Scandinavian Rock: Search & Destroy (but mostly Search)

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so this is a call out to otis and kris and all you pretty little rock n' rollers out there: i am in the mood to rock. point me in the right direction as far as these nu-punk rock fuckers are concerned but deliver me from shittiness.

― fred solinger, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I only like Norwegian rock, mainly for the melodies.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hey, weren't you the one saying a.m.a. in-jokes weren't cool? ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

what a hypocrite. and she's a moderator too! who's to protect us from her?

― fred solinger, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Mmmm, scandinavian rock. I saw a film recently called "Tilsammans" (or "Together" in English) about commune dwellers in 1975 Stockholm. The film had a great soundtrack of mostly contemporary Swedish hippy music. The only name I recognised was one Bo Hansson (of Lord of the Rings fame). Oh, and a little known pop band called Abba. It was all very enjoyable and I searched for the OST in vain on Amazon. Do any of our Scandinavian readers know if this was ever released on record in Sweden?

― The Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hellacopters, baby. Yeeeeeeeowwwwwww! No one I know has captured the 70s era Detroit timeless loud rock and roll better than they have, though they occasionally have a tendency to slip away from Stooges/MC5 towards Kiss (who only sing about Detroit). Disappointment Blues was a favourite for me, but partly that's just because it's a nice short blast and doesn't have the time to get tiresome.

― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

let me add that i'd appreciate it if folks could pick songs rather than albums as i'd like to, uh, sample their wares through the magic of the internet.

― fred solinger, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I was being totally serious! Dare you doubt my sincerity?

Anyway,I signed up as moderator as a means to crush you all. Once I get Josh out of the way, that is. ;-)

― Nicole, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I would never doubt your sincerity, Nicole, you'd call down the wrath of the heavens on me and I'd weep in terror. Help help!

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I used to love The Nomads, a garage-punk band from Stockholm. They did a great album mainly of covers, called Outburst, I think, back in about 1984. All familiar stuff (Milk Cow Blues, I'm 5 years Ahead of My Time, I'm Not like Everybody Else), but absolutely blistering versions. The Watermelon Men were a similar, but gentler proposition - also Swedish.

For some Factory fans Norway's dull Fra Lippo Lippi may have been of passing interest around about the same time.

I relaise that the point of the question is to sort out the wheat from the chaff in a more current Nordic scene, but I'm afraid I can't help there. Sorry.

― Dr. C, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Search: The A*Teens and Entombed. I kinda like Scandinavia, as I've been reading about Swedish pop music all day.

― james e l, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Combine the A*Teens and Entombed and you get the Backyard Babies, who are similarly gifted. Search: The Hellacopters - "A Cross for Cain", "Soulseller", Turbonegro - "Rendezvous with Anus", "Good Head", the Backyard Babies - "Bombed Out of My Mind", Entombed - "The Ballad of Hollis Brown", the Anal Babes - "Sam's Disciple", "Cocaine Swastika", the Brainbombs - "Anne Frank".

― Kris, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

amazon.com sells only one Turbonegro record (Ass Cobra). Bastards.

― Patrick, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

howma goner take the family onna holiday if yousall keep pointing me towards Anal Babes,'ass cobra' = suchlike - i'm gonna get me some an' ROCK !

― geordie rocka, Thursday, 10 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

nine months pass...

CD's needed on a deserted island: About 5 from the Hellacopters, umm, three from Gluecifer,.....and,...another 2 from the Sewergrooves, 'nuff said.

― nick royale's law, Monday, 11 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

S(Z)AMLAS!!! Seriously, S(Z)amlas.

― dleone, Monday, 11 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

There's a few local bands out of Oslo that are worth yr time if you can find them--- Silver: (Riot 1,2,3), The Vendettas: (Rock n' Roll is Never Too Loud)... Those are two but Surferosa are pretty cool as well and if yr out there you'll bump into some more. Also all the obvious: Hives, Turbonegro, Int'l Noise Conspiracy, Hellacopters...

― CROM, Wednesday, 6 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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