Dža ili Bu

Dža ili Bu
Dža ili Bu at the 2007 Novi Sad Exit festival
Background information
Also known as	VIS Dža ili Bu
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Punk rock, hard rock, nu metal, industrial music
Years active	1987 – 1999 2003 – present
Labels	Carlo, Metropolis Records, Fabrika, PGP-RTS, Multimedia Records, Mascom Records
Associated acts	Unbelivable Disgusting, Prizori Sa Venčanja, Vera Kvark, God Dog , X-Mas Scandal, Chornobyl In House, M.E.C.E., Dirty Mind
Website	www.dzailibu.net
Members	Nebojša Simeunović Dejan Milojević Vladan Vasiljević Vuk Pavlović
Past members	Aleksandar Mitanovski Duško Milojević Goran Majkić Igor Panić Stojan Radičević Vladimir Markoš Stevan Đorđević

Dža ili Bu (Serbian Cyrillic: Џа или Бу, expression for to be, or not to be) are a Serbian punk rock band from Belgrade.

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 Lole (1970-2016). Simeunović, also known as "Sabljar" ("Sabre-man"), spent his childhood in Libya 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 band had the first live appearance 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 1988, Radičević had already left the band, forming the band Prizori Sa Venčanja (Images from a Wedding) with Darkwood Dub member Milorad Ristić and Presing member Vladimir Marković. Simeunović then switched to vocals and the band got the temporary guitarist, Vera Kvark member Aleksandar Mitanovski, and, in 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.

In 1990, the band recorded new material, released on the Lepa kaseta (A Nice Cassette) 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 social-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 of them 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.