Nenad "Neno" Belan (born 2 February 1962) is a Croatian rock musician known as the frontman of ÃÂavoli, as well as for his solo work.
Neno Belan started his career as a teenager in the band Losos, Kavijar i Marsovi Bizoni (Salmon, Caviar and Bisons from Mars). In 1980, he became a member of the band Narodno Blago (National Treasure) which performed rhythm and blues and occasionally performed as the supporting band for Split punk rock musician Fon Bià ¡kiÃÂ, with whom they performed covers of The Rolling Stones, Ramones and The Clash songs. Narodno Blago disbanded in 1983, and Belan became the member of the band Aquilla. The band performed Dalmatian folk songs, and Belan played mandolin.
In 1984, Belan formed the band ÃÂavoli (The Devils), which performed music inspired by the 1950s rock and roll. The band successfully performed until 1991. In 1991, Belan released his first solo record, EP Rock galama (Rock Noise), recorded with the members of ÃÂavoli. In 1991, ÃÂavoli disbanded due to the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars, and 1991 Split Festival, where Belan and Anja à  ovagoviÃÂ-Despot were scheduled to perform the song "Ljubav postoji zbog nas", was canceled. Belan appeared at the Split Festival in 1992 performing song "Zaboravi". In 1993, he released his first solo album, Vino noÃÂi (Night Wine). The album vas recorded with members of Daleka Obala. Vino noÃÂi featured hits "Zaboravi", "SunÃÂan dan" (written by Zdravko Bajan, a former member of Narodno Blago), "A gdje si ti?" and "Ljubav postoji zbog nas" (previously unreleased duet with Anja à  ovagoviÃÂ-Despot). The album also featured English language versions of "Vino noÃÂi" and "SunÃÂan dan". In 1994, he released EP Mama (Mum), and the title track was a candidate for the Croatian representative at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The EP also featured songs "Beat na moru" (a cover of the 1960s Delfini hit) and "Ne pitaj za nju" (a duet with Tony Cetinski).
During the 1990s, Belan performed mostly abroad, while in Croatia he appeared mostly at music festivals. In 1995, he released pop-oriented album Dolazi ljubav (Love Is Coming). On the tour that followed the album release he was followed by the bass guitarist Olja Deà ¡iàand the drummer Leo Rumora. In 1997, he released the album Juà ¾njaÃÂka utjeha (Southern Comfort). The album featured a cover of The Vibrators' "Baby Baby" (Belan's version entitled "Lezi, baby") and a cover of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" (Belan's version entitled "Odgovor u vjetru").
In 1998, Belan reunited ÃÂavoli when Vedran Krià ¾an joined the band as the keyboardist, thus finished the gathering of the group, soon to be known as "Fiumens", but not before they tried to revive old "ÃÂavoli" brand so the band released the album Space Twist. However, ÃÂavoli disbanded once again, and Neno, Olja, Leo, and Vedran formed the band Neno Belan & Fiumens, and they released albums Luna & Stelle in 2002 and Rijeka snova (The River of Dreams) in 2007 as Neno Belan & Fiumens, as well as "Dream factory" in 2009, double CD, live from "Tvornica" (factory), for which they got many discography awards in Croatia (Porin).