D' Boys | |
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Peđa D'Boy and Miško Mihajlovski
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Background information | |
Origin | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Genres | Synthpop, pop rock, pop |
Years active | 1982–1985 |
Labels | Jugoton |
Associated acts | Jane, Kozmetika, VIA Talas, Slađana Milošević, Peđa D'Boy Band, Galija, Piloti, Miško Plavi Band |
Past members |
Peđa D'Boy Miško Mihajlovski Goran Vejvoda Miško Petrović Dragan Ilić Zoran Miljuš Jean-Jacques Roscam |
D' Boys (pronounced as The Boys) were a former Yugoslav synthpop/pop rock band from Belgrade.
The band was formed in 1982, consisting of two musicians: Peđa D'Boy (real name Predrag Jovanović, vocals, guitar) and Miško Mihajlovski, who reportedly "played the drum machine" and percussion. Jovanović was previously a vocalist for Lutalice, performed in cafes in France, spent some time on Goa beaches performing with jazz and rock musicians from all over the world, and was a vocalist for the German progressive/krautrock band Jane, with which he recorded their 1980 self-titled album. Mihajlovski was previously a member of the new wave/art rock band Kozmetika, and was one of the artists gathered around Izgled magazine.
In 1982 Jovanović returned to Belgrade, and decided to start performing. After a jam session, held during the art exhibition of the comic book artist Igor Kordej, Jovanović and Mihajlovski decided to start collaborating. Initially, their joint act was known as Peđa i Miško, and later Oksižen (Oxygen, after Peđa D'Boy's dyed hair), until they finally adopted the name D' Boys, suggested by the host of a popular music TV-show Hit meseca Dubravka Marković and her then-boyfriend Srđan "Gile" Gojković of Električni Orgazam.