Their releases and live performances were praised by the press, and the Yugoslav media compared their rivalry with the band Siluete to the one between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
After the group disbanded in 1968, bass guitarist Bojan Hreljac and drummer Vladimir Furduj would join Korni Grupa, and keyboardist Zoran Simjanović would go on to become one of the most notable composers of film music in the Balkans.
[1] At the time, the lineup featured, beside Radovanović, Dmitrović, Furduj and Simjanović, Božidar Knežević (vocals), Kosta Ignjatović "Gule" (saxophone), and Bojan Hreljac (bass guitar).
[1] The band also performed as a studio band for the singer Miodrag Marković, on the recording of the extended play featuring the songs "Predaću tugu zvezdama" ("I Will Hand My Grief to the Stars"), "Ne reci sad" ("Do Not Say Now"), "Ne, nemoj nikad plakati" ("No, Don't You Ever Cry"), and "Zaboravi me" ("Forget Me"), released by PGP-RTB in 1965.
On the final evening on the festival, held on 13 February 1966 in front of some 15,000 people, Elipse won the first place, with their biggest rivals, Siluete, ending up second.
[8][7] During the same year, Elipse appeared at the Ponoćna zvona (Midnight Bells) concert, held in Belgrade in front of 2,000 people,[1] and appeared in TV shows Susreti gradova (Meeting of the Cities), Vi i Mi (You and Us) and Koncert za ludi mladi svet (Concert for Crazy Young People).
[9] For the latter they recorded a video at the Belgrade Zoo, performing a cover of the Monkees song "I'm a Believer" in front of a cage with monkeys.
[9] The media-promoted rivalry with Siluete resulted in a competition of these two bands held at the Belgrade Youth Center, where the audience was to poll the winner.
The competition, consisting of a musical performance, caricature drawing and poetry presentation, was won by Elipse with 146 votes advantage.
Dekeng was previously a member of the band Crni Panteri (Black Panthers), founded in Belgrade by students from Congo.
[1] The new lineup had their first live appearance at the Belgrade Trade Union Hall, performing as an opening act on The Hollies concert, getting positive reactions from both the audience and the press.
[1] During the same year, the new lineup also released an EP, featuring the songs "Za one što na licu nose bore" ("To the Ones Who Have Wrinkles on Their Faces"), written by Vlada Kanić, and "Le Telephone" ("The Telephone"), a cover version of a song by French soul singer Nino Ferrer,[1] performed as an opening act for the Italian singer Rita Pavone on her concert held at Tašmajdan Stadium,[1] and held two concerts in Sarajevo, performing in front of 5,000 people on each.
The stage was decorated with large portraits of John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy and a part of the film The Naughty Ones was shown during the band's performance.
[11] In August 1968, Elipse and the band Mladi Levi from Ljubljana, as the representatives of Yugoslavia, performed at the Sofia Peace Festival.
[1] He wrote an autobiographical book called Kako sam postao (i prestao da budem) roker (How I Started (and Stopped) Being a Rocker), published in 2004.
The promotion of the book also included a concert held on November 22, 2004, at the Belgrade Trade Union Hall, where both the Siluete and Elipse former members appeared as performers.