Grupa KBO! je osnovana u januaru 1982. godine u Kragujevackoj gimnaziji, na jednom velikom odmoru. Osnivaci su tada imali po 17 godina i svu su bili u istom odeljenju (Aca, Misa, Rajko i Vuja). Razlog osnivanja grupe je bila svirka prethodne veceri na kojoj su bili, a gde su svirale lokalne kragujevacke grupe. Revoltirani katastrofalnom zaostaloscu izvodjanja na tom koncertu, gore navedeni momci su odlucili da naprave band koji ce da razmrda Kragujevac...posle mesec dana su to i uradili na njihovom prvom nastupu u Domu omladine. Bila je to jedna od mnogih gitarijada gde su ucestvovali mnogi KG bendovi, s tom razlikom sto je ovog puta prvi put u istoriji Kragujevackog rocka ucestvovao i jedan PUNK bend. Kada su izasli na binu publika ( koju su tada sacinjavali uglavnom hipici i "poljoprivredni" heavy-metalci ) je u prvi mah zanemela, a onda je na binu poletelo sve i svasta. Svirka se skoro nista nije cula od zvizduka i negodovanja, ali je KBO! ipak uspeo da zavrsi svoj prvi performans uzvracajuci na negodovanje izmedju pesama. Od tada pa na dalje KBO! su u inat nastupali na svim gitarijadama u Kragujevcu i to u postavi Misa -glas, Aca - gitara, Vuja - gitara i Rajko - bubanj. Tako je bilo sve do vojske 1984. Uzgred, naziv KBO! nije skracenica, vec onomatopeja zabe iz crtanog filma.
Do tog perioda predgradje Kragujevca Male Pcelice su postale kultno mesto za celu Jugoslaviju, jer su tamo odrzavane ne samo probe, vec su se tamo okupljali i mnogi istomisljenici sirom cele zemlje. KBO! u tom periodu izlaze i na 2 internacionalne kompilacijske kasete koje su izasle u Engleskoj " LIBERATE" i "INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE" na kojima su bila i velika imena poput CHUMBAWAMBA, DETONATORS, PANDEMONIUM, C.C.M., TERVEET KADET i drugi. Posle odsluzenja vojnog roka i pauze od 15 meseci dolazi do promene u postavi i ta postava se ne menja do danasnjeg dana: Vuja-gitara i glas, Aca-gitara i Boban-bubnjevi. Znaci od pocetka bez bas gitare sto im u neku ruku ostaje i zastitini znak. Boban je Vujin burazer koji je izrastao na starom rocku. Onda je sve pocelo kao lavina da se desava: prvo sto su uradili to je prva oficijelna kaseta koju su sami snimili i izdali ("TAMA"-1986.). Album je naisao na veliko odusevljenje svih pristalica takvog zvuka sirom YU, a neke pesme postaju i hitovi po mnogim radio stanicama. Ubrzo slede pozivi za koncerte i van Kragujevca i bilo gde da sviraju ostavljaju za sobom veliki broj novih fanova. Sledece godine izbacuju po istom principu novu kasetu, ali ovog puta u saradnji sa svojim velikim prijateljima INCEST iz Novog Beceja. Na jednoj strani je INCEST sa materijalom "ODSTUPI ILI ZIVNI", a na drugoj KBO! "NOVE OBRADE STARIH STVARI", pesme koje su odavno vec bile uradjene, ali losije snimljene pa sada uradjene u novom ruhu. Naravno kao i prethodni materijal i ovaj je snimljen u improvizovanom studiju "CESNJAK" koji ce kasnije postati legendaran. Slede koncerti sirom YU. Ludilo postaje sve vece, iz godine u godinu se redjaju novi albumi ("!OBK", "LIVE IN BUDAPEST", "MOJA SLOBODA") i veliki broj koncerata koji polako pocinju da prelaze granice (Madjarska, Austrija, Grcka) i da sviraju zajedno sa mnogim poznatim bendovima (GORILLA BISCQUITS, EMILS...) Onda dolazi do sudbonosnog upoznavanja sa grckim studentom u Beogradu Makisom (Christos Christostomidis) kome se toliko svidela nasa muzika da se zauzeo maksimalno da nam neko napravi i veliku plocu koja je svima bila san, a kamoli za manje bendove poput KBO! 1989. izlazi legendarni LP "FOREVER PUNK" za grcku kucu "WIPE OUT records". Na ploci se nalaze sve najbolje stvari od pocetka do tada, ovog puta snimljene u tada najboljem studiju "OLIVER" iz Beograda. Sledece godine izlazi druga velika ploca "POZOVI 93", (snimljena u studiju "MATRIX"), koja izlazi za jednu od prvih nezavisnih kuca, a to je "START TODAY" iz Novog Sada. Vlasnik (BIG BOSS) Voja Zugic je rasprodaje u roku u 9 meseci, a u medjuvremenu KBO! ide na turneju po Belgiji i Holandiji (jun/juli 1991.), gde na nekim koncertima sviraju zajedno sa BABES IN TOYLAND, POLITICAL ASYLUM,.. Dok su tamo u YU se desavaju velika politicka sranja i pocinje rat u Sloveniji. Zbog tamosnjih sukoba ostaje "zarobljena celokupna binska oprema u klubu "France Presern". Oprema je "oslobodjena" tek godinu dana kasnije. Rat je ucinio svoje. ali se KBO! nije prepustao apatiji, posle 100. jubilarnog koncerta u Kragujevcu (video!!!), sviraju sirom Srbije, a iz Banja Luke i Sarajeva beze preticuci barikade koje najavljuju novi ratni front. Pocetkom '92. sviraju dve uzastupne veceri u Skoplju, a nesto kasnije stize vest iz Francuske: "ONKRA records" iz Tuluza objavljuje na CD-u novi KBO! projekat "ZA JEDAN KORAK", koji je ujedno bio i prvi punk/hc CD na ovim prostorima. Sve se to dogadja uprkos embargu protiv Srbije. Pocetkom '93. ruse granice izmedju Srbije i Slovenije gostujuci vrlo uspesno u Ilirskoj Bistrici i Kopru. Zbog katastrofalne ekonomske situacije u zemlji, dolazi do neaktivnosti u izdavanju novih albuma, ali ne i u koncertnim aktivnostima, tako da skoro svake godine gostuju u Sloveniji ili Makedoniji. Tih tmurnih godina izlazi i jedna njihova anri-ratna stvar na internacionalnom CD-u u Holandiji pod nazivom "THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN BEING IS VULNERABLE", gde se pored ostalih nalaze i imena kao sto su M.D.C., NO MEANS NO, Mr.T. EXPERIENCE...
Tih godina dolazi do velikih korupcijskih prevrtanja u muzickoj politici uopste u Srbiji tako da sledeci album sami objavljuju 1997. posle 2 godine rada u studiju pod nazivom "SVETLO LUDILA". Redjaju se koncerti, ali ne tako cesto kao i pre rata i pored potpune medijske blokade uspevaju da zadnji album prodaju u tirazu kome mogu da zavide i mnogi bendovi koji daju ogroman novac za reklamu na velikim TV stanicama. Barem jednom godisnje bend ide za Sloveniju i svira po nekoliko koncerata... Isti je slucaj i sa Bosnom (Banjaluka). Po prvi put KBO! gostuje u Crnoj Gori (Niksic) 1999. i to vrlo uspesno! Zapocinje i snimanje novog albuma, ovog puta album koji sacinjavaju samo obrade velikih svetskih i domacih hitova, sto je i davnasnja zelja svih u bendu. Album izlazi 2001. i zove se "NE MENJAJTE STANICU", pod istom etiketom "KBO! records". Iste godine KBO! ucestvuje sa dve pesme na jednoj vrlo zanimljivoj kompilaciji u kojoj ucesce imaju iskljucivo kragujevacki bendovi, a to je "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" pod okriljem NVO "MILLENNIUM" gospodina Vlade Paunovica. Pesma "ZGUBIDAN" sa te kompilacije dozivljava neverovatnu popularnost i to u sirim muzickim krugovima. Krajem 2001. KBO! ima vrlo uspesnu turnejicu po SLO, a u leto 2002. svira na velikom rock festivalu "ROCK OTOCEC" u Novom Mestu (SLO). Odmah posle toga bend ponovo gostuje u Crnoj Gori (Niksic) i Bosni (Vlasenica). Iste godine KBO! zapocinju novi album koji je zavrsen na samom kraju godine i izlazi pod nazivom "DRUGARSKA... STVAR".
I pored svega KBO! ostaje dosledan svojim idejama i ostaje jedini bend u staroj i sadasnjoj YU koji je ostao potpuno nezavisan i van svakih politickih kompromitovanja, i za sve ove godine ostaje najstariji i najaktivniji punk/hc bend u Srbiji.
Band KBO! is formed in January 1982. in Secondary school Kragujevacka gimnazija, at the pause between the classes. The founders had 17 years old each, and all of them were in the same class (Aca, Misha, Rajko and Vuja). The cause of forming the band was a previous night gig, which they attended, where local rock bands played. Being revolted by catastrophic retardiness of the performers at the gig, above mentioned blokes decided to form a band which will upset their city Kragujevac... month after that they did it at their first live performance in the House of youth. It was one of the many festivals where many bands played, with a difference: very first time in the history of the local rock music, played one PUNK band. When they get on the stage, the audience (consisted mainly of the hippies and "agricultural" heavy metallers) at first moment were voiceless, then the audience started to throw various objects at the band. The music was almost overpowered by whistles and four letters words, but KBO! yet succeed to finish their first performance, backing ugly words to the audience, between the songs. From that time, KBO! in spite of circumstances, played at the every festival in Kragujevac, in the line - up: Misha - vocal; Aca - rhythm guitar; Vuja - solo guitar and Rajko - drums; until they joined ( compulsory ) army service 1984.
By the way, the name KBO! is not abbreviation, but the frogs onomatopoeia ( from the cartoon).
By that time, the suburbian place Male Pcelice (Little Bees) became a famous place in all former YU, because it was not only the pratising center, but gathering center for fans and musicians, all over the state. In thet time, KBO! appeared with its songs on two international compilation tapes from U.K.: "LIBERATE" and "INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE" with well known bands like CHUMBAWAMBA, DETONATORS, TERVEET KADET, PANDEMONIUM, C.C.M., etc.
After finished army service KBO! paused 15 months, change occured in the line - up: Vuja - vocal and solo guitar; Aca - rhythm guitar; Boban - drums; which stayed same to nowdays. As obvious, without a bass guitar, which is well known for their music. Boban is Vuja's brother, who grew up on the old style R'N'R. Then things started to happened like an avalanche: first they made their own produced official album - tape "TAMA" ("DARK") in the year of 1986. Album gained the big response of the all fans of such sound, across whole YU, and some songs became hits at the numerous radio stations. Soon after, calls for gigs outside the Kragujevac came Next year, new tape came out, this time with their pals from Novi Becej, witah band INCEST, they made split tape: one side of the tape was INCEST's "Retreat or be vivid"; other side was KBO!'s "New covers of the old stuffs" - songs previous material, these was recorded at the improvised home studio "CESNJAK" ("GARLIC"), which later will become legendary.
After that, many concerts happened across whole YU. Craziness became bigger, with new albums each year ("!OBK", "Live in Budapest", "Moja Sloboda"("My Freedom")) and with many concerts over the borders (Hungary, Austria, Greece), they played with many well known bands such as GORILLA BISCUITS, EMILS... In Belgrade they met greek student Makis (Christos Christostomidis) who liked their music so much that he decided to help the band to realize LP record, what was their old dream. Finally, 1989. apeared first LP named "FOREVER PUNK" for "Wipe out records from Piraeus (Greece), which contained all the best songs from beginning until then, this time recorded in studio "OLIVER"(in Belgrade, in that time it was the best recording studio). Next year came out second LP "Pozovi 93" ("Call 93")("93"is phone number od Fire brigade in YU) recorded in "MATRIX" studio (in Novi Sad), which apeared on "Start Today" label, owned by Vojislav Zugic, who sold out all copies in a 9 months. In meantime, KBO! toured Belgium and Holland (june/july1991) where they played, at some gigs, together with BABES IN TOYLAND, POLITICAL ASYLUM... While they toured, in YU started big political crisis and "war" in Slovenia, so their equipment stayed acaptured in the club "France Presern" in Ljubljana, and "liberated"not earlier than 12 months later. In spite the war, KBO! was not in apathy, after their 100. (hundredth concert's lubilee) in Kragujevac (recorded on video) they played all over the Serbia, and from Banja Luka and Sarajevo (Bosnia) they escaped over the barricades which predicted new front-line. In beginning of 199. they played 2 gigs in 2 days, in Skopje (Macedonia).
Soon after that, from France came news: "ONCRA records" (Toulouse) edited KBO!'s new project "ZA JEDAN KORAK"in CD form, and it was first punk/hc CD in our country.
Early in 1993. KBO! "broke" the borderline between Serbia and Slovenia, successfully played in Ilirska Bistrica and in Koper.
Because of catastrophic economic situation in the country, they haven't edited new albums, but they were active at live performances, and almost every year from then, they were played in Slovenia and in Macedonia. In these dark years, they had an anti-war song on the international CD edited in Holland "The dignity od human being is vulnerable" where many well known bands such as M.D.C., NO MEANS NO, Mr. T. EXPERIENCE...
In spite of big corruption in music industry, generally, in Serbia, 1997. they manage to edit new CD " Svetlo Ludila" ("The Light of Insanity") after 2 years of working in studio ("CESNJAK"studio). With many concerts, but not often as before, they succed to sold many copies od their CD, in spite of media's blockade against them, so many bands which payed large sums of money for advertisements, can only envy KBO!
At least once per year band is playing in Slovenia several gigs.. Same is for Bosnia (Banjaluka). First time ever, KBO! played in Montenegro (Niksic), and it was very succesful! Band started the recordings of new album with covers of domestic and foreign well known bands, which was old wish of all members in bend. The title of album "NE MENJAJTE STANICU" ("STAY TUNED ON YOUR RADIO STATION"), - "KBO! records"-2001. Same year KBO! participated with two songs for one very interesting compilaton with local bands from the same city "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" - NGO MILLENNIUM of mr. Vlada Paunovich. The song "Zgubidan" ("Idler") was very succesful in wider music circles. At the end of 2001. KBO! hold mini tour in Slovenia and in the summer of 2002. KBO! played at big rock festival "ROCK OTOCEC" in Novo Mesto (SLO). Right after that band played again in Montenegro (Niksic), and Bosnia (Vlasenice). Same year KBO! started with recordings of new album which is finished at the very end of the year, titled "DRUGARSKA... STVAR" (FRIENDSHIP... STUFF").
After all, KBO! stayed devoted to own ideas, and is the only one band in todays, and in former YU aswell, which is totally independent and out of every political engagement. Still more, for all these years they are oldest and most active punk/hc band in Serbia.