Swedish punk'n'folk band, not very different from
Dia Psalma, and that's not very
strange, since three
of Strebers' four
members (at the time of the
breakup) later
formed Dia Psalma. Strebers was formed
some time late
spring '85. At that time, they had no
singer, so Ulke had to sing while they
searched for
a "
real"
vocalist, though they never found another vocalist, so Ulke did most of their vocals, backed by
the other members on occasion. A few
weeks after they formed the band, their first
songs were
recorded in one of the members'
garage, which they used to
practice in. Those songs were supposed
to be their first songs to be released, but the plans were changed. They went to a real
studio instead,
and re-
recorded the songs there.
Ung & Arg was the result of 8 hours of work in the studio.
Discography:
- Ung & Arg (LP, late summer '85)
- På Liv & Död (LP, spring '86)
- Ur Led Är... (LP, autumn '86)
- Öga För Öga (LP '87, CD '93)
- Bad Boys Behind Bars (Ditt Blod/Mitt Blod) (LP, '88)
- (Strebers) Och Kråkan (LP, early '90)
- I Fädrens Spår (LP, late '90)
- Kaos & Skrål 85-87 (LP/CD, '91)
- Kallt Stål Varmt Blod (LP/CD, '91)
- Till En Vän (CD, '92)
- Blod Svett & Tårar 85-92 (2 CD, '00)
- Meningslöst Liv(e) (CD, '01)
Through the
years, they had
seven members altogether,
lineup was as follows:
Ulke,
vocals and
guitar, 1985 - 2001.
Pelle,
bass and vocals, 1985 - 1988 & 2000 - 2001.
Johnny,
drums and vocals, 1985 - 1992.
Micke, vocals and guitar, 1987 - 1988.
Ztikkan, bass and vocals, 1989 - 2001.
Solbjörn, (
digital) drums, 1992.
Stipen, drums, 1992 & 2000 - 2001.
Of those seven, three later formed Dia Psalma together with a friend of Ulke's. The three were Ulke,
Stipen and Ztikkan.
This noder's favourite Strebers songs include
Betongbarn,
39 Steg,
Balladen om
Lilla Elsa,
Kallt Stål Varmt Blod and
Blod Svett och Tårar.
Their albums may be hard to find, especially outside of
Sweden.
Source: http://home8.swipnet.se/~w-80499/strebers/index.htm (In Swedish) and countless hours
spent listening to their tracks.