Tuesday, August 19, 2014

EBBA GRÖN - We're Only In It For The Drugs! 1979

Ebba Grön was a Swedish punk band formed 1977 in Stockholm. One of the first songs performed by them was the controversial Skjut En Snut (Shoot A Cop), which was never officially recorded. In 1978, the time had come for this debut album (released at Mistlur Records), with songs about the tough, yet boring lives of young people in the working-class suburbs. The anarchist lyrics were seen as very controversial at the time, and the lyrics of one song 'Beväpna Er (Take Up Arms)' about taking up arms against the government, the bourgeoisie and the Swedish royal family, could not be printed on the cover. Ebba Grön also started to get a reputation of having troublesome gigs, with vandalism and fights. At one gig when the band was attacked by Neo-Nazis, Fjodor used his bass to fight them off. This album is only a true punk album and you'll get potentially addictive.


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