Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića

Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića
Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića performing live in 2007
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	New wave, post-punk, alternative rock, art rock, experimental music, minimal music
Years active	1980 – 1986 2007
Labels	PGP-RTB, Multimedia Records
Associated acts	Bajaga i Instruktori, Bulevar, Dejan Cukić & Spori Ritam Band, Du Du A, Električni Orgazam, Opus, Galija, Grupa I, Katarina II, Limunovo Drvo, Legende, Mira i Spira, Rimtutituki, Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata, Tunel, YU grupa
Website	Official Myspace
Past members	List Aleksandar Miletić Ana Milanović Branko Kuštrin Dušan Mihajlović Ivan Vdović Milica Jakovljević Predrag Kozomara Predrag Milanović Sanja Bogosavljević Slobodan Jurisić Stevan Milinković Vladimir Negovanović Zoran Dašić Zoran Radomirović Želimir Vasić

Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića (Serbian Cyrillic: Доктор Спира и Људска Бића; trans. Doctor Spira and the Human Beings) was a Serbian new wave/alternative rock band from Belgrade.

The Belgrade singer-songwriter Dušan Mihajlović "Spira" (acoustic guitar, vocals) started his musical career during the late 1972 in an acoustic rock duo called Mira i Spira, also featuring Mirjana Marković (vocals). After a series of performances on happenings, especially the ones organized by Pop Mašina members in the Belgrade Sports Hall, Mihajlović achieved a major affirmation after the inclusion of his song "Prvi sneg" ("The First Snow") into the repertoire of the acoustic rock band Suncokret, being eventually released on their debut album Moje bube (My bugs) in 1977.

During the late 1970s, Mihajlović had given up the acoustic sound, turning towards the current trends of the time, the upcoming new wave music, forming the band Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića, which in its initial period had changed numerous lineups.

In the lineup Mihajlović (vocals, acoustic guitar), Zoran Dašić (guitar), Stevan Milinković (bass guitar) and Želimir Vasić (drums), the band recorded the debut album Dijagnoza (Diagnosis). The album, produced by Mihajlović himself, featured the unusual and original songs "Buđenje" ("The Awakening"), "Ima dana kada mene moja duša boli" ("There Are Times When My Soul is Aching"), "Dg. Paranoja" ("Dg. Paranoia"), "Uvek isto zbogom" ("Always the Same Farewell"), and "Igrač na žici" ("Tightrope Dancer"), bearing a strong narrative notion of alienation. Recorded in 1980 at the Enco Lesić "Druga Maca" studio in Belgrade and mastered at the Trident studio in London, it featured guest appearance by backing vocalists Mirjana Marković and former DAG member Dragan Popović, the latter being a co-writer of the song "Psychoneurosis".