i noticed that since the last few years a lot of scandinavian rock bands are coming out! And they really rock! Kind of swedish invasion!!! Anyway, since i met here form one of you, The Sounds, and now i love them so much, i was wondering if anyone can show me other hot rock bands from there! Synth-rock, dance, indie are apreciated, something similar to the Sounds? Anyone one can help me, any swedish reight here!!????

Weird that you mention this because we were just talking about that. Many excellent bands from all of Scandinavia. Is The Soundtrack of our Lives from Sweden?

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

i played several years ago with the swedish band called in flames. very fine music.
moree swedish bands , ilike are, i.e. gluecifer, or the famous hellacopters.
northern music (swedish, norwegian or finnish music ) is great. especially they have a lot good hard/metal bands.

good musicians !

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

...chelsea....i had they same thought

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Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away

Yes, thanks to somebody who post about The Sounds some weeks ago, I´ve "discover" them too... really great band!!! Thanks for share!!!

well, if you like the Stones, Faces and so on..... you should listen the Diamond Dogs.... I love this band too!!

kaskatanas just can't stop singing seven days a week and dance with me! i like music that make you jump and dance and sing loud!

Yes!! Dance With Me, Rock And Roll, Painted By Numbers, Queen Of Apology... laughs, really FANTASTIC band.... I´m trying just now download some videos than I´ve seen around... They will be soon playing in Sweden and Viena I think.... (in Vienna 3 or 4 days before than the Stones play!!).....

And yes, this is what this band make you... jump, dance (a lot!!) and sing!! Enjoy them mate!!!

From the top of my head - some swedish bands in the same category as The Sounds, all great:

Hellacopters (of course)
Mando Diao
Soundtrack Of Our Lives
The Hives
Backyard Babies
Atomic Swing

Another tip is the albums by 'Moneybrother'. Especially his second one, 'To Die Alone'. A lot of groove in that one, not hard rocking in the same manner as the rest of the examples above though.

swedish bands? this thread is more BT than OT.

nikkibong what does BT means?

boring thread


(just a joke)

i remember an excellent band that were around in the 80s & 90s called the NOMADS.....think they were from Stockholm

Yeah Leonard - The Nomads are still around! One of the best bands to come out of scandinavia, and they´ve been here since the early 80´s. They are from Stockholm yes. And the Diamond Dogs, like Kaskatanas said, is a very great band. They did an alright version of Connection some years ago.

Leonard - did you get my package of the norwegian bands?

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Nomads saved the 80s, much of it.
TSOOL, Chelsea, glad ya mentioned them.
...Anyone for Broder Daniel... ?
Of former band (now extinct)
ya should check up Imperiet, Ebba Grön, Dag Vag, Tony Ellis Band.

..Back soon.

...Back to Farawayeyes's first Q...
If ya like the Sounds, you may like Sahara Hotnights,
yet less electronic sounds.

In the 80s there were bands like Lolita Pop, Commando M Pigg
etc (will fill in later) in the rock genre in Sounds 'school';
synth-wise we had Ratata and maybe Lustans Lakejer (less emotions).

If you like indie a listen to Swedish indie group Popsicle (disbanded since a couple of years) is a must. Escecially their debut album "Lacquer" from 1993.
Far from the Stones but still worth listening to.

Hey, Thommie I once knew guitarist Arvid from Shades of Orange-era.

Arvid Lind the bassplayer?

Sorry, bass in Pops, guitarist in ShadesofO. Yeah, thats him allright.
He was a little kid back then in Sundsvall and I pretended to be a wise old
dude of 28 or so... Do you happen to like Lars Bygden and/or
1,000$Playboys: he's a dear friend of mine, ol' Larga.
Played together with Arvid once, back in 1990 I believe.
They were warm-up for Union Carbide prod; which evolved to TSOOL.

Army of lovers and Pugh Rogefeldt are two. Thomas Wiehe is great (famous for his soundtrack to Vilse i pannkakan), his brother sucks big time but Thomas is a real inspiration.

Cool, Baboon. No, I haven't heard of Lars Bygden and his Playboys. But another nice group just crossed from late 70's crossed my mind - Korn (featuring Stefan Nilsson). Weren't they from Sundsvall?

One Fantastic thing about Sweden and their rock music is the Sweden rock Festival!

without doubt one of the best rock festivals I've ever been to. Excellent line ups, great people, lovely people, awesome atmoshpere.

I'm going again this year. anyone else heading there?

WHITESNAKE (UK)
DEEP PURPLE (UK)
ALICE COOPER (US)
JOURNEY (US)
DEF LEPPARD (UK)
VENOM (UK)
TED NUGENT(US)
QUEENSRYCHE(US)
CELTIC FROST (CH)
W.A.S.P. (US)
SYMPHONY US)
GEORGE THOROGOOD & The Destroyers (US)
EDGUY(D)
GAMMA RAY (D)
GOTTHARD(CH)
KROKUS (CH)
JEFF HEALEY BAND (CAN)
PORCUPINE TREE(UK)
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (D)
SODOM(D)
DRAGONFORCE(UK)
CACTUS (US)
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR(S)
THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND(UK)
ANVIL(CAN)
CATHEDRAL (UK)
MOLLY HATCHET (US)
OBITUARY(US)
DORO (D)
THE SWEET (UK)
ENTOMBED (S)
EASY ACTION (S)
NEVERMORE (US)
LEAF HOUND(UK)
ARCH ENEMY(S)
EXTREMA(I)
METAL CHURCH (US)
EVERGREY (S)
TREAT(S)
VICTORY(D)
CRUCIFIED BARBARA(S)
ONSLAUGHT(UK)
FROM BEHIND (S/UK/US)
OVERDRIVE(S)
BONFIRE(D)
BLITZKRIEG(UK)
THE QUILL(S)
LORD BELIAL (S)
TIGERTAILZ(UK)

Dont think they were, Thommie. But Hjalmar King Blues Band
is a smokin bunch of dudes... [web.telia.com]

Thanks to you and to this thread I just rememebered they once existed
(and still is, it seems)

Three samples from Hjalmar King's site

[web.telia.com] Groovy

[web.telia.com] This a real Stones -stomp

[web.telia.com] Slowww & deep blues

This Hjalmar King-cartoon comic blues-duck may save yer day!
[web.telia.com]

BB, I nice Swedish-languaged site is www.musiklandet.nu. There you can find a loads of good stuff for old men like us.
And, of course, material about the Stones, for instance

[www.musiklandet.nu]

Thank ya for link, Thommie! And dont forget Kebnekajse.
And Jerry Williams. Plus this dude "Blomman" [www.angelfire.com]...
Not to mention PO Åström from Anton Svedbergs Svängjäng