Lačni Franz

Lačni Franz

Group from YU

Genres: alternative rock, new wave, post-punk

About Lačni Franz

Lačni Franz (trans. Hungry Franz) was a Slovenian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Maribor in 1979. The band is considered one of the most prominent acts of the Yugoslav new wave scene, as well as one of the most prominent acts of the Yugoslav rock scene in general. The band was formed by vocalist Zoran Predin, guitarist Oto Rimele, bass guitarist Zoran Stjepanovič, drummer Andrej Pinterič and keyboardist Mirko Kosi. With their 1981 debut album Ikebana the band joined in on the exuberant Yugoslav new wave scene, marking the direction of their future releases with Predin's metaphorical lyrics filled with irony and dark humor, with topics ranging from love over social issues to political satire. The band's early releases gained large attention of the Yugoslav audience and media, despite complex sound and Slovene language lyrics. Their third studio album, Ne mi dihat za ovratnik, released in 1983, was the band's first major mainstream success. After the release of the commercially highly successful album Na svoji strani in 1986, Rimele left the group and was replaced by Milan Prislan. The new lineup moved towards mainstream rock sound with their late 1980s releases. Following the release of the album Tiha voda in 1989, the group went on a long hiatus, during which the members dedicated themselves to other activities. In 1994, the group released the farewell album Zadnja večerja. They officially disbanded in 1997, Predin continuing his career as a successful singer-songwriter. In 2000, Stjepanovič, Pinterič, Kosi and Prislan briefly reunited and recorded the album V peni sprememb with vocalist Boštjan Velkavrh. In 2005, the band reunited with Predin, holding a series of concerts across former Yugoslavia. In 2014, Predin reformed Lačni Franz with a group of younger musicians. The new incarnation of the group recorded three studio albums (two of them featuring Lačni Franz's old songs in acoustic arrangements and with new, Croatian language lyrics) and a live album, before holding a series of farewell concerts in 2022.

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