The Hellacopters reconvened for a second album in 1998, churning out a platter that retained the raw ferocity of their debut while featuring even better songs. Payin' the Dues is a winner from start to finish, but special kudos go out to "You Are Nothin'," "Hey!," "Where the Action Is," and "Soulseller." One has to wonder how huge these guys would be if they were American instead of Swedish. The record did so well in Europe that vocalist/guitarist Nicke Andersson (aka Nicke Hellacopter) decided to quit the security of his day job on the drum stool of death metallers Entombed to concentrate on the Hellacopters full-time. Unfortunately, co-leader Dregen chose to carry on with his main band, Backyard Babies.
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 an
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"The Hellacopters":http://www.hellacopters.com/ 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
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Back in April the NPR Show "Studio 360":http://www.studio360.org/episodes/2008/04/04 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 yea...
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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 an
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 You Are Nothin' |
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| 2 Like No Other Man |
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| 3 Looking at Me |
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| 4 Riot on the Rocks |
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| 5 Hey! |
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| 6 Soulseller |
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| 7 Where the Action Is |
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| 8 Twist Action |
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| 9 Colapso Nervioso |
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| 10 Psyched Out and Furious |
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