Dobri Isak

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Serbian post-punk/goth-rock band from Niš active in period 1983-1986 in former Yugoslavia. Members were: Predrag Cvetičanin Frodo - guitar, vocals Zoran Đorđević - guitar Branko - bass Boban - drums Miloš Miladinović Pacov - bass Saša Marković Markiz - drums Nenad Cvetičanin Cepi - guitar, vocals In late 1983, Predrag Cvetičanin (guitar, vocals) with Zoran Đoređvić (guitar), Branko (bass guitar), and Boban (drums) formed the band Dobri Isak. Having performed at minor local clubs, the band recorded a home made demo recording, however, the lineup dissolved during the summer of the following year. After several months Cvetičanin, with bassist Miloš Miladinović, and drummer Saša Marković “Markiz”, reformed the band. In the period of 1984 and 1985, the band member also became Nenad Cvetičanin, Predrag’s brother, who joined the band while his own, Arnold Layne, was on hiatus. Together, the band recorded their first and only studio album Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara (We Cry Behind Dark Glasses), released in 1986 by the Niš Student Cultural Center (SKC), being the first release of the Studentkult production, which released an array of musical and literary releases. The album, released on compact cassette only and printed in a limited number of 100 copies, had been distributed by the Ljubljana ŠKUC, and rapidly sold out. The band presented their new material to the Niš audience, also performing at the 1985 Serbian Youth Festival in Knjaževac, winning the best performance award, and gaining the opportunity to appear at the Dani Novih Omladinskih Novina in Split on Summer of the same year.