In 2024, Čonkić, Bulatović and Radić reunited under the name Profesor Čonta i Patka ( Professor Čonta and the Duck ), with bass guitarist Marko “Ramone” Banović (formerly of Generacija Bez Budućnosti ) replacing Marinko Vukmanović, who was prevented from performing due to health issues. The band performs songs from…
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In a 2024 interview, Čonkić stated about the existence of two incarnations of the group: “It’s a little bit complex, but it all comes down to the fact that my former friend and the band’s original guitarist Sreta [Kovačević] in a way hijacked the name. We were in court for…
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In 2022, a compilation of band-related essays and print interviews—entitled Čovek-patka ( Duckman )—was published. Edited by Mirjana Kovačević, it features interviews and pieces written by Sreten Kovačević, Vitomir Simurdić, Peca Popović [ sr ] , Siniša Škarica [ hr ] , Slobodan Konjović, Karolj Kovač, and others.
In 2021, Kovačević and Pihler reformed Pekinška Patka with vocalist Stefan Stanojević, guitarist Sava Obradović and bass guitarist Igor Mihaljević, performing only songs from Plitka poezija on their concerts in former Yugoslav region and neighboring countries. In 2024, the band performed in Sofia , Bulgaria , with Novi Tsvetya ,…
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Borislav Oslovčan, who, after retiring from music, had been working as a cook on Mykonos , in Malta and in Moscow , died on 5 October 2017.
Following 2010-2012 Pekinška Patka concerts, Kovačević successfully registered Pekinška Patka trademark. Čonkić filed a lawsuit against Kovačević, which resulted in a several-year long court process, won by Kovačević.
In late April 2010, the band announced its intention to reconvene again for a one-off show on 21 May 2010 at Belgrade’s SKC , this time in the lineup that had 29 years earlier recorded the band’s second studio album—Čonkić on vocals, Zoran Bulatović on guitar, Marinko Vukmanović on bass,…
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A few days before the Belgrade concert, Pekinška Patka’s co-founding member and first lineup guitarist Sreten Kovačević put out a press release relaying his “consternation” at the band’s reunion, which he referred to as “misuse of the [Pekinška Patka] name and legacy by a group of individuals [i.e. Čonkić, Bulatović,…
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The setlist at both the Belgrade and Zagreb shows mostly featured tracks from Plitka poezija , though one of their most popular songs “Bolje da nosim kratku kosu” was excluded, likely due to its SOKOJ-listed author Kovačević’s complaints. The band also performed the upcoming single, the cover version of ”…
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The 2006 re-release of the band’s two albums sparked new interest of the media for the band’s work. Discussing the possibility of a reunion, at the time, Čonkić talked of his lack of enthusiasm for such an undertaking: “The band has become a legend of sorts and I wouldn’t like…
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