Babe (Serbian band)

Babe
Babe performing in Niš in 2015
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Rock, pop rock, comedy rock
Years active	1992 – 1999 2013 – present
Labels	ITMM, PGP-RTS, MTS Records, L.V.O. Records, Taped Pictures, Multimedia Records
Associated acts	Bezobrazno Zeleno, Bajaga i Instruktori, Električni Orgazam, Riblja Čorba, Rimtutituki, U Škripcu, Van Gogh, Zabranjeno Pušenje, E-Play
Members	Žika Milenković Zoran Ilić Dejan Škopelja Goran Ljuboja Stefan Aćimović
Past members	Goran Čavajda Bojan Vasić Vlada Cvetković Vladan Nedeljkov Blagoje Nedeljković

Babe (Serbian Cyrillic: Бабе; translation: Grandmas) is a Serbian rock supergroup from Belgrade.

The band was formed in 1992 as a side project of Bajaga i Instruktori member Žika Milenković (vocals, guitar), Električni Orgazam member Goran Čavajda (vocals, drums) and Riblja Čorba member Zoran Ilić (guitar). All three being rock veterans, they decided to steadily work within the group during the times when their own bands were taking a work break. Bass guitarist and the initiator of the band formation was Bojan Vasić, who previously played with Ilić in Bezobrazno Zeleno. Milenković's humorous lyrics, stylistically similar to the lyrical style of his former band Mačori (The Cats), and stage performance, based on the experience gained in the long-term activities within the Teatar Levo amateur theatre, soon became the band trademark.

During the recording sessions for the band debut album, Vasić left the band, moving to South Africa and eventually only recording a part of the bass sections for the song "Mirko i Marina" ("Mirko and Marina"), being replaced by a former U Škripcu member Dejan Škopelja. Slike iz života jednog idota (Images From an Idiot's Life), released in 1993 and produced by former Električni Orgazam member Ljubomir Jovanović "Jovec", brought Milenković's humorous songs about drunks, drug dealers and erotomaniacs. The album featured guest appearances by Margita Stefanović, Marija Mihajlović, Vidoja Božinović, Branislav Petrović "Banana", Miša Savić, Nenad Stamatović and Del Arno Band members. After the album release, Babe went on a promotional tour, performing as an opening act for Riblja Čorba.