Babe (Serbian band)

Initially a side project, Babe gained a large popularity with their 1993 release Slike iz života jednog idiota, with hits like "Noć bez sna" and "Da te vidim golu" that led to the band continuing on.

[1] Humorous lyrics written by Milenković, a graduate from Belgrade Faculty of Applied Arts,[2] stylistically similar to the lyrical style of his early 1980s band Mačori (The Cats), and his stage performance, based on the experience gained in the long-term activities within the Teatar Levo (Theatre Left) amateur theatre, soon became the band's trademark.

[1] Slike iz života jednog idota (Images From an Idiot's Life), released in 1993 and produced by former Električni Orgazam member Ljubomir Jovanović "Jovec",[1] brought Milenković's humorous songs about drunks, drug dealers and erotomaniacs, which had large success, especially with young audience.

[1] In January 1994 the band performed at the unplugged festival held at the Belgrade Sava Centar, and the recording of the song "Adio stres" ("Adio Stress"), featuring guest appearances by keyboardist Margita Stefanović and Del Arno Band percussionist Vladimir Lešić, was released on the various artists live compilation Bez struje (Unplugged), released by MTS Records.

[5] The following year appeared the soundtrack album for the Marija Soldatović play Zigi, Zvezdana Prašina (Ziggy Stardust), staged at the Bitef Theatre, consisting of cover versions of the David Bowie greatest hits, with Milenković and Čavajda working on the song lyrics translations and the latter providing lead vocals for the cover versions of "Five Years" and "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide".

[1] Čavajda later starred the film Geto (Ghetto), directed by Ivan Markov and Mladen Matičević,[1] before moving to Tasmania where he died of AIDS on February 16, 1997 at the age of 35.

[1] In early 1998 the band released the compilation album P.S Babe, composed of the material previously released on the debut album and the 4 Babe pesme EP as well as new material, consisting of the songs "Hoću da budem predsednik Srbije" ("I Want To Be The President of Serbia"), "Zadnja noć" ("The Last Night") and "Mladi ludi svet" ("Young Crazy World").

[1] Slike sna i jave (Samo za ludake i buntovnike) (Images of Dream and Reality (For Lunatics and Rebels Only)) featuring new members, Vladan Nedeljkov (guitar) and Blagoje Nedeljković (drums), was released in 1999.

[13] In October 2019, the band released the EP Volim život (I Love Life), featuring four new songs, available for free digital download.

The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).

The founding members of Babe: Žika Milenković (left) and Goran Čavajda "Čavke" (right)