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.

After the release of the commercially highly successful album Na svoji strani in 1986, Rimele left the group and was replaced by Milan Prislan.

As a high school student, he wrote poetry, and was persuaded by the members of the Maribor band Rdeči Dečki (Red Boys) to write lyrics for their songs.

[1] In June 1979, on Predin's birthday party on Pohorje, he was heard singing by Oto Rimele, who was at the time the guitarist in the band Zevs (Zeus).

[1] Predin was the only one who was married and had a child, and prior to the band formation had taken numerous jobs to support his family: he worked as a postman, a night guard, an insurance company agent, a records salesman and a secretary in Maribor's Youth Cultural Center.

[2] It brought well-received songs "Praslovan" ("Early Slav"), "Stari vojak" ("Old Soldier"), "Šankrok", "Bitles" ("Beatles") and "Bog nima telefona" ("God Doesn't Have a Phone").

[2] The band resumed their activities in 1983, with the release of their third studio album Ne mi dihat za ovratnik (Don't Breathe Down My Neck).

[2] On their December 1983 concerts in Maribor and Ljubljana, the band recorded the live album Slišiš, školjka poje ti (Listen, the Shell Sings to You).

[2] In 1984, Predin cooperated with the Sarajevo-based band Kongres, appearing in two songs on their album Zarjavele trobente (Rusty Trumpets), "Zabava" ("Entertainment") and the title track, as vocalist and co-author of the lyrics.

[2] Stylistically diverse, featuring a brass section in some of the songs, the album brought the hits "Naj ti poljub nariše usnice" ("May a Kiss Paint Your Lips"), "Ko si rdeče zvezde šivala" ("When You Sewed Red Stars"), "Čuvstveno stanje mlade krave" ("The Emotional State of a Young Cow") and "Na svoji strani".

[2] During the promotional tour, the band performed in Belgrade's Student's Cultural Center and were joined on stage by Riblja Čorba frontman Bora Đorđević, who played harmonica in the song "Nasvidenje na plaži" ("Goodbye on the Beach").

[2] At the time, Predin was invited by the Zagreb band Animatori to make a guest appearance on their album Dok ležim cijeli dan u sjeni (While I'm Lying in the Shade All Day).

Predin wrote the Slovene language lyrics for the track "Bijeg" ("Escape") and sang the song with Animatori frontman Krešimir Blažević.

[2] Other hits from the album included the ballad "Čakaj me" ("Wait for Me") and the humorous song "Mravljinčarji in čeladarji" ("Anteaters and Helmeters"), the latter with lyrics about characteristic of circumcisied and uncircumcised penises.

[2] In September 1989, Lačni Franz performed at the international EBU Rock Festival in Novi Sad, where they represented Yugoslavia together with Bajaga i Instruktori and Ekatarina Velika.

[2] The album was marked by the songs "Tiha voda (Vzami si čas)" ("Silent Water (Take a Moment)"), "Tam bi rad bio pokopan" ("I Would Gladly Be Buried There"), "Gremo v nebesa" ("We're Going to Heaven") and "Mirno morje Miki Maus" ("Calm Sea Mickey Mouse").

[2] For several years, the band did not perform or record new material, releasing only the compilation albums Kaj bi mi brez nas (What Would We Do Without Us, 1989) and Ilegalni pubertetniki (Illegal Adolescents, 1991).

[2] As all the members with the exception of Predin had obtained employments in various fields, working with the band occasionally only, they agreed to end their activity, and Lačni Franz officially disbanded on 31 December 1997.

[2] In 2000, Prislan, Stjepanovič, Pintarič and Kosi reunited and recorded the album V peni sprememb (In the Midst of Change) with vocalist Boštjan Velkavrh.

[5] Simultaneously, all Lačni Franz studio albums were released on the nine-piece box set Kaj bi mi brez nas.

[3] Following the compilation release, in 2005, Predin, Prislan, Stjepanovič, Pintarič and Kosi reunited, holding a reunion concert at Križanke Outdoor Theatre in Ljubljana.

[3] The recordings from the concert, including Lačni Franz's "Ne mi dihat za ovratnik", were released on the 2007 live album Ostat će mlad (He'll Stay Young).

[3] Lačni Franz also took part on the concert held in Tvornica on 2 October 2008 in order to mark the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Yugoslav new wave scene.

[3] The new lineup recorded the 2016 album Lađa norcev (Ship of Fools), featuring Predin's new songs, as well as old Lačni Franz songs with new lyrics corresponding with current social and political situation – "Spet na svoji strani" ("On Our Own Side Again"), "Jebiveter Junior" ("Jerk Junior"), "Legendarni Praslovan" ("Legendary Early Slav") and "Naš novi bog" ("Our New God").

[3] The album Akustična pusa (Acoustic Kiss), released in 2017, featured the band's old sons in acoustic arrangements and with new, Croatian language lyrics; "Zadnja večerja" was re-recorded as "Da sreli se nismo" ("If We Haven't Met"), "Čuvstveno stanje mlade krave" as "Moj imidž i ja" ("My Image and Me"), "Tiha voda (Vzami si čas)" as "Koji s vjetrom pjevaju" ("The Ones Who Sing With the Wind").

[3] Slovenian band Rock Partyzani covered Lačni Franz songs "Praslovan", "Ne mi dihat za ovratnik" and "Tisoč modrobelih rožic" ("A Thousand Blue-White Roses") on their 2007 album Dan zmage!

[3] Serbian blues rock band Texas Flood covered the song "Čekaj me" on their 2019 album Tražim ljude kao ja (I'm Looking for the People Like Me).