Tag Archives: Dregen

Swedish punks the Garden Babies shaped in the town of Nässjö in 1987, originally comprising singer Tobbe, guitarist Dregen, bassist Johan Blomqvist, and drummer Peder Carlsson. After documenting a rough demonstration and playing several local live schedules, in 1989 the group dismissed Tobbe and changed him with vocalist Nicke Borg; …

The actual MC5 and Stooges were to the ’60s, what Sonic’s Rendezvous Band and Radio Birdman were to the ’70s, and what the Celibate Rifles were to the ’80s — that’s what Sweden’s Hellacopters were to the ’90s. Little, strapping, and rocking out to nearly cartoon-like proportions, the Hellacopters possess …