Formed in 1989 by vocalists and songwriters Zoran Marinković and Goran Marić under the name Baader-Meinhof, the band started working under the name Bjesovi in 1990 and released their debut album U osvit zadnjeg dana in 1991.
In 1994 the band released critically highly acclaimed untitled album, featuring heavy sound and dark introspective lyrics.
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).
[1] Guest appearances featured Vladimir Vesović and Nikola Slavković on guitars and Dejan Marinković, who provided narration on the track "On je sam" ("He Is Alone").
[1] The album featured the song "Džordžija" ("Georgia"), with lyrics from Philippe Soupault's poem "Georgia" to which Zoran Marinković wrote the music, as well as the cover version of the Yugoslav beat band Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete track "Vule Bule", which itself was a cover of Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully".
[1] On the track "Zli dusi" (the title of Serbian language translation of Dostoyevsky's Demons), the lyrics included lines from the Gospel of Luke and Alexander Pushkin's poetry.
[1] The year 1991 brought a new lineup, since Ugarčina and Tanasković left the band and were replaced by Dejan Petrović on bass guitar and Miroslav Marjanović on drums.
[1] Heavily influenced by grunge,[1] the album showed the band in a new style, with heavy sound, dark ambient and pessimistic lyrics with mystic and macabre motifs.
[1] The track "Sve će se doznati" ("All Will Be Revealed") included the theme from James Bond combined with quotations from the New Testament.
[1] In 1999 Marić took part in the Christian rock various artists project Pesme iznad istoka i zapada (Songs Above East and West), which consisted of tracks recorded on lyrics written by Nikolaj Velimirović.
[1] The track "Raduj se" ("Be Happy") featured lyrics "Vreme mu ističe, zato besan je" ("His time is out, that is why he is mad"), which were not included on the original studio version since they were alluding to the former president of FR Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević.
[13] The album was recorded from October 2010 to July 2013 in Kragujevac and Mostar and was produced by Momir Cvetanović and edited by former Saints member Caspar Wijnberg.
[13] It featured covers of songs by Ekatarina Velika, Angel's Breath, Idoli, Asim Sarvan, Električni Orgazam, The Stone, Mizar, Borghesia, Tako, Grč and several other less known acts.
"),[17] 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.
The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).