Nenad Marjanovic

Nenad Marjanović "Fric" (his nickname being the transliteration of Fritz, born 23 September 1964) is a Croatian and Yugoslav musician, radio and television host, journalist and author, best known as the former bass guitarist for popular punk rock band KUD Idijoti.

At the beginning of the 1980s, Marjanović was a member of the punk rock band Besposličari, joining KUD Idijoti in 1985. He was a member of the band's best-known lineup, alongside guitarist Saša Milovanović "Sale Veruda", vocalist Branko Črnac "Tusta" and drummer Diego Bosusco "Ptica". Marjanović recorded six studio albums, three live albums, four EPs and a video album with KUD Idijoti, leaving the band together with Bosusco in 1999.

Together with Bosusco, Marjanović organized cultural events in their home city Pula and hosted several humorous radio and television shows, the two's work appearing on several audio and video releases. Additionally, Marjanović has authored three books and wrote columns for several publications.

Biography Musical career Early career In the early 1980s, Marjanović was a member of the punk rock band Besposličari (The Idlers), alongside guitarist Romeo Đomlija, vocalist Robert Matić alias Johnny Montezaro and drummers Vili Parlov and Stipica Bobić. In 1984 and 1985 the band made demo recordings, which were officially released four decades later, on the 2014 album Besposličari. At the time, he was employed in a mental institution near Pula as a nightwatchman. Although the Yugoslav Wars made a gap in their career, the group soon returned to the scene, and throughout 1990s maintained large fanbase in all former Yugoslav republics. The two released some of their sketches recorded for the show on the 1999 audio cassette Pozdrav iz Pule (Greetings from Pula). Scripts for part of the sketches from the show were published in the book Ukrudbene pojebnice in 2001.

The two had recorded two satirical short films which were released on the 2002 VHS Mito i korupcija (Bribery and Corruption). On local television stations they hosted the shows Duty Free Show and Sistematski pregled (Physical Examination). In 2006, they released the DVD 4 x 24 with four short films originally shot for the shows.

Journalism and literature During their work with KUD Idijoti, Marjanović and Bosusco occasionally published the humorous magazine Čempres (Cypress). During the 1990s, Marjanović wrote humorous column entitled Razglednica iz Istre (Postcard from Istria) for Belgrade-based magazine XZ. In 2005, he started the political magazine Regional Express. From 2010 to 2012 he wrote the column Osmatračnica (Watchtower) for the daily newspaper Glas Istre. These texts were published in 2016 in the book Vražja makina (Devil's Machine). For the same newspaper he later wrote the column Ordinacija dr. Frica (Office of Dr. Fritz).

In 2019, he published the autobiographical book Život sa idi(j)otima (Life With Idi(j)ots). In 2020, he published the book Topnički dnevnici (Topnik Diaries) written during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has published several of his short stories in various publications.

Other activities Together with Bosusco, Marjanović worked as the editor of Pula klub Uljanik musical program. In July 2021, the two opened Istarska rock galerija (Istrian Rock Galerry), with the goal of promoting young artists through exhibits and other events.

Discography With Besposličari Compilation albums Besposličari (2014)

With KUD Idijoti Studio albums Mi smo ovdje samo zbog para (1990) Glupost je neuništiva (1992) Tako je govorio Zaratusta (1993) Istra ti materina (With Franci Blašković; 1995) Megapunk (1995) Cijena ponosa (1997)

Live albums Legendarni u živo (1986) Live in Biel (1988) Gratis Hits Live! (1999)

EPs Bolje izdati ploču nego prijatelja (1987) ...Budimo solidarni – s bogatima... (1987) Hoćemo cenzuru (1988) Fuck (1996)

Compilation albums Bolivia R'n'R (1989) Singles Collection Vol. 1 (1997)

Video albums Đuro Was Sold Out! (1991)