Braća Left

The band was formed in 1992 by former Oktobar 1864 members Goran Tomanović (guitar) and his brother Ljuba Tomanović (bass guitar) with the former Armagedon members Miodrag Šuša (guitar) and Goran Milanović (drums). Vocal duties were equally shared among the guitarists Tomanović and Šuša.{{cite book|last=Janjatović|first=Petar|title= EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006|year=2007|publisher=self-released|location=Belgrade|page=258}}

In the spring of 1994 the band released their debut album ,Braća Left 1, through the record label ITMM, showing their interest for standard rock sound with alternative elements, and abandoning the funk rock style of Oktobar 1864. The album, recorded at the Belgrade Go-Go studio in January 1994, featured eleven tracks written by the band themselves and was produced by Vojislav "Voja" Aralica.[http://www.discogs.com/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%82-%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%82-1/release/1349826 Браћа Лефт* - Браћа Лефт 1 (Cassette, Album) at Discogs] During the same year, the band's tracks "Ćao bejbi" ("Bye, Bye, Baby") and "Zaboravljaš" ("You Forget"), for both of which the band had recorded promotional videos,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ctE8Vdlcg YouTube - BRACA LEFT- ZABORAVLJAS (1994)][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvsHjsczpY YouTube - Braca Left - Cao Bejbi (1994)] appeared on the ITMM various artists compilation New Rock Power '93-94.[http://www.discogs.com/Various-New-Rock-Power-93-94/master/96528 Various - New Rock Power '93 - '94 at Discogs]

In late 1996, the band recorded their second and last studio album Braća Left 2, also produced by Aralica, featuring former Oktobar 1864 vocalist Tanja Jovićević as guest backing vocalist on the track "Anđeo" ("Angel"). The album, recorded in July 1996 at the Go-Go studio, featured eleven songs,[http://www.discogs.com/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%82-%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9B%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%82-2/release/1349807 Браћа Лефт* - Браћа Лефт 2 (CD, Album) at Discogs] including "Aikido" for which the band recorded a promotional video.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVRcnr7u1Ug YouTube - BRACA LEFT- AIKIDO (1996)]

After the album release, the band split up. Šuša joined the rapcore band Straight Jackin',[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Miodrag+%C5%A0u%C5%A1a Miodrag Šuša Discography at Discogs] also working as a painter and actor, appearing in the movies In the Middle of Nowhere by Miša Radivojević and Marble Ass by Želimir Žilnik. Goran Tomanović became the music editor at the City Records record label, and in 2000 he formed the electronic and ambiental music group Manú.

The song "Aikido" was covered in 2013 by Serbian alternative rock band Bjesovi.{{Cite web |url=http://balkanrock.com/bjesovi-obradili-jos-tri-pesme/ |title="Bjesovi obradili još tri pesme", Balkanrock.com |access-date=2022-08-22 |archive-date=2015-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329170631/http://balkanrock.com/bjesovi-obradili-jos-tri-pesme/ |url-status=dead }}

In 2021 the album Braća Left 2 was polled 81st on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).{{cite book|last=Antonić|first=Duško|title= Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji|year=2021|publisher=Take It Or Leave It|location=Belgrade|page=222}}

• Braća Left 1 (1994)
• Braća Left 2 (1996)

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• [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bra%C4%87a+Left Braća Left] at Discogs
• [http://www.last.fm/music/Braca+Left Braća Left] at Last.fm

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Category:Serbian alternative rock groups

Category:Musical groups from Belgrade

Category:Musical groups established in 1992

Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1996