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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
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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
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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 and I didn’t understand that I could order records from overseas by mail. My brother starts e... MORE
