- KBO!
KBO! is a
hardcore punk band fromSerbia and an important act of the formerYugoslav Punk scene.Biography
The band was formed in
Kragujevac in1982 . The initialline-up consisted of 17-year-old high school friends from the Kragujevac gymnasium: Aca, Misha, Rajko and Vuja. They have toured across several European countries incl.Hungary ,Austria ,Greece ,Belgium andNetherlands and shared the stage with well known acts such asGorilla Biscuits , Babes in Toyland and others. They released many studio and live albums, some of them for foreign labels and were included in numerous international punk compilations with eminent bands such asChumbawamba for instance. One of their best known albums is "Forever Punk" released in1989 for Wipe out records fromPiraeus , Greece.Discography
#"Tama" (KBO! RECORDS, 1986)
#KBO!- "Nove obrade starih stvari"/Incest - "Odstupi ili zivni" (split tape, KBO! RECORDS, 1987)
#"!OBK" (KBO! RECORDS, 1988)
#"Live in Budapest" (KBO! RECORDS, 1988)
#"Moja sloboda" (KBO! RECORDS, 1989)
#"Forever Punk" (Wipe Out Records, Greece, 1989)
#"Pozovi 93" (Start today Records, Yugoslavia, 1990)
#"Za jedan korak" (ONCRA Records,France , 1992)
#"Svetlo ludila" (KBO! RECORDS, 1997)
#"Forever Punk / Pozovi 93" (re-release, KBO! RECORDS, 1998)
#"(NE) MENJAJTE STANICU" (KBO! RECORDS, 2001)
#"Drugarska...stvar" (KBO! RECORDS, 2002)Trivia
The band's name was a subject of various
misconception s. Contrary to the popular belief, its not anacronym . Its original form is actually incyrillic alphabet : КВО! (transliterated inlatin alphabet : KVO!) which is anonomatopeia for afrog inspired by someanimated cartoon .ources
*Dragan Pavlov and Dejan Šunjka: "Punk u Jugoslaviji" (Punk in Yugoslavia), publisher: IGP Dedalus, Yugoslavia, 1990 sr icon hr icon sl icon
*Janjatović, Petar. "Ilustrovana Enciklopedija YU Rocka 1960-1997" (Illustrated Encyclopedia of Yugoslav Rock 1960-1997), page: 93, publisher: Geopoetika, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 1997 sr iconee also
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Punk in Yugoslavia External links
* [http://www.kbo.kgonline.info/ KBO! Homepage]
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