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3 unusual facts about VIA Talas


VIA Talas

By the time the band had released their debut album Perfektan dan za banana ribe (A perfect day for bananafish), in 1983, under the name Talas, which got the title by the J. D. Salinger's short-story A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Pečar and Mijatović were the only band members.

The band participated the Artistička radna akcija (Artistic Work Action) various artists compilation, featuring the second generation of Belgrade New Wave and punk rock bands, with two songs, "Hawai (najljepši kraj)" ("Hawai (The Most Beautiful Place)") and "Lilihip (My Boy Lollipop)", the later being a cover version of a Millie Small song "My Boy Lollipop".

He joined D' Boys as guitarist and bass guitarist, until 1986, when he joined Piloti.



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