Soon after its formation, the band attracted the attention of the audience with their unconventional instrumental compositions that combined elements of rock, jazz and traditional music.

Begnagrad evovled from the band Šest Kilometara Na Uro (Six Kilometres per Hour), active in Ljubljana in the first half of the 1970s.

[1] Begnagrad was formed in 1976, the band's lineup featuring Bratko Bibič (accordion), Bogo Pečnikar (clarinet), Vlado Špindler (bass guitar), and Igor Muševič (drums), guitarists Bojan Zidarić, Igor Leonardi and Boris Romih cooperating with them on different occasions.

[1] The band performed avant-garde music with the elements of free jazz, swing, traditional music, but also of pop,[1] and soon gained attention of the audience with their unconventional compositions "Kranjska Gora blues nazaj" ("Kranjska Gora Blues Back"), "Jara kača" ("Spring Snake"), "Tanova", "Begnagrad", "Zimska" ("Winter One"), and "Rimish Boro" (the name being an anagram of Boris Romih's name), the latter featuring a musical quotaion from traditional Serbian dance "Žikino kolo".

[1] After their performance at the prominent Youth Festival in Subotica in 1977, they recorded part of their songs in Radio Novi Sad studios with producer Anđelko Maletić.

[1] They recorded their debut album in the lineup featuring Bibič, Pečnikar, Romih, Nino de Gleria (bass guitar), and Aleš Rendla (drums, violin).

[1] After Begnagrad ended their activity, Nino de Gleria, Aleš Rendla and Igor Leonardi, all three graduates from the jazz department of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz,[1] formed the alternative jazz band Quatebriga with Milko Lazar (soprano saxophone), Dejvid Džar (trumpet), and Matjaž Albreht (saxophone, flute).

[1] At the beginning of the 1990s, Leonardi was active on New York and New Orleans jazz scenes, for a time performing with trumpeter Don Cherry.