Bakrus were not a punkband, but rather five incredibly handsome raggare from Asa (yep, the same town as Glo, Oss and Shas) that released two 7″ where this is the second one, and the only one worth hanging in the fir-tree. The a-side Nettan is the sad story of a poor girl who’s boyfriend died and she became a speed addicted prostitute. Of course the story ends with poor Nettan dead in a dirty bathroom. Very moralizing boogie rock and so fucking Swedish. Oh sorry, I forgot to mention that the song sucks despite the incredibly funny lyrics, and for those of you who don’t understand Swedish you can follow the story in the pictures shown on the back of the sleeve. And while talking about the sleeve it’s impossible to avoid mentioning how incredibly ugly it is in every single way. It makes GG’s early artwork appear as fine art in comparison.
Lamrock (cock rock) was included on KBD 51 and it’s a great smasher, and could just as well been a song by TT Garderob 100 or Goteborg Sound (and if you take a closer look at the cover art you’ll even see one of the TT beer cans that gave TT Garderob 100 a part of their name). I guess the heritage from football choirs, classic rock and especially Status Quo was too hard for the Gothenburg scene to escape. Something else that’s hard to escape is the fact that this record was somehow sponsored by the removal company Centrum-Expressen who put their logo on the sleeve. What were those guys thinking? If I ran a company I’m not so sure that putting my logo on a record with songs about the hard life of a prostitute, and the story about a sad sod who desperately wants to loose his virginity would be the greatest idea ever. But what do I know, maybe they got loads of new costumers after this record came out? If anyone knows the story behind this, please let me know.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1980
Label: Bakrus
Format: 7″
Songs:
Nettan.mp3
Lamrock.mp3
fucking love the cockrock kicker!
Lämrock rules!!
“Lämrock rules!!”
“”Lämrock rules!!””
(“”Lämrock rules!!””)
;)“”Lämrock rules!!””(;
Vad ni är “ironiska” killar!
“Vad ni är “ironiska” killar!” ;)
Btw, Lämrock rules !!
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Senap says:
March 25, 2009 at 8:25 am
Lämrock rules!!
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The Flakes // Drummer says:
March 25, 2009 at 12:17 pm
“Lämrock rules!!”
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Senap says:
March 25, 2009 at 1:22 pm
“”Lämrock rules!!””
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The Flakes // Drummer says:
March 25, 2009 at 2:05 pm
(“”Lämrock rules!!””)
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Senap says:
March 25, 2009 at 8:57 pm
;)“”Lämrock rules!!””(;
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Martin says:
March 25, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Vad ni är “ironiska” killar!
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The Flakes // Drummer says:
March 25, 2009 at 11:59 pm
“Vad ni är “ironiska” killar!” ;)
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Senap says:
March 26, 2009 at 7:45 am
Btw, Lämrock rules !!
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Yes, Martin, you’re right. “Bettan” were la sådaer.
But …….
(“””Lämrock rules !! “””)
and I’m ashamed to say that I’ve never heard it until now.
But on the other hand it didn’t get any attention back then either.
Now I’m going to put on “Ironi man” or “Ebony and Ironi”.
Or how about Irony Maiden
Or Judas Irony, Irony Priest, Irony Pistols, Irony and the Antz, Irony and the Banshees, Futureirony, The Irony, Irony Sabbath, Jethro Irony, Raped Irony, Bumsen Irony, Fear of Irony.
Raped Irony! I love those guys.
LOL! Yes, they’re awesome
(Irony Maiden, that is..)
Lamrock kick ass!
“Lamrock kick ass!”
Lam rock? Lite halvt vekt sådär eller?
vi slapp betala skivan så vi fick råd till mer öl därför blev vi
sponsrade avC&E och dom fick 2 flyttningar tack vare skivan.
lämrock rules
Thanks for the info Johan, and very impressive that it actually paid off for C&E!
I was a member of Bakrus and we get a lot of fans who adore us and our music and that just because of that 7″.
yeah
im the gitarrman in Bakrus….still rockin n rolling in a band called SMILING HEART. Lämrock was our best moment… :-)
Got a spare copy of this cockrock monster up for sale here; http://shop.ebay.com/javelinen/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562
This copy posted here is for sale now as I found me a new copy. Buy it! http://www.ebay.com/sch/javelinen/m.html?item=110767313981&sspagename=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649&_trksid=p4340.l2562