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In April 1990, Dražen Zečić released his first album named [[''Zagrli me noćas jače'']] for the label Suzy. However, he would have to pause his singing career in mid 1991, when he joined the Croatian army at the start of the war. He was a member of the 1st Battalion of the 4th Guards Brigade, in the third company, third platoon(Foka Fighters), made up of soldiers from the community of Mjesni from Split III. He would see action on the Zadar and Drniš battlefields. These experiences would make him write patriotic songs. He would often perform for his company and his comrades would help him write some of these songs. One of the earlier songs was [[''Pravi Hrvat ne umire nikada'']], mentioned in an article on the 13th of January 1992<ref>''Slobodna Dalmacija'', 13th of January 1992</ref>. On the 8th of February 1992, the soldiers of the 4rd brigade would undergo a military test together with footballers from Hajduk Split on the Poljud stadium. At that event Zečić, accompanied by the Split group [[''Aspalathos Brass|Aspalathos Brass]], would perform a small concert. There he presented for the first time the songs'' [[''Sve do Zemuna'']]'' and ''[[''Nezavisna država'']]'', written at the front together with soldiers of his platoon.<ref>''Slobodna Dalmacija'', 5th of February 1992</ref>

The songs would be briefly played on major radio stations in February-March 1992, despite the politically incorrect subject matters. The songs, despite its brief popularity on radio, would get big with the general public. Throughout the whole duration of the war, even after a breakthrough in his pop career, Zečić would perform his patriotic songs to great public acclaim. After the end of the war, the songs would not be performed anymore, with the exception of ''Pravi Hrvat ne umire nikada'', the non-offensive song of the album, which is performed even today.