Fiery Kiss) is a hard rock and heavy metal band, originally formed in 1977 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, and since 1998 based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Formed and led by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Milić Vukašinović, Vatreni Poljubac was one the most notable acts of the Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal scene.

Although Vukašinović's late works saw very little critical and commercial success, Vatreni Poljubac still enjoys a loyal fanbase in former Yugoslav republics.

Milić "Mića "Vukašinović was born in Belgrade, but moved with his family to Sarajevo at an early age, due to his father's employment in the Yugoslav People's Army.

[1] In 1965, he started playing with the band Čičak (Burdock), and in 1970 performed in Italian clubs with Goran Bregović, Željko Bebek and Zoran Redžić.

[1] At the end of summer of 1971, dissatisfied with the little success the group had, he left Sarajevo and moved to London, where he spent three years, working as a manual laborer and learning to play the guitar.

[1] In October 1976, he was invited by his former bandmates Bregović and Redžić to join their new band, the highly popular Bijelo Dugme, as a temporary replacement for their drummer Ipe Ivandić, who was serving his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav army.

[1] Despite the band's and their manager's ambitions for large commercial success, the Yugoslav music press criticized Vukašinović's use of folk motifs in the group's songs, accusing him of trying to imitate Bijelo Dugme's trademark Balkan folk-influenced hard rock sound, describing the album as monotonous and expressing belief that it lacked authenticity of the band's debut single.

[1] Sixteen songs on the album featured similar folk-influenced hard rock and heavy metal sound as heard on the band's debut, most prominently in the instrumental track "Rock kolo", which led Yugoslav music magazine Džuboks to describe Vukašinović as a "heavy metal folk singer".

[1] Hoxha was replaced by Sanin Karić, who was previously a member of Teška Industrija and played with Bijelo Dugme as a touring musician.

[1] Following the release of Bez dlake na jeziku, Vukašinović recorded sixteen of his songs with English language lyrics, in his attempt to achieve breakthrough into the foreign market.

[2] In addition, in the album's ballads "Kako da znam" ("How Can I Know") and "Hej, zaboravi" ("Hey, Forget") Vukašinović moved away from the band's trademark power trio sound by introducing piano, played by his former Bijelo Dugme bandmate Laza Ristovski.

[1] On June 15 of the same year, Vatreni Poljubac, alongside 23 other acts, performed on the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade, on the concert which was a part of YU Rock Misija, a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid.

[4] The concert was directly broadcast on Yugoslav television, and Vukašinović's profane outburst was criticized by a sizeable section of the public.

[1] Alongside the song "Kad sve prođe ostaću sam" ("When Everything Ends I'll Stay Alone"), originally written for Željko Bebek but rejected by him, the album featured the folk-oriented hit "Stipu gatibo" (šatrovački for "Pusti bogati", trans.

[6] He played as a percussionist with the Bosnian Latin music band Sonidos Barbados, releasing the albums Zaštićena zona (Protected Zone, 1995) and Senora (1996) with the group.

[6] In 2007, Vatreni Poljubac was scheduled to appear as the opening band on the Rolling Stones concert in Belgrade's Ušće park.

However, dissatisfied with the fact that his band was scheduled to appear as the first opening act, before Električni Orgazam, Vukašinović cancelled the performance.

[6] In 2008, Vukašinović recorded his songs with folk singer Era Ojdanić for the album Da je život pametniji (If the Life Was Smarter).

[6] In 2020, Bosnian director Miroslav Čigoja shot the film 70 godina doktora za rokenrol (70 Years of PhD in Rock 'n' Roll) about Vukašinović.

[6] "Doktor za rock and roll" was covered by Serbian punk rock band Direktori on their 1995 album Lesli se vraća kući (Leslie Come Home);[6] five years later, Vukašinović appeared on Direktori album Evo vam ga (Here You Go) as a guest in the song "Smor grad" ("Boring City").