1990s Veliki Prezir was formed in June 1994 by a former Holidays member Vladimir Kolarić "Kole" (vocals, guitar), Slavko Kontra (guitar), Predrag Ilčešin (bass guitar) and Dušan Kuzmanović (drums), choosing the band name by the
Jean-Luc Godard film
Le Mépris. Soon afterward, they entered the studio and recorded a demo featuring the song "Samo tebe znam" ("You Are The Only One I Know"), at the
Novi Sad Do-Re-Mi studio, and during the spring of the following year, a promotional video was recorded for the track, making it an immediate hit on television and radio stations. During June 1996, the lineup recorded their eponymous debut album,
Veliki prezir, released in autumn by
Metropolis Records on
compact cassette only, from which promotional videos were recorded for the songs "Ne znam" ("I Don't Know"), "Dobro je" ("It Is Alright") and "Samo tebe znam", directed by the Serbian director Aca Ilić. In 2005, the band, featuring the lineup Kolarić, Telčer, Dušan Ševarlić (bass, synthesizer), and former
La Strada and
Love Hunters member Robert Radić (drums), recorded the third studio album,
Ruka bez povratka (
A Hand With No Return), released by B92. The album was produced by
Jarboli member Boris Mladenović, who also appeared as guitarist, keyboard player and co-author, and guest appearances on the album featured Draga Antov, who did lead vocals on the title track, and
Darkwood Dub frontman Dejan Vučetić "Vuča", who played synthesizer on the track "To je dovoljno" ("It Is Enough"). The
webzine Popboks enlisted the album as one of the best studio albums of the year 2005. During the same year, the band made a guest appearance on the Autopark song "Ne pričam o sebi" ("I Am Not Talking About Myself"), released as a B-side of the 2005 single "8 godina" ("8 Years"). The following year, the song "Moram da znam" ("I Must Know") appeared on the various artists compilation
Sigurno najbolji (
Certainly The Best), released by B92. In 2009, the band released their fourth studio album
Nikadjekraj (
Neveristheend), released by B92, featuring Boris Mladenović as the new bass guitarist and album co-producer with Saša Janković. Part of the material, recorded and mixed at the Belgrade Digimedia studio and Vrbas Kombinat Record studio, featured the tracks from Kolarević's side project Izgubljeni Vikend (
The Lost Weekend). The album featured guest appearances by percussionist Feđa Frenklin on the track "No, No", Dušan Kuzmanović who did drums on the track "Zakopavam" ("I Am Burying"), and Dušan Ševarlić who played bass on "Pomozi sebi" ("Help Yourself"). Special guest appearance featured the American musician
Ken Stringfellow, best known for his work with
The Posies,
R.E.M. and the re-formed
Big Star, who played electric piano, synthesizer and did electric percussion and vocals on most of the album tracks. The album was voted the album of the year 2009 by the webzine Popboks. After the album release, the band started a live promotion of the album, performing at the
Košutnjak Supernatural Festival.
2010s In February 2010, the band released a promotional video for the track "No, No", reaching the first place for two weeks on Jelen Top 10 list, and in March, the band released a video for the track "Svi se spustite na pod" ("Everybody, Get Down To The Floor"), directed by Aca Ilić, also appearing on the first place on the top list. In March and April, the band held a six-date mini tour, including the March 24 performance at the Belgrade Dom Omladine, being available for live streaming via Live-e Internet television site. Other performances on the tour included
Bečej,
Zrenjanin,
Mostar, and the performance at the
Subotica Trenchtown festival. The band also performed at the 2010
Novi Sad Exit festival on July 10, before which in an interview Kolarević stated that the band had started writing new material for the upcoming studio album. In September 2010, it was announced that the band is to enter the studio during the following month in order to record the newly written material. In late September, at the Belgrade
Gun club performance, the band marked the end of the tour promoting
Nikadjekraj and started performing the songs from the upcoming album. On January 2, 2011, the band appeared at the New Year's edition of the
RTS 2 show
Bunt (
Rebellion), performing the song "Svi se spustite na pod" and the upcoming single "To" ("It"). At the time, on the webzine Popboks annual lists, "Svi se spustite na pod" appeared at the 7th according to the readers and 3rd place according to the critics on the best domestic song/singles list. On March 8 of the same year, the band appeared on the
Bunt television show, performing six songs: "Ne znam", "Reke teku brodovima", "Konj", "Promene", "Probudi se sine" and "Pomozi sebi". The following day, the band released the first single from the upcoming album "To" for free
digital download at the site
B92.fm. On March 12, 2011, the band performed at the Belgrade Dom Omladine and the entire concert was being broadcast by
Radio B92. In June 2011, the band
Eva Braun released the album
Playback and Kolarević appeared as guest vocalist on the track "Primenjena ljubav" ("Applied Love"), which featured the lines "Svaka te linija zna, kao u pesmi Velikog prezira" ("Every line knows you, like in a Veliki Prezir song") in the song lyrics. In December 2012, the band released EP
Svetlost i dim (
Light and Smoke). The EP, announced by the singles "Novčanik" ("Wallet"), released in July, and "Da" ("Yes"), released in November, was released on vinyl, as well as for free listening on the band's official
Bandcamp page. On December 4, 2014, the band held a concert in Belgrade club Božidarac, featuring the bands Dreambirds and
Lira Vega as guests. == Discography ==