KBO!

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KBO! is a hardcore punk band from Serbia and an important act of the former Yugoslav Punk scene.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Trivia
4 Sources
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Biography

The band was formed in Kragujevac in 1982. The initial line-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 and Netherlands and shared the stage with well known acts such as Gorilla 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 as Chumbawamba for instance. One of their best known albums is Forever Punk released in 1989 for Wipe out records from Piraeus, Greece.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Trivia

The band's name was a subject of various misconceptions. Contrary to the popular belief, its not an acronym. Its original form is actually in cyrillic alphabet: КВО! (transliterated in latin alphabet: KVO!) which is an onomatopeia for a frog inspired by some animated cartoon.

[edit] Sources

Dragan Pavlov and Dejan Šunjka: Punk u Jugoslaviji (Punk in Yugoslavia), publisher: IGP Dedalus, Yugoslavia, 1990 (Serbian) (Croatian) (Slovene)
Janjatović, Petar. Ilustrovana Enciklopedija YU Rocka 1960-1997 (Illustrated Encyclopedia of Yugoslav Rock 1960-1997), page: 93, publisher: Geopoetika, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 1997 (Serbian)