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The Nomads
Hans Östlund (l) & Nick Vahlberg (r) at the Faster & Louder Festival 2018 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Hans Östlund (l) & Nick Vahlberg (r) at the Faster & Louder Festival 2018 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Background information
OriginSolna, Sweden
GenresGarage punk
Years active1981–present
LabelsAmigo
Mans Ruin
Bad Afro Records
Safety Pin Records
White Jazz Reocords
MembersHans Östlund
Nick Vahlberg
Jocke Ericson
Björne Fröberg
Past membersJoakim Tärnström
Ed Johnson
Frank Minarik
Tony Carlsson
Websitehttp://www.thenomads.se

The Nomads are a Swedish garage punk band founded in 1981 by Hans Östlund, Nick Vahlberg, Joakim Tärnström, and Ed Johnson. Today, Östlund and Vahlberg are the only members left of the original line-up.

The band plays music influenced by the MC5, The Stooges, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, The Ramones, New York Dolls, and other early garage rock and punk bands.[1] The Nomads have been an influential band in the Scandinavian garage rock and punk scenes, inspiring bands such as The Hives, Hellacopters, "Demons", Gluecifer, and many others.[2]

Career

After releasing a number of records in the 1980s the band toured extensively and built a large fanbase without any significant rotation on either radio or television. During the years, touring and recording have decreased but The Nomads still play a number of shows every year in the Scandinavian region. In 2001 the band celebrated their 20th anniversary with a gig in Stockholm that included appearances by members from Bob Hund, Sator, The Flaming Sideburns, Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks, as well as members of the original line-up.[3] At their gig at the Hultsfred festival the band once again took the opportunity to celebrate with guest appearances from Nick Royale, Chips Kiesbye Handsome Dick Manitoba, Ross The Boss, Jello Biafra, Chris Bailey, Odd Ahlgren, and Wayne Kramer. 20 Years Too Soon - A Tribute To The Nomads was released in 2003 with bands like The Hellacopters, Electric Frankenstein, The Dictators, The Robots, Bob Hund, and Nitwitz contributing with their own version of their favorite Nomads songs. In 2008 The Nomads shared the stage with Roky Erickson at the Peace and Love festival in Sweden.[4]

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [2] Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ [3] Archived November 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ [4] Archived February 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

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