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Avskum is an anarchist hardcore punk/d-beat band from Kristinehamn, Sweden. Playing Classic swedish hardcore influenced by Discharge, Avskum started in the early 1980s, only to temporarily disband until the mid 1990s where they returned more productive than ever. All original members except the original guitarist perform in the current line-up. They continue to sporadically perform within Europe and in 2004 did a small two week tour in the U.S… Avskum’s lyrics generally deal with issues such as nuclear war and capitalism.
The year is 1982 when two teenage-punks, Nisse and Håkan, from a sleepy little town called Kristinehamn in Sweden starts to travel to nearby towns to check out if there´s something going on. In towns like Mariestad, Skövde and Götene they find a lot of new friends. Their new friends, members of bands like Anti Cimex and DNA make such an impression on both of them with their brand new sound. It’s a kind of punk music that they never heard before, its much more direct, more aggressive, more chaotic and with a dirtier sound then the punk music they are used to listen too. The music is influenced by English bands like Discharge, Varukers, Chaos UK and Disorder.
Back home in Kristinehamn, Nisse and Håkan starts a crust punk band of their own together with Pyri and Gunnar, two small and ugly baby punks mad enough to coop with this new ass kicking style. They name the band Avskum.
During this time in Sweden the commercial interests from the music business and media was very cold about the punk scene, in their eyes the punk was dead so the punks themselves got the possibility to create a punk movement complete on their own.
The year is 1982 when two teenage-punks, Nisse and Håkan, from a sleepy little town called Kristinehamn in Sweden starts to travel to nearby towns to check out if there´s something going on. In towns like Mariestad, Skövde and Götene they find a lot of new friends. Their new friends, members of bands like Anti Cimex and DNA make such an impression on both of them with their brand new sound. It’s a kind of punk music that they never heard before, its much more direct, more aggressive, more chaotic and with a dirtier sound then the punk music they are used to listen too. The music is influenced by English bands like Discharge, Varukers, Chaos UK and Disorder.
Back home in Kristinehamn, Nisse and Håkan starts a crust punk band of their own together with Pyri and Gunnar, two small and ugly baby punks mad enough to coop with this new ass kicking style. They name the band Avskum.
During this time in Sweden the commercial interests from the music business and media was very cold about the punk scene, in their eyes the punk was dead so the punks themselves got the possibility to create a punk movement complete on their own.
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Punkista
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In The Spirit of Mass Destruction
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krossa5 wrote:
Just got the "Uppror Underifrån" cd, Its so fucking good!!!
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soapboxminister wrote:
Strange band.
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nyctalops wrote:
охуенно!
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Psamanthe wrote:
Fuuuuuucking awesome. D:
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Pandemonium360 wrote:
I like my Bread Crusty, just like my Punk
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FuckTheBorders wrote:
Brilliant band...Freedom Of Speech by far the best song, imho :D
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veganwarcry wrote:
Raschoel, your dead on.
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VarigSnutstake wrote:
earorgasm<3<3 :D
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kriiistina wrote:
really great
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Raschoel wrote:
i find this band a bit wierd, but its awesome..
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Analsadist wrote:
Ses på Punk illegal, är taggad som fan!
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dhd wrote:
excellent band, I need to get some mp3s so I can scrobble it :)
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armageddonshop wrote:
Miss you guys. US tour again. We will drink many Tecate together again...
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