Various – Picassos Barn vol 1 & 2

Picasso statue in Kristinehamn, Sweden

Image to the left: The Picasso statue in Kristinehamn, Sweden. Erected 1965.

There are a few cities in Sweden you have to keep an eye on to understand the dawn of Swedish punk. Stockholm, Gothenburg and Gävle are possible the most well-known. However, the small city of Kristinehamn (about 20,000 people) were lucky to have Sex Pistols playing at club Zebra on July 19th 1977. The event was the smallest gig on the Sex Pistols Scandinavian 1977 tour. The location was an old residence a bit outside the city. Steve Jones later referred to it as doing a gig in someone’s living room. Some 100 people showed up, very few of them looked as a punks. The reason was not strange really . There were no really punk bands around the city at the same time. However – the visit by Sex Pistols changed everything in the little city. You got to thank the club owner Bo Olsson for that.

Sex Pistols in Kristinehamn, Sweden

Image to the left: Sex Pistols at club Zebra in Kristinehamn, July 19th 1977. Photography by Lotta Lundberg.

The first punk band from the city was The Bastards which transformed into Dirty Rats, The Ghetto and finally Skäms “Be Embarrassed”, in my humble opinion one of the best Swedish punk acts. Their 1979 EP is just a killer. Skäms broke up and the members moved into Kuggkrig “pillow-war” (Ulf Hedlund and Göran Vallinder) and Stefan Carlén moved on to Arabens Anus “the Anus of the Arab”. Krister Tångring started the fanzine Kramp but more importantly he and his fellow in crime, Magnus Pettersson, compiled two tapes which are posted here. Picassos Barn translates into the Children of Picasso, which refers to the punks of the city. This as the largest Picasso statue was erected here back in the mid 60’s

Jan ”Linda” Lindström, one of the members of Arabens Anus mentioned in an article in Värmlands Folkblad that the Kristinehamn punks had good contact with Anti-Cimex (at that time based in Mariestad). Anti-Cimex made regular visits to the city for gigs which influence the band to play harder. Avskum is a good example of that. Avskum had Stefan Carlén in the band and there were members both from Adrian Cuba (Håkan Tyresten) Dead Corruption. For those curious of all the bands in the city, Swedish blogger “Fabror Punk” once compiled a list of bands not mentioned above; The Afgans (around 1982) with Håkan Tyresten on bass, Allegori 2000 (post-punk), D.D.T (punk), Dropptortyr (one of Stefan Carlén’s early bands), GAZ (with Jan “Linda” Lindström), Erektion, Kukrunk, Louis Armstrong Big Band, Missfall, Prins Philips Cellstoff, U.P.A. All around 1978 – 1983. Not bad for such a little city. Worth mentioned is Slaskfittorna, a really weird punk band with lyrics with sexual content. One of the songs was called “She only wanted dicks. This band with Stefan Carlén on vocals actually but out a demo which has becomes a cult classic among collectors of “könsrock” as it called here. I guess the translations could be “sex-rock”. It’s all about masturbating and fucking sheep and cows.

And what about the Sex Pistols 1977 Scandinavian tour, the dates were July 13 and 14 at Daddy’s Dance Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 15 at Beach Disco, Diskotek Östra Stranden, Halmstad, Sweden, July 16 at Mogambo Disco, Helsingborg, Sweden, July 17 at Discotheque 42, Jönköping, Sweden, July 19 at Club Zebra, Kristinehamn, Sweden, July 20 at Pinvinen Restaurant, Oslo, Norway, July 21 at Studenter Samfundet, Trodheim, Norway, July 23 and 24 at Barbarellas Disco, Vaxjö, Sweden, July 27 and 28 at Happy House, Student Kåren, Stockholm, Sweden, July 29 at Ofi, Linköping Sweden

The first tape

Various – Picassos Barn Vol 1

Symbol Productions – SYMBOL 001 – 1982 – Cassette

Side 1 MP3 192 kbps

Side 2 MP3 192 kbps


Songs side A: 1, DDT – På landet 2, DDT – Grön man 3, DDT – Heta nätter 4, Adrian Cuba – Kamp i kramp 5, Adrian Cuba – Bara en dröm 6, Adrian Cuba – Vita riddare rider igen 7, Arabens Anus – Jag är inget glin 8, Arabens Anus – BSS 9, Arabens Anus – Adrenalin 10, Seg – Stackars gosse 11, Seg – Inget som förut 12, Seg – Loreene

Songs side B: 1, UPA – Trött 2, UPA – Jag vill vara en karl 3, UPA – Titta när jag dansar 4, Dead Corruption – Sid the loser 5, Dead Corruption – Lonley boy 6, Dead Corruption – Haha 7, Kuddkrig – Britt 8, Kuddkrig – Fly upp bland molnen

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Cassette



Inlay Front

Picassos Barn 1

Inlay Rear

Picassos Barn 1

Insert Rear

Picassos Barn 1

Insert Front

Picassos Barn 1


The second tape

Various – Picassos Barn Vol 2

Symbol Productions – SYMBOL 004 – 1983 – Cassette

Side 1 MP3 192 kbps

Side 2 MP3 192 kbps


Songs side A: 1, Allegori 2000 – Kaskader 2, Allegori 2000 – Pilska läppar 3, Arabens Anus – Änglar i svart 4, Arabens Anus – Anarki 5, Cosmic Giant – Bofinken 6, Cosmic Giant – Örnen, 7, Avskum – The world is a mess 8, Avskum – Öga för öga, tand för tand

Songs side B: 1, Avskum – Hiroshima 2, Avskum – Boot brain song 3, Cosmic Giant – Introduction 4, Cosmic Giant – Entr’acte 5, Arabens Anus – Lördagsmorgon 6, Arabens Anus – Vem minns dom 7, Allegori 2000 – Biosalong 8, Allegori 2000 – Dödsdans

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Cassette



Inlay

Picassos Barn 1

5 comments

  1. Tommy Wahlman

    Great tapes, but there is no B-sides on them!

  2. Tommy

    Correcting, well there are B sides but they are same as the A side…

    • the editor

      Oh, I have fixed that now, the B-sides are now available

  3. Tommy

    Thanks! Any chance of a post of the “Bara En Dröm” Comp Tape 1983??

  4. Steve H

    Thx mate!

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