not an Angel as Well), through an independent label, Panonija Koncert, on compact cassette only. It featured a cover of Joan Jett's version of the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", Griva version titled "I law Myroslaw" (the title referring to folk music singer Miroslav Ilić). After the album release Kazimić left the band, and was replaced by Laslo Pihler, a former member of the punk rock band Pekinška Patka. However, Pihler was soon replaced by Nikola Džunja. The release of Nisi ni ti anđeo was not followed by presentation in the media, and after a short Austrian tour, Griva disbanded. In 1986, Karavla and Divlje Jagode frontman Alen