Eva Braun (band)

Eva Braun
Eva Braun at the 2008 EXIT festival, from left to right: Stojkov, Glavaški, Rajić, Vasović, Dolinka, Obradović
Background information
Also known as	Viva Brown
Origin	Bečej, Serbia
Genres	Pop rock, power pop, baroque pop
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Carlo Records, B92, Automatik Records
Associated acts	Minstrel, Popcycle, Rebel Star, Veliki Prezir
Members	Goran Obradović Goran Vasović Ljubomir Rajić Milan Glavaški Petar Dolinka Zvonko Stojkov
Past members	Dušan Ševarlić Saša Džuklevski Srđan Ljiljak

Eva Braun (Serbian Cyrillic: Ева Браун) is a pop rock band from Bečej, Serbia, notable as one of the most important bands of the Vojvodina pop-rock scene of the 1990s. The band is credited for starting the pop rock revival in FR Yugoslavia of the 1990s which produced other notable acts like Oružjem Protivu Otmičara, Kristali and Veliki Prezir.

In 1989 Goran Vasović and Petar Dolinka made some discussions about forming a band. In Spring 1990, the core of the band was formed by the former two and Milan Glavaški. The agreement took place in a rented apartment in Novi Sad's Miše Dimitrijevića street. The first songs from this period were "Kuća lutaka", "Kao da znam", "Sva tvoja ćutanja" and "Dan pobede". In September, Ljubomir Rajić, after coming back from the army, joined the band as the fourth member. The name of the band, Eva Braun, was proposed by Vasović after viewing a biographical film about Adolf Hitler. The name was both unusual and provocative, which was agreeable to the other members. The first rehearsals took place in November, and the first concert was held in the end of 1991 in a local "DB Klub" in Bečej. The band played both their own songs as well as cover versions of The Beatles, Little Richard, The Byrds, Idoli songs. Most of the year 1991 was spent in composing the music that would appear on the debut album.

The debut album Prisluškivanja (Eavesdroppings) was recorded between February and April 1992 in the "Do Re Mi" studio in Bukovac near Novi Sad. The studio owner and album producer was Predrag Pejić Peđa, a friend of the band members since their beginnings. The recording lasted for about 130 hours on the 8 channel Magnetophon, using rhythm machine instead of drums. At the time of the recording, the band still haven't got a label. But one of the guests of the "Do Re Mi" studio was Mića Jakšić, owner of the Carlo Records for which Belgrade's Dža ili Bu had just signed. After some negotiations, the agreement was made with him to release the album. So, on October 5, 1992 the debut album Prisluškivanja was released. Only 500 copies of vinyl LPs were printed.