Artist Lounge: The Hellacopters
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Back in April the NPR Show Studio 360 did a story on the emerging number of bands from Sweden who are making waves in the American music scene. I have also started to run into people who profess that they are fans of Swedish Pop Music. Now I have been following the music coming out of Sweden (along with Finland and Norway) for about the last 10 years and don't know if it's fitting or if it's just following the rule that it takes 10 years for the world to catch up to what's... MORE
The Hellacopters more than any other band are who I think of when I hear someone mention the Nordic Hi Energy Rock and Roll scene (or the Scandi Garage Rock Scene, which is what is was being called once upon a time)... they may not have been the first band in the scene, they might not have been the best, or the most popular (at least internationally), but to me they have always been the focal point. They were the first band in the scene that I heard about (in the pages of ... MORE
I'm in heavy I'm in deepI look cool but inside I weepI'm older but sure ain't as wiseAs I pretend to It's mostly all liesI'm a liar I'm a cheatSore loser can't stand defeatI say It's right but I know I'm wrongJust want my music when you're playing your songsI know it doesn't showBut It's time I let you knowHopeless case of a kid in denialGot my tongue firmly in cheekMake up my mind just after I speakI should do it but I don'tI say I will but you just know I won'tYou like t... MORE
So I got my Multiply page started, and figured it might be the ideal place to post my latest podcast project... Out of the Midnight Lands... which is aimed at spreading the word about the Nordic High Energy Rock and Roll scene that I love so much... so please check it out and let me know what you thing....
Ok, for those who are new around here, this is what's going on, each month this year since Feb I have been creating a iTunes play list of stuff that has caught my ear this past month... somewhere along the way I started posting a commentary on each track.. this month rather than wait until the end of the month to look back and write about each track I have tried to write about each track as I added it to the playlist.... I have also tried to keep them short and readable...... MORE
Note: This is a music related short story that I wrote a few years back that I figured a few of you might enjoy.... Down on Free Street These streets we walk upon: 6 feet down, 8 miles high, pure revolution. The Bright New World’s digitally dark armaghetto, Illuminated, by sterilizing glare of fluorescence from antiquated cut-rate neon lights. Free Street, down where the freaks meet. In the shadows lurks one of the last remaining portals in the Kiosk system. The Kiosk ... MORE
I’d heard of Entombed, which would give up drummer Nick Royal and it’s roadies to form the almighty Hellacopters, but wasn’t a fan. Death Metal had never been my thing. I’d seen their name in MRR, and I swear that I had thought ‘Cool a band with a horror punk sounding name from Sweden, who is this band The Stooges that they are being compared to?’ it was the mid 90’s, likely ’95 and I didn’t understand that I could order records from overseas by mail. My brother starts e... MORE







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