Ekatarina Velika

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Ekatarina Velika Екатарина Велика
EKV in 1986: Milan Mladenović, Ivan Ranković, Bojan Pečar, and Margita Stefanović.
Background information
Also known as	Katarina II EKV
Origin	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	Post-punk alternative rock art rock neo-psychedelia gothic rock
Years active	1982–1994
Labels	ZKP RTLJ PGP RTB PGP RTS
Spinoff of	Šarlo Akrobata
Past members	see the members section

Ekatarina Velika (Serbian Cyrillic: Екатарина Велика, lit. 'Catherine the Great'), sometimes referred to as EKV (Serbian Cyrillic: ЕКВ) for short, was a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts.

Initially called Katarina II (Serbian Cyrillic: Катарина II, lit. 'Catherine II'), the band had built up a devoted following that greatly intensified and expanded after the death of its frontman Milan Mladenović in 1994, which caused the band to dissolve. The group's core consisted of singer and guitarist Milan Mladenović, keyboardist Margita Stefanović and bassist Bojan Pečar, with other members mostly remaining for comparatively shorter periods.