The Pricks

The Pricks play Punk Rock from Scandinavia with the superior feeling of the good old American west coast punk/hc from the 70’s and the 80’s. The sound is trashy at the same time very powerful. The songs are short and snappy. But they have shown excellent work in doing longer

and slower songs like the highly beloved “Voices in my head” from their self titled 7” vinyl released by Hard-on Records (by the way singer Janne's own record company) back in ’99. Soon to be released again on their upcoming singles collection.

In May last year the boys met up in an very old building in the capital of Sweden, Stockholm to finish their latest recording with producer/seducer Frank E.Male. It turned out great and resulted in a new album released by German punk/hc label Rockstar Records in May 2005.

The new album is according to many friends and a lot of people in the business their best work ever. It contains 23 new tracks including a cover of "I hate cops" by The Authorities. Even here they have caught the feeling of 70's and 80's punk/hc. The expression is often aggressive, like in "Roadkill" and "I hate snowbored". But there's also songs about friends and lost love. The vinylversion of this album is a 180g pressing and includes a high gloss pin-up poster of The Pricks' friend Maya Lofgren from Örebro.

The Pricks was formed late 1996 by three lost teenager misfits. The lineup have had some changes over the years and The Pricks is now a faboulus foursome and has been since 2002.


Discographie:

1997 Press play on tape 7" (500 of 540 are numbered with a red pen)
1997 Shoot you in the head EP, Hard-on Records (500 copies on yellow transparent vinyl, 20 copies have blue, and 6 have red cover)
1998 The Hives/The Pricks - A killer among us split 7", Hard-on Records (1st press 400 black/100 white vinyl, 2nd press transparent vinyl 1998, 3rd press 2002, 4th press 2003)
1998 Mmm! This is good stuff! 7", Hard-on Records (2nd press, 3 month later on transparent vinyl)
1999 Destroy High Society LP/CD, Hard-on Records
2000 s/t 7", Hard-on Records
2000 Local Oafs/The Pricks split 7"
2001 Faster, Faster LP, Zorch Productions
2005 Maximum S&M CD/LP, Rockstar Records
... Oh and of course The Pricks appear on several renowned Compilations

Lineup (2005)

Elfsten: Vocals + Guitar
Face: Bass + back up vocals
Body: Drums
Mike: Guitar + Back up vocals

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