Ivan Vdović

Ivan "Ivica" Vdović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван "Ивица" Вдовић; 14 March 1961 – 25 September 1992), also known as Vd (Serbian Cyrillic: Вд), was a Serbian musician, drummer of Yugoslav rock bands such as Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II.

Ivan Vdović Иван Вдовић
Ivica Vdović
Background information
Also known as	Vd
Born	(1961-03-14)14 March 1961 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	25 September 1992(1992-09-25) (aged 31) Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Genres	New wave punk rock jazz
Instrument(s)	Drums
Years active	1979–1992

In his junior year of high school, Vdović became a member of the band Limunovo drvo led by Milan Mladenović.[1] He later played drums in Bora Đorđević's band Suncokret which had two famous members Bilja Krstić and Gorica Popović, but became famous as the drummer of Šarlo Akrobata whose other two members were Mladenović and Dušan Kojić.[1] He stayed with Šarlo Akrobata from April 1980 to October 1981, and then joined Mladenović to form Katarina II together with Bojan Pečar, Gagi Mihajlović and Margita Stefanović. After Mihajlović left the band, the name was changed to Ekatarina Velika but Vdović soon left the band in 1985.[1]

The same year, Vdović was diagnosed to be HIV-positive, which he contracted through intravenous drug use.[1] He was the first person in Yugoslavia to be officially registered as HIV-positive.[1] He died of AIDS on 25 September 1992[1] and is buried in Belgrade.

He is considered as one of the most important cultural reformers of music in ex Yugoslavia,[2] and one of the starters of the New wave.[3]