Punk Rock in Sweden | Close-Up Punk Cruise 2023

[@Static.1185]

Great video! I’m an American that’s been living in Stockholm for 4 months and I love it here. I started watching your videos today and was excited when I saw this one! It’s worth mentioning that there is a great current Swedish hardcore scene with some incredible bands like Speedway, Sidestep, and Existence. The people have been very welcoming since I started going to shows here! The Flubber World compilation is a great way to find current Swedish hardcore bands!

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Thank you, and that's an awesome tip! I never really got into hardcore myself - I was more into the melodic punk and skatepunk genres. But regardless of style, I agree that punks are among the nicest and most welcoming people :D

[@NilsXZ]

Miro, you’re feeling WILD this video hahaha, happy to see another upload, thanks for such a nice piece of history!!!❤

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Aw shucks! Thank you so much, and really happy that you enjoyed it 😀

[@Hispandinavian]

Visst är det bra! I listen to Finnish and Swedish punk for language practice. A good punk rocker friend of mine, is in the Swedish speaking part of Finland, Ostrobothnia.

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

That's a great idea! And I guess you'll learn a set of very strange Swedish and Finnish words at the same time... Still, music as a learning tool sounds like a brilliant plan

[@elisbananabread]

Sjukt intressant video som vanligt!

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Tack! 😀 Känns superkul att höra 😊

[@etrigueros]

Hi, Panama guy here again. Your videos are like french fries, once you start you can't stop watching them. Cheers!

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Haha I'm really happy to hear that! Yay, I make fast food :D

[@KBDRecords]

Actually we had our first punk bands like Kriminella Gitarrer and Rude Kids allready in 1977.

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Sorry, I was a bit too young to have any first hand knowledge of that time, so mistakes might have snuck in!

[@seanbarnold5451]

I'm from Scotland, I loved your breakdown but you missed a bit, there was a festival called Frasse Fixar Fest near Gothenburg that went on for 10 years from the mid 1 2000s. Bands like Steve and the alcoholics, rebuke, from the tracks, hold hands, broken aris and so many others played it

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

I totally missed that one! Never heard about it actually - guess I was completely out of the loop (I actually had a period of mostly listening to metal instead in the 2000s). Cheers, and I bet there's a lot more than that that I missed to mention...

[@ChristopherGronlund]

I love this video so much. I love how punk's brought so many people together over the years. Obviously for me, it was mostly all American punk bands, but a friend had some German punk tapes in the 80s. We were impressed that it seemed to have a lot of the same spirit all over. I know it's easy to laugh at older punks, but most of the people I know who were heavily into punk ended up doing a lot of cool things. Some didn't make it through, but those who did -- if nothing else -- have some great stories.

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

It's amazing to hear how so many people can connect over punk. Across ages, across continents. There's definitely a lot to learn from older punks - I think it's a sign of people who are a bit outside in many ways. Outside the norms, outside the box that everyone should fit in. I think I'm going off topic but it's hard to express the feeling sometimes 😊

[@ChristopherGronlund]

@@ThreeStarVagabond I agree. When we were all younger, I know it was partially about shock value, but...also having a certain courage to not just be like everyone else. As all my punk friends got older, they stuck to living the lives they wanted. They traveled on the cheap, ended up game designers or supporting themselves with music. Some went on to be cool suburban parents who ended up with the house everyone hung out at because their was no judgment there. And now that many of us are old enough to have grandkids (not me...never had kids, but friends have reached that point), their kids have that same courage to do their own thing. And that's great! 😀

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

@@ChristopherGronlund I'm a bit too tired to think of something useful to reply, but I just kept nodding along when I read this! It's such a character defining trait, not necessarily being punk but standing out and following your own path in general!

[@Cakravartin88]

So cool! Perhaps, you should do a video about House of Metal, too.

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

That's an awesome idea! I was thinking of Sweden Rock or some other festival... But metal does belong up north...

[@Cakravartin88]

@@ThreeStarVagabond Up North and in winter, where Metal belongs :) But I think there are a few good shows coming up in Stockholm, too \m/

[@ResonatingSweden]

Yeee, nicee! And Sweden Rock is also near! I am expecting vids from there too my friend! 🌲🔥 Greetings from the north! 🦌

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Oh I'm afraid not... But come to think of it, that would be a bloody brilliant video 😀🤯

[@johand3214]

Great video but Strebers?

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Thanks! Haha well, I just may have forgotten to mention a few..

[@gruu]

absolutely awesome man! I'll never forget when I heard "häng gud" (hang god) by Ebba grön for the first time when I was a kid!! xD the langugage, the rawness, the guitars, everything!! I couldn't believe my ears! That shaped my music taste for sure xD I remember KSMB, asta kask, DLK, mob47, moderat likvidation etc etc but no it's mostly nostalgia nowadays, still love 'em though! Great video :P

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Thank you so much! And yeah my brother got me into hard rock and metal, but it was really punk that struck a chord with me. Pun intended. I just love the whole scene as well as the music 😀

[@astridcyanistescaeruleus4126]

❤️ anarchy yes, but the queue is sacred 😀

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

It's like a Swedish religion :D

[@antonskov-poulsen9869]

Love that one of my rubber ducks was in the move ;) more ducks for drunk punks! 1:19

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Drunk punk ducks rock! :D I loved them :D

[@tobbe702]

He doesnt know much about Swedish Punk.. For example, Krympling was not a band, just a one album project. But I understand it can be fun to watch for those who werent there.. And I miss Strebers! And to say that Charta 77 is from Stockholm is just sad..

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Staten och kapitalet isn't by Ebba though. Krymplings was a bit of a joke, it was formed by members of other bands and was a way of protesting against artists trying to squeze as much money out of the market as they could, the name alludes to Grymlings that was a total sellout by some good, and some bad, artists. Many things like that "Definitivt 50 spänn" was originaly called "Absolut 50 spänn", but was forced to rename the records by the record label who made "Absolut"-records, again a protest against artists trying to get as much as possible from the market. There's an old saying "Punk's not dead, it just smells like it is".

[@pkharper3525]

I remember Punk Rock so well back in the 70’s, I think they should call it the geriatric rock cruise, cause if I jumped around now as I did then the outcome is not going to be good😂. It was quite an interesting video, I think the punk movement was the same in a lot of places, the great thing about music is it can transport you back to a different times in your life. Stay safe till next time ☮️

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Haha I should have gone for that - the Close-Up Geriatric Cruise instead :D But thank you, and it really was fun to be there among all of the other old punks. But there were a surprisingly large amount of youngsters too! So maybe this music does have a future after all...

[@nagelbitarn]

kolla in boken rÅpunk... "RÅPUNK documents the Swedish raw punk scene between 1981 and 1989. Inspired by bands like DISCHARGE, CRASS and DEAD KENNEDYS, the second wave of Swedish punk bands launched a furious, unique musical and visual onslaught that still affects and influences punk fans worldwide"

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Tack för tipset! Nice, det där låter som riktigt bra info i den boken :D

[@Foppa974]

Raised fist är från luleå

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Whoopsie! Nåja, nära nog ;D

[@amanfromthesewers7327]

Önskar jag var där

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Jag med faktiskt - missar den i år :/

[@DavidDjarf]

Raised Fist umeå? Luleå

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Almost the same thing isn't it? ;) Just kidding, just kidding!

[@doguskoyuncu5177]

Punk Cruise Sailor Vagabond on duty in this week! 4:04 there is a blonde woman who was scared when you were briefing the whole knowledge of Punk history of Sweden. Probably, she thought your brain has a connection with internet and downloading all the informations. 😅 When did you get brain implants Vagabond? Shoud we wait for the video of Cyborg Vagabond? Joking aside, it was a fantastic video. We learnt you had two horns when you were teenager. Actually, I prefer metal music and probably my forever loved band of Sweden should be HammerFall. I know you are a Stockholmer. Please, forgive me for that. 😅 Anyway, have a great week! 🙋

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

I think that blonde was wondering if I was insane, talking to a little box like that 😂 I'm clearly just insane for other reasons. But I have to admit that I love HammerFall as well! It's a shame that power metal isn't very popular these days. Anyway, cheers and hope you have an awesome time man 😀

[@doguskoyuncu5177]

@@ThreeStarVagabond You maybe wonder how did I find your titles? The answer is from another metal band Iron Maiden. Maybe you know Eddy the cover character of Iron Maiden Albums. Eddy always have the concepts of albums. Such as Pharoah Eddy at Powerslave. The idea of Vagabond titles has come from there. I hope you liked your titles as your video concepts. 😅

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

@@doguskoyuncu5177 Oh! I had no idea but now it makes perfect sense 😀 And I'm honored to be included in the same thoughts as good ol Eddie 😊 Maiden rocks! Such an awesome live band to see 😀

[@doguskoyuncu5177]

@@ThreeStarVagabond I am too glad to hear that. Today I went back the nostalgia with Maiden. It felt good the remembering the old days. See you until next journey. Have a great week. 🙋

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

@@doguskoyuncu5177 Rock on, my man! It's no longer 2 minutes to midnight, so I'm off wandering through Gothenburg again. And I'll visit an Air Force museum soon.. Aces high!

[@coreyfaulkner1115]

I just want to have the first comment 😁

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

That's punk as hell 😀

[@Joe-eg7ml]

Never knew they like punk rock. I thought they were just into metal. Yea use to listen to punk mostly crass, guttermouth, dead milkman, etc. Use to skateboard some punks back in the 90s...lol

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

I guess there are all kinds of weirdos here :D Nah but metal is probably bigger either way. But nice! Good stuff there :D

[@spacemaker8760]

Hah Charta 77 Stockholmbased....your totaly wrong.......Charta 77 started 1982 in Köping in the county of Västmanland. Almost 2 hours west of Stockholm. Get your facts first. How do i know? I live there. And i'm acually a friend with one of the bands original members.

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Jag har sällan läst en mer skitnödig kommentar än den här :D

[@spacemaker8760]

@@ThreeStarVagabond välkommen till världen 😀

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

@@spacemaker8760 Haha, seriöst tackar för rättningen! Jag kollade inte ens upp det utan antog att de var från Stockholm

[@warpvnk]

Midgars Soner - the best punk swedish band!

[@evaldasd2907]

BRAINBOMBS

[@graemenicol6377]

Why didn't you mention any of the Swedish R.A.C. band's their some of Sweden's best punk style band's hell Jocka Karlson is a absolute legend.l

[@ThreeStarVagabond]

Isn't that like white power music? If so, you can probably see why I'm not mentioning them!

[@graemenicol6377]

@@ThreeStarVagabond nothing wrong with rock against communism and some of Sweden's best punk bands play that style.