Kovačević’s account of formation

According to Kovačević, on the other hand, Pekinška Patka was his idea all along, spawned during February-March 1978 while he played weekly Thursday-night dance parties at Mašinac with his band Café Express. Frustrated at the crowds’ indifferent reaction to his shoddy guitar solos , construction engineering graduate Kovačević reportedly sought a simpler and more direct way of playing music, finding the emerging punk genre perfectly suitable in this regard. He claims to have first reached out to his Café Express drummer Pihler about putting the new punk project together followed by bassist Žurić and only then, once they realized a need for a vocalist, contacting Čonkić whom the three had “known from around town”. Kovačević did acknowledge Čonkić for coming up with the band name; Čonkić suggested Pekinška Patka because he believed it reminds of the word punk .