Slagsmålsklubben
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| Slagsmålsklubben | |
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| Origin | Sweden  |
| Genre(s) | Synthpop Bitpop Gamewave |
| Years active | 2000 - present |
| Website | Official site |
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| Hannes Stenström Joni Mälkki Björn Nilsson Kim Nilsson Joakim "Beebop" Nybom Frej Larsson |
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Slagsmålsklubben (often abbreviated as SMK) is a electro/pop group from Norrköping, Sweden. The name Slagsmålsklubben is almost a literal Swedish translation of the title of the novel and film Fight Club, it actually translates into "The Fight Club". They have released three full length albums so far. Along with their side projects 50 Hertz and Häxor och Porr, they have been featured on Björk's compilation CD Army of Me: Remixes and Covers.
SMK's members are Björn Nilsson, Hannes Stenström, Joakim "Beebop" Nybom, Joni Mälkki, Kim Nilsson, and Frej Larsson. The members of the band have many side projects, such as 50 Hertz, which features many of SMK's members, Din Stalker, Hannes' solo project, and Offerprästers orkester, one of Frej's solo projects.
In 2005, the entire band moved to Berlin. As of april 2008, Kim lives in Berlin, Hannes lives in Stockholm and Joni, Björn & Beebop live in Norrköping.
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[edit] History
Slagsmålsklubben was formed 2nd november 2000 in Norrköping, Sweden by Joakim "Beebop" Nybom, Björn Nilsson and Joni Mälkki, former members of prog rock band The Solbrillers.
The idea of forming a synthpop band occurred to them at a band practice with The Solbrillers. Since the singer of the band wouldn't show up, they decided to plug in Joni's old synthesizer into his guitar amplifier. The three recorded a few songs, which eventually led to the forming of SMK.
Hannes Stenström joined the band one year later, 2001 because he had much better synthesizers than them. Frej Larsson joined them in 2003 after they had made the 7" Hyreshusklossar together and 2004 Kim Nilsson joined the band.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
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Den svenske disco
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Sagan om konungens årsinkomst
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Boss for Leader
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[edit] Singles
- Hit me hard - maxi single (2004)
- Den officiella OS-låten - maxi single (2004)
- Malmö Beach Night Party - maxi single (2007)
