After releasing her debut album Marina in 1987, she moved to New York City, where she spent the following ten years without recording or performing.

Marina Perazić started her singing career as a member of the Rijeka choir Jeka Primorja (Echo of the Coastline) and the multimedia group Sigma Tau.

[1] After Toljina Funk Selekcija disbanded, Tolja and Perazić recorded the song "Zimski vjetar" ("Winter Wind") with chanson singer Damir Pandur for the Zagreb Music Festival.

[1] They attracted large attention of the Yugoslav audience with their demo recordings broadcast on radio stations in Rijeka, Zagreb and Belgrade.

[1][2] During 1985, Tolja was serving his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav army, and during his military leaves, he and Perazić recorded the mini-album Ja sam lažljiva (I Am Mendacious), which repeated the commercial and critical success of the band's debut.

[1] During 1985, Perazić also starred, alongside Kraljić, in the science fiction TV film Denis & Denis, directed by Dinko Tucaković,[3] recorded the song "Plava jutra" ("Blue Mornings") with Rex Ilusivii,[1] and took part in YU Rock Misija project, a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid, contributing vocals to the song "Za milion godina".

[1] In 1987, Perazić released her first solo album, entitled simply Marina, written and recorded with a large number of collaborators.

[5] In 1987, Perazić also appeared on the MESAM festival, performing the song "Dignimo ruke do oblaka" ("Let's Raise Our Hands to the Clouds"), the audience awarding her with the second place.

[5] The songs were composed by Davor Tolja, Kiki Lesendrić, Damir Urban, Dragan Ilić (of Generacija 5), Zorko Opačić and Miro Tešević (formerly of Fit), Miodrag "Bata" Kostić (formerly of YU Grupa), Vladimir Petričević (formerly of Bel Tempo), Zoran Cerar (formerly of TV Moroni) and Ivanko Rosić.

[5] In her public appearances more than twenty years after the events in question, Perazić revealed that she had briefly dated the Riblja Čorba guitarist Momčilo Bajagić during early-to-mid 1980s and further claimed his hit ballad "Kad hodaš" (off Riblja Čorba's 1984 studio album Večeras vas zabavljaju muzičari koji piju) had been inspired by their relationship.

[10] In 1986, Perazić began a relationship with the musician Ivan "Firchie" Fece [sr], best known as one-time Ekatarina Velika drummer.

[11] In 1988, Fece emigrated to the United States, settling in New York City, and Perazić soon joined him thereby giving up on her solo music career in Yugoslavia.

[18] The same song was covered by Croatian singers Carla Belovari and Bojan Jambrošić on the 2013 album Zapisano u zvijezdama (Written in the Stars).