Frontman Mario Knezović founded the band during a period of "low social immunity" in the Balkans, naming it after the Herpes zoster virus to symbolize how society's vulnerabilities manifest under stress.
"We carried our heads in our bags and somewhere along the way we lost our bags... and we were left without heads." zoster_izbjeglica
Understanding the history of the Balkans—specifically the mass displacements of the 1990s—adds a layer of historical weight to the track. Frontman Mario Knezović founded the band during a