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The first live appearance and an exhibition entitled " Žrtve letalske nesreće " (" Victims of an Air Accident ") took place in January 1982 at the Ljubljana club FV, followed by performances in Belgrade and Zagreb.

At the time, the group's musical style was characterized by critics as " industrial rock ", and for their live performances they used gramophones, radio devices and electronic instruments constructed by themselves.

Instead of the dry ice stage effect, the group used original military smoke bombs which was as unpleasant for themselves as for the audience.

During the same year, at the Novi Rock festival in Ljubljana the frontman Tomaž Hostnik appeared in a military uniform and despite being hit by a bottle in the face, causing him serious injuries, he managed to bring the performance to an end.

However, in December 1982, Hostnik committed suicide.