Pips, Chips & Videoclips

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Pips, Chips & Videoclips is a Croatian rock band from Zagreb. Quotes about the band are most often attributed to its frontman, songwriter, and lyricist Dubravko Ivaniš, as well as producers, former members, critics, and fellow musicians.

Quotes

By Dubravko Ivaniš

On responsibility and collapse

"I was probably pressing the gas pedal too hard. I was difficult and demanding, and a large part of the responsibility for the band falling apart lies with me."

— Interview for Ravno do dna.

On creation and risk

"If you don’t take a certain risk, you stagnate. For us, stagnation was never an option."

— Interview for Mixeta.

"An album is a statement. Otherwise, there is no reason to make it."

— Interview for Ravno do dna.

On music itself

"It fascinates me how little we actually know about music, and how much bigger it is than all of us."

— Interview for Mixeta.

On concerts and illusion

"I see concerts as a kind of meeting — a spontaneous gathering where we can lie to ourselves for two and a half hours that everything is fine."

— Interview for tportal.

"We play extremely well, but you have to be an ultra-astronaut not to be disturbed by the constant murmur of the audience."

— Interview for Dnevnik.hr.

On society

"We are just a litmus test of a country on the edge of a nervous breakdown."

— Interview for Dnevnik.hr.

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About Pips, Chips & Videoclips

By Denis Mujadžić (producer)

"For me, Pips were what the Beatles were to George Martin."

— Interview for Globus (Jutarnji.hr).

"The best album I ever worked on was their Fred Astaire."

— Interview for Globus.

By Alen Kraljić (former guitarist)

"Of course Pips are my child — I’m talking about the old Pips and the old songs I co-authored."

— Interview for Music Box.

"That is a different band today, and I sincerely wish them all the best."

— Interview for Music Box.

By Mile Kekin (Hladno pivo)

"Pipsi are one of the few bands from our scene who managed to turn vulnerability into strength."

— Interview for Istra24.

By music critics

"Pips, Chips & Videoclips are not a nostalgia act — they are a living organism that keeps redefining itself."

— Concert report, Glazba.hr (2025).

"Ivaniš remains one of the rare authors whose lyrics grow darker, sharper, and more relevant with time."

— Glazba.hr.