Formation, rise to prominence and breakup (1989–1997) in 1995 The band's history began in the mid-eighties, when two seventeen-year-olds, Zoran Marinković "Marinko" and Goran Marić "Max", started writing for the famous
Yugoslav music magazine
Džuboks under the pseudonyms McCrywack and Max Radackow. At the same time, they began making some home demo recordings which led to the decision to form a band. The band was formed in 1989 under the name
Baader-Meinhof. After changing the name to
Saint Gallen and later to China Blue, the band got the name Bjesovi (which is the title of
Croatian language translation of
Dostoyevsky's novel
Demons). Two tracks from the album, "Vreme je" ("It Is Time") and "Ime" ("Name"), the latter including a quotation from the novel
Dune by
Frank Herbert, The album was met with praises by the music critics. Soon after the release of the album, the band ceased to exist. On 31 May 2003 at
Belgrade's Engineering Students' Club (KST) the band, consisting of Marinković, Marjanović, Vuković, Arsić, who played guitar, and Marko Marković on bass guitar recorded a concert and released it as an official
DivX Live at KST, Belgrade 31.05.2003. The band made a thousand copies given to the fans, reporters and TV stations. A text file on the disc stated that the recording was a present to all fans and that the copying of the disc is allowed and preferable. The
DivX contains songs from all four albums plus all lyrics, band biography and interviews. The band's performance featured girls painted in black, psychedelic effects and Marinković taken to the stage in a
coffin at the beginning of the concert. The track "Avioni pevaju" ("Aeroplanes Sing") was sung by Goran Marić who made a guest appearance. In December 2008 the band signed a contract with the
PGP-RTS record label and
Bolje ti was officially released in April 2009. It was released in a
DVD package, featuring the album itself and a DVD featuring promotional videos recorded for all the album tracks, plus an alternate version of the album title track. The following year, Multimedia Records released a various artists compilation
Groovanje devedesete uživo (
Grooving Nineties Live) featuring a live recording of "Ne budi me (Ubij me)" ("Don't Wake Me Up (Kill Me)") recorded at the band performance at the KST on 4 November 1995. At the beginning of 2011, the band was joined by the guitarist Ivan Kovačević "Kovač", a member of the band Plišani Mališan (
Little Plush Boy). In 2013, the band was joined by the second drummer, Ramon Hamel, a Gornji Milanovac-based
Dutch. On the band's performances Marjanović performed old songs with the band, while Hamel played the ones that would appear on the band's upcoming
cover album. In February 2015 the band released the cover album
Svetla svetlosti (
Lights of Light), available for free download on the web magazine Nocturne website. The band released the album in the lineup featuring Zoran Marinković (vocals), Slobodan Vuković (guitar), Ivan Kovačević (guitar), Dragan Arsić (guitar) and Marko Marković (bass guitar). Three drummers participated in the recording: Miroslav Marjanović, Ramon Hamel, and
Eyesburn member Aleksandar "Alek" Petrović. During the recording process, a cover of
Braća Left song "Aikido" and a
medley comprising
Bajaga i Instruktori song "Godine prolaze" ("Years Are Passing") and
Riblja Čorba song "Užasno mi nedostaje" ("I Miss Her so Much") were recorded. The two songs did not end up on the album, but were released as singles. In April 2016 the band released the single "Probudi se" ("Wake Up"), originally recorded for
Bolje ti, but unreleased on the album as the band believed it did not fit into the album concept. A month later the band released another song originally recorded for
Bolje ti, "Šta to bi?" ("What Was That?"), and in October of the same year they released the song "Skoro 100%" ("Almost 100%"), also recorded during
Bolje ti sessions, featuring lyrics originally written in 1984 by Marinković and Goran Marić. In 2018
Metropolis Records released the remastered edition of
Sve što vidim i sve što znam. 2021
Svetla svetlosti was released on CD by the
Novi Sad Students' Cultural Centre. In September 2023 Marinković announced Bjesovi's second disbandment, stating the circumstances resembling the ones in 1997 are the reason for the end of the band's activity. == Legacy ==