Festival: Dead Rhythm #1

Dead Rhythm is a new punk festival which will be arranged in Västerås in the end of  September, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th. The line-up is fantastic with bands from all over Sweden and from all different genres... crust/street/Oi!... This is an interview with Ronny, who arrange the fest. I think they need as much PR as possible and I hope this will be a recurrent festival.

Visit Dead Rhythm on Facebook for more info

Here is the schedule.



Friday
Prins Carl (Västerås)
Saturday Heroes (Finspång)
Damage Head (Sthlm/Uppsala)
Fredag den 13;e (Göteborg)
Gatans Lag (Borås)

Saturday
Dobermann Cult (Stockholm)
Dissekerad (Stockholm)
Agent Attitude (Uppsala)
Utanförskapet (Dalarna)
Hyrda Knektar (Stockholm)
Knife For An Eye (Göteborg)

1. Hey Ronny, please tell me about Dead Rythm. How did you came up with the idea for this fest? It is a really good line-up, and a fantastic genre mix. What was your intention when you start to book bands?

Hey and thanks for this interview!

I had the idea for a while,because I'm so tired of leaving town every week to go to gigs, With this fest I will have the chance to watch great music in my hometown!Cause that's a thing that never happens. The other idea with my fest is the mixed genres from oi to käng!Cause usually it's all centered to one or two kinds of punk.I will think I did a pretty good job there!

2. This fest will be in Västerås. How many tickets have you sold and how many tickets are you aloud to sale? How does it use to be in Västerås when it comes to live gigs, much audience or is it a cold city?

I actually sold this fest out, So it went much better than I thought! I had 120 tickets to each day and it's all gone, But most of the tickets have been bought of people from other cities in Sweden (from Piteå to Malmö) so thats great fun!

Västerås is a very hard and strange town to arrange gigs in, cause you never know how it will be. Are the people coming, or are they home jerking off? Most of the times it seems that people prefer there dicks and clits, before listen to music! Some of the gigs are almost sold out and the next time nobody shows upp (on gigs with better bands) and you dont understand nothing. But at my last gig with Dissober and Smalltown we had over 110 people there so I hope we are on a upgoing spiral!

3. Will there be any distros or other merch for sale?

Yeah hard and smart is coming with their distro, Skrammel is also showing up on Saturday! Then every band has their own merch/records ofcourse! I will sell Dead Rhythm Fest shirts and bags!

4. Do you think this fest will be back next year as well?

Yeah the date is already set to 4-5:th April and I will present the first bands on DR#1 .5 bands is already at the lineup and this time we have a band from england . So it's gonna be interesting! I hope to do this 2 times one on the spring and one to celebrate the fall!

5. Please, tell me more about Dead Rythm, do you arrange club gigs as well? Are you alone with the work or do you have any help from other people?

Yeah I do club gigs also(next is 12;th october with Reidar from Antipati and Jonas from Gatans Lag doing an acoustic set) then I will try do at least one gig every month! Have some fine upcoming shows I hope to announce in the upcoming weeks! I used to do this club a few years back on a legendary pub called Taj Mahal here in town, but it went bankrubt so I took a pause for a few years, but started again in September last year! Yeah I arrange everything by myself, but I had help from friends printing posters,giving me a ride, but most of the things I do by myself!(easier with no one to argue with)

6. What do you think about the Västerås punk scene? Any bands you wanna recommend?

In Västerås we have a lot of bands but few places to play, So I guess we have a very good scene if you only concentrate on the bands. We have the two comebacking bands Bombshell Rocks and Dissober, both bands is going to play a few shows this year and Bombshell is going to release 2 new songs! Otherwise we have Angers Curse who been around for a couple of years now and I think they got their real break this year with a shitload of gigs everywhere!

And ofcourse we have Slaktrens,Suffer The Pain, Bombs Of Hades(metal but very punk)

7. Is it possible to buy alcohol at the venue?

Well Ofcourse, I don't know the last time I was on a sober gig ,I think music and alcohol is the best mix ever! On this fest its arranged like a private party so the beer will be cheap and cold! And the Liqor will be strong and violent! I actually had a brewery making a Dead Rhythm Ipa so I'm psyched about that!

8. If you have anything you want to add feel free to do it. 

Sorry for my bad english!

but i will citate Void!

*I'm not the hand of their tools

I'm gonna live by my rules

Why should I listen to those fools

I'm gonna live by my rules*

 

Buy records,go to gigs,drink beer!

And dont forget www.facebook.com/klubbdeadrhythm for the latest info of the shows!

Thanx a lot!

Live: Punks 44

Get the latest news about this 2-day festival here: Punks 44 on Facebook

Filthy Charity live in Sweden 2010

Here's Filthy Charity live at Gula Villan in Haninge outside Stockholm. I arranged their tour

and we had a blast out on the Swedish roads. 2 gigs in Stockholm, 1 in Göteborg and 1 in Malmö. I can really recommend you to to see them live if you get the opportunity. Really nice lads.
I hope you will come back to Sweden in the future.

2-day-fest: Punk 44 Stockholm

Alright, here's a 2 day festival in the beginning of june that you can't miss. 

Just check out this line-up and you'll understand why...

Meanwhile
http://www.myspace.com/meanwhilepunk
Massgrav
(http://www.facebook.com/massgrav)
Thräshers
(http://thrashers.bandcamp.com/)
Makabert Fynd
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Makabert-Fynd/216185771747650)
RAS
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/RAS/175114872533961)
Sex Dwarf
(Filthy Christians, saboteur)
Murdring Murders
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Murdering-Murders/289324857761116

And more to come...
If you want more info - check out this event on FB

Live: Jailbreak Academy (swedish)

SVERIGE TURNÉ VÅREN 2012

Punkrock bandet JAILBREAK ACADEMY åker ut på en Sverigeturné . Under våren kommer bandet att göra 12 spelningar runt om i landet. Turnépremiär är på Arenan i Falun fredagen den 17e februari.

Under 2011 släppte bandet debut albumet CHAOS IS KING, var nominerade till en ROCKBJÖRN som årets genombrott, gjorde 30talet spelningar och i januari 2012 åkte bandet på turné i Tyskland och Schweiz.

JAILBREAK ACADEMY tar även med sig bandet HIGH VULTURES på 5 av turnédatumen.


TURNÉDATUM.
17/2 ARENAN, FALUN.
8/3 ARENAN, FALUN. (Inspelning av en live EP)
16/3 PEACE AND LOVE CAFÉ, BORLÄNGE. (Akustisk spelning)
17/3 TBA, GÖTEBORG.
7/4 ROCKERS POCKET/BENNY HILL, NORRKÖPING. (Jailbreak Academy + High Vultures)
25/4 HAFFAS, LUDVIKA. (Jailbreak Academy + High Vultures)
26/4 CAFÉ CAOZ, BORLÄNGE. (Jailbreak Academy + High Vultures)
27/4 GREENMAN, FAGERSTA.
28/4 TBA, ÖREBRO. (Jailbreak Academy + High Vultures)
29/4 HARRY B JAMES, STOCKHOLM. (Jailbreak Academy + High Vultures)
12/5 WESTBAY HEAVEN AND HELL FESTIVAL, VÄSTERVIK.
30/5 ROCKÍ N UPTOWN, UPPSALA.
(fler datum kan tillkomma)

För mer info om JAILBREAK ACADEMY:

Trash Family Production
070-66 11 079 (Niklas)
trashfamilyproduction(a)gmail.com
www.jailbreakacademy.com

Live: The Dräperz i Sthlm 23 Mars (Swedish)

The Dräperz kommer från den stad som kanske har mest storebrorskomplex av dom all - Västerås. Den 23 Mars spelar dessa västeråsare i huvudstaden - Stockholm. Plats för denna happening är Club Dislocated på kungliga Södermalm. Broder Tuck står för lokalen,  en bra lokal speciellt när det är mycket folk på plats. Så därför SKA du, såvida du inte har något bra mycket viktigare för Dig, bege dig till Broder Tuck för tusan. Det är dessutom en Fredag, vilket innebär att du kan dricka öl, vilket innebär att du törs köra lite pogo.

På scen: The Dräperz, Ligisterna, Puffra
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Recension från Schizo Fanzine #7

The Dräperz - Praise the lord and pass the ammunition (CD)
www.myspace.com/thedraeperz

The Dräperz is a pretty new band from Västerås, Sweden. They play 3-chord punkrock with a mix between Ramones, Templars and let us say Voice of a generation. Since I like that kind of punk is it not too hard to understand that I like The Dräperz. But, I would prefer that they do all songs in swedish because it doesn't sounds too good when Mr.Jinx sing in english too bad because the vocals are not bad at all, it's the accent who disturb me. The music is perfect for a sunny day in the park with lot's of beer. 9 tracks in english and 2 in swedish, one of the 9 is a cover (Highway star) by Zeke. I think that The Dräperz can thrive in the future.

Review: Pretty Shitty Kjell DVD 2011

Pretty Shitty Kjell (DVD)
Stockholm 22-23/4 2011
(prettyshittykjell@hotmail.com)

Pretty Shitty Kjell arranged a 2 day-gig 2011 with 8 of the best bands in the Oi!/Street/Punkrock genre. And this DVD give you 26 songs extremely good sound quality and 3 different camera angles. I can really strong recommend this DVD for all fans of basic but fantastic punkrock. Here's a brief summary from every band who played, and I promise, the line-up is fantastic.

The first band out is The Clichés from Norrköping, Sweden. Their 3 tracks is really what skinhead rock n roll are about. I hadn't realized before now how good they really are. Tracks: Monkey see monkey do. Two-faced stupid cunts & Skinhead II.

The best situation on this DVD must be when Thomas Botos from Agent Bulldogg enter the stage and take his first tunes. This classic band has almost been totally fucked by rumours... BUT! it's the best Oi! band ever in my eyes. I think Botos is the only original member at the time of the gig, the rest of the band are members from Antipati, except the bass player which I don't know if he's an original member. Tracks: Staden Vaknar. Mitt liv, mitt val & Livsstil.

3.rd band out are Evil Conduct from Holland. A pretty nice band, but the lyrics is so filled with clichés, especially their first song Voice of Oi!. Their other tracks is: Home sweet home & Skinhead 'till I die

Micky Fitz and his The Business are nothing else than pure joy. Fuck, I wanna see the entire gig, but I can't do anything else than just put their 4 tracks on repeat. They get up on the stage and blow everything away with: Harry May. Real Enemy. Suburban Rebels. Drinking and driving. The people in the pit seems like they are in heaven. I will always love The Business and the singalong at Drinking and Driving are amazing. 



 Antipati belongs to the top of the league in the swedish punkrock scene. I wrote it in a review in an earlier issue of Schizo Fanzine that Antipati doesn't have that skinhead macho style, and I like them for that. It's rock n roll and punk in a great symbiosis. Tracks: Clockwork organge horror show. Punk på Berns. Grabbarna. The Punk på Berns lyrics must be the best modern punk lyrics.

Clockwork Crew must be the swedish band that have most UK-sound in their music and vocals, it actually remains me of The Business. I like their energy and their straight-on fuck-you attitude. Two of the members are also playing in The Clichés. Tracks: Taking it back. United Skins. & Smack, Smack.

Next band out is Major Accident, and they make it well but I have never been a big fan of them, even if they are a good band. But I don't know, other bands have probably caught my ears more. Tracks: (Standing on the) Sidelines. Fight to win. Step by step.

And yeah, Angelic Upstarts belongs to one of those bands that I took straight to my heart with a big bang. And it's fun to see them on this DVD, 4 tracks and so much joy. Please someone, gimmie their full gig now. Just the sight of Mensi make me glad. Their 4 tracks: 2.000.000 voices. Safe Haven. You're nicked. Solidarity.


So, wasn't that a fucking fantastic line-up? The coverart, layout and everything on this DVD hold 100% high standard. A booklet with info/interviews with all the bands will be enclosed. And I can just say that this 85 minutes production is superb. 

Digitalize it! Old swedish punk

My new project? Digitalize old tapes, so I have some rare, some shit, some good and some other...shit? But, do you want your cassette digitalized, get in touch then and I will fix that for you, I do it for free but I would really like to keep the cassette (just to upset Maria some more with tapes in the whole flat.. haha) Send me a email and we'll sort things out...
schizodistro[@]gmail.com

Here is a video I did with the swedish blues/punk/rock band Hela Huset Skakar. It's in swedish, but learn the lyrics and singalong for fuck sake =)

And here is another, rare motherfucker when Strebers play Häng Gud by Ebba Grön, at Ultrakåken aswell

Fuck Off from Sweden

This is a band that I always will adore. With two members that have meant a lot
for me at almost 20 years. Stefan Sundström and Johan Johansson (former KSMB,
Strindbergs etc etc) I bought this cassette at my first gig I went to 1991 and I guess
that I've played this tape more than 1000 times, that's true. It's live and I know all
comments from the audience and every single little noise. Here's three tracks in
one file. It's 1. Het på gröten (you will probably hear what orginal song it is),
2. Skitit (another famous song from the beginning) and 3. Supa som Sid Vicious.
Members: Stefan Sundström, Johan Johansson, Guld-Lars, Papa Mats, anyone else?
Gimmie a comment if I have forget anyone... Cheers!