Dr Steel was an ex-Yugoslavian Heavy Metal band from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in '81 under the name "Nož u leđa" ("Knife in the Back"), but they soon changed it to Dr Steel, due to censorship issues with government's local authorities. Soon followed series of various gigs all around ex-Yugoslavia, with highlight in '83 when they played as an opening act for Divlje Jagode in Zagreb, Rijeka and Pula on their most successful Motori tour. In 1986 they won the first place at guitar festival in Zaječar
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Dr Steel was an ex-Yugoslavian Heavy Metal band from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in '81 under the name "Nož u leđa" ("Knife in the Back"), but they soon changed it to Dr Steel, due to censorship issues with government's local authorities. Soon followed series of various gigs all around ex-Yugoslavia, with highlight in '83 when they played as an opening act for Divlje Jagode in Zagreb, Rijeka and Pula on their most successful Motori tour. In 1986 they won the first place at guitar festival in Zaječar, which managed them to get the record deal with PGP RTS, major label from Belgrade. Soon the band entered "Top Ten studio" in Ljubljana, and their debut LP Čekam na noć was released at the end of 1986 and presented the sound similar to Judas Priest or Saxon. After releasing their debut LP, the band toured all over the ex-Yugoslavia. They also played on cult Heavy Metal Festival in Sarajevo, which gathered the most prominent ex-YU metal bands of 80s such as Bombarder, Legija, Heller, Pergament etc. Other gigs also included appearances on Radio 202 from Belgrade "Hit meseca"concerts and as well gigs at Ri-Rock festival in their hometown. Guitarist Miro Klarić also played in cult underground punk band Grč from Rijeka in times when Dr Steel was on hiatus. In 1991 Dr Steel recorded their second album Učini nešto in Radio Pula studio. The album featured 5 songs with lyrics in Croatian and 5 in English and was supposed to be released by the label "Sarajevo Disk", but due to financial problems, economical crisis and political situation in former Yugoslavia, followed by the war very soon - that unfortunately never happened and Dr Steel just disappeared from the scene. That second album was not officially released, only some bootleg tapes were in circulation. However, master recordings were saved, and in 2001., ten years after recording, Serbian label One Records officially released that Dr Steel's material on CD called Učini nešto / Heaven or Hell. The first album, Čekam na noć, was re-mastered and re-released by One Records at the end of 2013.
