Dža ili Bu
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Dža ili Bu are a Serbia
n alternative rock
band from Belgrade
.
and got the nickname from his father's hobby, sabre
collecting. The first band he played in was the punk rock
band Unbelievable Disgusting.
The first live appearance the band had at the Rex cinema, on January 22, 1988. During the same year, the band recorded a two-song demo, featuring the tracks "Mamin nov usisivač" ("Mama's New Vacuum Cleaner") and "Crveno" ("Red"). By the end of 1998, Radičević had already left the band, forming the band Prizori Sa Venčanja with Darkwood Dub
member Milorad Ristić and Presing
member Vladimir Marković. Simeunović then swiched to vocals and the band got the temporary guitarist, Vera Kvark member Aleksandar Mitanovski, and, on October 1989, Goran Majkić became the full-time guitar player. The band had their first recordings, four songs released as VIS Dža ili Bu, released on the Drugi talas - Beograd '89 (The Second Wave - Belgrade '89) various artists compilation in 1989.
) demo, and toured Yugoslavia. The material, with several other demo recordings, also appeared on the band's debut album Hej mornari (Hey Sailors), released on March 9, 1992 by Carlo Records. The A-side of the album was entitled Prokleti Harold (Damned Harold), and the B-side Nevidljiva ribizla (The Invisible Currant
). With the witty bumper-sticker "Pobednici Splita '91" ("Winners of the 1991 Split Festival
") on the album cover and the socially inspired lyrics, the album presented the band's lyrically ironical and musically guitar-oriented style found in the songs "Živeo Staljin i svetska revolucija" ("Long Live Stalin
and the World revolution
"), "Kraljica pica parka" ("Pussy Park Queen"), "Pobeda i poraz" ("Victory and Defeat"). After the album release, the band started touring Serbia. The band's frequent and effective live appearances, about a hundred in 1992, often featured cover versions of obscure songs, including "Lepi Mario" ("Pretty Mario") by Satan Panonski, which lead Index Radio to pronounce them the live act of the year. In 1994, Metropolis Records
rereleased Hej mornari on cassette.
With the release of the band's second album, Spremanje ribljeg gulaša zahteva visoku koncentraciju (Preparing a Fish Dish Takes High Concentration), the band toured Serbia once again, and had a first live appearance in a foreign country, in Skopje
, Republic of Macedonia
. Like on the previous album, the band named the A-side of the album Konj (Horse) and the B-side Pas (Dog). The band's musical style influenced by numerous acts, including AC/DC
, ZZ Top
and Red Hot Chili Peppers
, with the post-communist lyrical style found on the debut album, presented the social reality of the country they were living in. The songs "Drug Tito se krije u pećini" ("Comrade Tito
Hides in a Cave"), "Velika svetska zavera" ("A Major World Conspiracy"), "Drugovi" ("Comrades"), and "Motori" ("Motorbikes"), a parody cover of the Divlje Jagode
song, distinguished themselves as the most prominent. As guests on the album appeared Atheist Rap
and Eva Braun
members on backing vocals.
On December 1995, the band released the CD Strašni sud (Judgement Day), which, with a punk oriented sound combined cataclysmic lyrical style, with the songs "Zanimljiva geografija" ("Interesting Geography"), "Neki drugi grad" ("Some Other City"), "Uradi sam" ("Do It Yourself"), inspired by the current political situation, "Večna lovišta" ("Eternal Hunting Ground
") and "Ustani i kreni" ("Stand Up and Go"), which became hits. As bonus tracks appeared five songs from the previous releases. After the album release, guitarist Goran Majkić left the band, first serving the army and then moving to the USA where he got a master's degree
at the NASA Center for Autonomous Control Engineering. With former Dead Kennedys
and Butthole Surfers
members, he formed the band God Dog. Igor Panić took his place in Dža ili Bu.
The new lineup recorded the album Kao da ničeg nije ni bilo (Like Nothing Ever Happened), in the late 1997, produced by Igor Borojević. On the album appeared the cover version of The Undertones
single "Teenage Kicks
" with lyrics in Serbian language
entitled "Pas koji hoda sam" ("A Dog that Walks Alone"). The cassette edition of the album was published by ZMEX on January 1998, and, nine months later, the band released the CD
edition under their own label Fabrika. The disc also included six of the band's promotional videos, the band biography and photos.
On the Spring of 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the band ceased to exist. Simeunović formed the gothic/industrial
band Chernobyl In House on April 1999, releasing the album 12 in 2002 through Active-Time.
single, and "Ilegas".
The band started writing new material, recorded at the Fabrika studio from May to October 2006, released on the album Ultra muk (Ultra Mute) by Multimedia Records in 2007. The album featured fifteen songs, including the cover version of Satan Panonski song "Lepi Mario", which the band often performed live, and the two new songs from Retrovizor. The bonus, enhanced CD
, featured the band biography, discography and two music videos, for "Aljaska" ("Alaska
") and "Ustani i kreni". The album brought a more heavier sound, mainly influenced by industrial music
and nu metal
, especially with the politically inspired songs "Metak" ("Bullet"), which was the first single from the album, "Rasprodaja" ("Sellout") and "Silikonska dolina" ("Sillicon Valley"), and the rebellious "Alien" and "Zid" ("The Wall").
Having released the album, the band started a live promotion, playing at the major festivals in Serbia
, the Novi Sad
Exit
, Nisomnia festival in Niš
and the Dani Piva festival in Zrenjanin
. The band also performed as an opening act for Kaiser Chiefs
at the Belgrade Arena
, on June 19, 2007, and, on November 9, they celebrated their 20th anniversary at the concert in the Belgrade Studentski Kulturni Centar. The concert featured guest appearances by the former band members, vocalist Stojan Radičević, bassist and the current band manager Duško Milojević and guitarist Aleksandar Mitanovski, Mravi member Saša Ivanović and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša
trumpet player Marko Petronijević.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
1980s
The band was officially formed on May 1, 1987 by guitarist Nebojša Simeunović, bassist Duško Milojević, drummer Dejan Milojević and guitarist and vocalist Stojan Radičević. Simeunović, also known as "Sabljar" ("Sabre-man"), spent his childhood in LibyaLibya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
and got the nickname from his father's hobby, sabre
Sabre
The sabre or saber is a kind of backsword that usually has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger...
collecting. The first band he played in was the punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Unbelievable Disgusting.
The first live appearance the band had at the Rex cinema, on January 22, 1988. During the same year, the band recorded a two-song demo, featuring the tracks "Mamin nov usisivač" ("Mama's New Vacuum Cleaner") and "Crveno" ("Red"). By the end of 1998, Radičević had already left the band, forming the band Prizori Sa Venčanja with Darkwood Dub
Darkwood Dub
Darkwood Dub are an alternative rock band from Belgrade, Serbia, which, formed in 1988, gradually grew to prominence on the Serbian rock scene. Their music is characterized by gentle bass lines, a mixture of live drumming and electronic percussion, along with frequent use of slide guitar,...
member Milorad Ristić and Presing
Presing
Presing is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1990 and named after pressure defense in basketball , Presing were, together with Darkwood Dub and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, representatives of the so-called NeoBeo sound, alternative, guitar-based rock music produced in Belgrade in...
member Vladimir Marković. Simeunović then swiched to vocals and the band got the temporary guitarist, Vera Kvark member Aleksandar Mitanovski, and, on October 1989, Goran Majkić became the full-time guitar player. The band had their first recordings, four songs released as VIS Dža ili Bu, released on the Drugi talas - Beograd '89 (The Second Wave - Belgrade '89) various artists compilation in 1989.
1990s
In 1990, the band recorded new material, released on the Lepa kaseta (A Nice CassetteCompact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
) demo, and toured Yugoslavia. The material, with several other demo recordings, also appeared on the band's debut album Hej mornari (Hey Sailors), released on March 9, 1992 by Carlo Records. The A-side of the album was entitled Prokleti Harold (Damned Harold), and the B-side Nevidljiva ribizla (The Invisible Currant
Ribes
Ribes is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants native throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is usually treated as the only genus in the family Grossulariaceae. Seven subgenera are recognized....
). With the witty bumper-sticker "Pobednici Splita '91" ("Winners of the 1991 Split Festival
Split Festival
The Split Festival is a pop music festival held annually in Split, Croatia. It has been held since 1960. It is one of the premier Croatian music festivals...
") on the album cover and the socially inspired lyrics, the album presented the band's lyrically ironical and musically guitar-oriented style found in the songs "Živeo Staljin i svetska revolucija" ("Long Live Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
and the World revolution
World revolution
World revolution is the Marxist concept of overthrowing capitalism in all countries through the conscious revolutionary action of the organized working class...
"), "Kraljica pica parka" ("Pussy Park Queen"), "Pobeda i poraz" ("Victory and Defeat"). After the album release, the band started touring Serbia. The band's frequent and effective live appearances, about a hundred in 1992, often featured cover versions of obscure songs, including "Lepi Mario" ("Pretty Mario") by Satan Panonski, which lead Index Radio to pronounce them the live act of the year. In 1994, Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records (Serbia)
Metropolis Records is a record label based in Belgrade, Serbia.Formed in 1994, the label is mainly oriented towards rock music, and has released albums by a numerous notable acts of the Serbian rock scene.- Artists :...
rereleased Hej mornari on cassette.
With the release of the band's second album, Spremanje ribljeg gulaša zahteva visoku koncentraciju (Preparing a Fish Dish Takes High Concentration), the band toured Serbia once again, and had a first live appearance in a foreign country, in Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. Like on the previous album, the band named the A-side of the album Konj (Horse) and the B-side Pas (Dog). The band's musical style influenced by numerous acts, including AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
, ZZ Top
ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969...
and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
, with the post-communist lyrical style found on the debut album, presented the social reality of the country they were living in. The songs "Drug Tito se krije u pećini" ("Comrade Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
Hides in a Cave"), "Velika svetska zavera" ("A Major World Conspiracy"), "Drugovi" ("Comrades"), and "Motori" ("Motorbikes"), a parody cover of the Divlje Jagode
Divlje jagode
Divlje Jagode is a Yugoslav and Bosnian hard rock and heavy metal band.-1970s:Divlje Jagode were formed in 1977 in Bihać by guitarist Zele Lipovača...
song, distinguished themselves as the most prominent. As guests on the album appeared Atheist Rap
Atheist Rap
Atheist Rap is a Serbian punk rock band from Novi Sad.- 1980s :The idea of forming Atheist Rap came to vocalists Aleksandar Popov, also known as "Dr. Pop", and Vladimir Kozbašić, also known as "Pećinko" at the Rambo Amadeus concert, which took place on November 29, 1988 at the local club Mašinac,...
and Eva Braun
Eva Braun (band)
Eva Braun is a britpop/pop rock band from Bečej, Serbia, notable as one of the most important bands of the Vojvodina pop-rock scene of the 1990s...
members on backing vocals.
On December 1995, the band released the CD Strašni sud (Judgement Day), which, with a punk oriented sound combined cataclysmic lyrical style, with the songs "Zanimljiva geografija" ("Interesting Geography"), "Neki drugi grad" ("Some Other City"), "Uradi sam" ("Do It Yourself"), inspired by the current political situation, "Večna lovišta" ("Eternal Hunting Ground
Paradise
Paradise is a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and...
") and "Ustani i kreni" ("Stand Up and Go"), which became hits. As bonus tracks appeared five songs from the previous releases. After the album release, guitarist Goran Majkić left the band, first serving the army and then moving to the USA where he got a master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
at the NASA Center for Autonomous Control Engineering. With former Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....
and Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers
Butthole Surfers is an American alternative rock band formed by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas in 1981. The band has had numerous personnel changes, but its core lineup of Haynes, Leary, and drummer King Coffey has been consistent since 1983. Teresa Nervosa served as second...
members, he formed the band God Dog. Igor Panić took his place in Dža ili Bu.
The new lineup recorded the album Kao da ničeg nije ni bilo (Like Nothing Ever Happened), in the late 1997, produced by Igor Borojević. On the album appeared the cover version of The Undertones
The Undertones
The Undertones are a punk rock/new wave band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1975.The original line-up of the Undertones released thirteen singles and four studio albums — The Undertones , Hypnotised , Positive Touch and The Sin of Pride — before disbanding in July 1983.Music guide Allmusic...
single "Teenage Kicks
Teenage Kicks
"Teenage Kicks" is a 1978 song originally recorded by Northern Irish punk rock group The Undertones. Composed by the band's principal songwriter, John O'Neill, it was championed by DJ John Peel, and was his all-time favourite song.-John Peel:...
" with lyrics in Serbian language
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
entitled "Pas koji hoda sam" ("A Dog that Walks Alone"). The cassette edition of the album was published by ZMEX on January 1998, and, nine months later, the band released the CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
edition under their own label Fabrika. The disc also included six of the band's promotional videos, the band biography and photos.
On the Spring of 1999, during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the band ceased to exist. Simeunović formed the gothic/industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
band Chernobyl In House on April 1999, releasing the album 12 in 2002 through Active-Time.
2000s
In 2003, the band was reformed in the lineup which, beside Milojević, Panić and Nebojša Simeunović, featured keyboardist Stevan Đorđević and bassist Vladimir Markoš, and in 2005, the band released the best of compilation Retrovizor (Rear-view Mirror). Beside the selected songs from the band's career, the compilation also featured four live recordings, made at the band performance in the Belgrade Dom Omladine on January 1999, and new songs "Opasne igre" ("Dangerous Games"), a cover version of BeogradBeograd (band)
Beograd was a Serbian and former Yugoslav synthpop band, notable as one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav electronic music scene.- History :...
single, and "Ilegas".
The band started writing new material, recorded at the Fabrika studio from May to October 2006, released on the album Ultra muk (Ultra Mute) by Multimedia Records in 2007. The album featured fifteen songs, including the cover version of Satan Panonski song "Lepi Mario", which the band often performed live, and the two new songs from Retrovizor. The bonus, enhanced CD
Enhanced CD
Enhanced CD, also known as CD Extra and CD Plus, is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both Compact Disc and CD-ROM players....
, featured the band biography, discography and two music videos, for "Aljaska" ("Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
") and "Ustani i kreni". The album brought a more heavier sound, mainly influenced by industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
and nu metal
Nu metal
Nu metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of heavy metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop...
, especially with the politically inspired songs "Metak" ("Bullet"), which was the first single from the album, "Rasprodaja" ("Sellout") and "Silikonska dolina" ("Sillicon Valley"), and the rebellious "Alien" and "Zid" ("The Wall").
Having released the album, the band started a live promotion, playing at the major festivals in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, the Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
Exit
EXIT (festival)
Exit is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days ....
, Nisomnia festival in Niš
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
and the Dani Piva festival in Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...
. The band also performed as an opening act for Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 1996. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs....
at the Belgrade Arena
Belgrade Arena
The Belgrade Arena is an indoor arena located in Novi Beograd, Belgrade. It is designed as a universal hall for sport, cultural events and other programs. With a total space that covers 48,000 square metres, and an official total capacity of 19,982 seats , it is one of the largest indoor arenas in...
, on June 19, 2007, and, on November 9, they celebrated their 20th anniversary at the concert in the Belgrade Studentski Kulturni Centar. The concert featured guest appearances by the former band members, vocalist Stojan Radičević, bassist and the current band manager Duško Milojević and guitarist Aleksandar Mitanovski, Mravi member Saša Ivanović and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša
Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša
Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade.- Formation, first releases :...
trumpet player Marko Petronijević.
2010s
In August 2011, it was announced that the band finished the recording of their new album titled Kukovo leto. The album was recorded in Fabrika Studio and produced by Theodore Yanni. Simeunović stated that the album is musically closest to Strašni sud. He also stated that the band is currently looking for a record label.Studio albums
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External links
- Dža ili Bu at MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
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- Dža ili Bu at Rateyourmusic
- Dža ili Bu at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Dža ili Bu at B92.fmB92B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...