Category Archives: 1980

You want powerpop? Yes you do. Holland, just at Sweden, had an enormous amount of great bands considering it´s size. Unlike Sweden though they had plenty of great HC bands in the early to mid 80´s. But that´s not what … Continue reading →

As promised here´s NY Ground Zero second and what I presume last record? No super hit like Nothing here but as a whole a bit better then the debut me thinks. Unusual arrangements and a love for Roxy Music? At … Continue reading →

I think Sweden along with the UK must’ve been the two scenes that went from utterly interesting and unique mix of bands and sounds in the late 70s early 80s to more or less complete rubbish from 1982 and onward. … Continue reading →

First I want to apologize to Bjorn Johansson who sent me this tape for taking so goddamn long to digitize it and get it up here. Bjorn played bass for IQ 55 for a short period and appeared on this … Continue reading →

Why the long wait? My spare time after work is totally dedicated to designing an upcoming book about Swedish Punk/New Wave. About 500 bands from 1977-1982 and about 300 never before published photos. It´s going to be really great I … Continue reading →