KSMB - Rövarnas Visa

Sunday, time for a classic. Bråvalla festival is now over, it was a weekend with loads of music, a few good and interesting acts played there. Didn't see to much of the good stuff, but a few lika Faith No More, In Flames, Eagles Of Death Metal, Robbie Williams and a few others but there was one band, a really Legendary one, specially if you are Swedish.

The Swedish punk rock band KSMB did a one of exclusive gig at Bråvalla festival, Steppan, Alonzo, Johan Johansson, Peter Vial got up on a stage together. In the Punk Rock scene, they are one of Sweden's most important bands. A concert. Once and for all. For another, but above all for the audience.

KSMB was active during 1977 to 1982. The young band members grew up and lived in the working-class suburb Skärholmen outside Stockholm.

Johan Johansson, Mats Nilsson and Pekka Kangas had a band called "Ingenting" (Swedish for "nothing"). Their first and only gig was at Österholmsskolan in Skärholmen. In the autumn of 1977 most of the band members went to Skärholmens Gymnasium and discovered that if you worked with a project, like a band, you wouldn't have to go to all the lessons. "Skärholmens Gymnasiums Punkensemble" was started and, as a lot of people didn't want to go to the lessons, the band got a lot of members. After a chaotic gig in the aula in Skärholmens Gymnasium with 15 band members, of which 5 were singers, the project "Skärholmens Gymnasiums Punkensemble" was over, but the singers Steppan and Alonzo, drummer Johan Johansson and bassist Matte Nilsson continued and became the only constant members of "KSMB," as the new band was called. This abbreviation stood for "Kurt-Sunes med Berit".

Foto: Pao Duell

Todays tune "Rövarnas Visa" is a song written by Thorbjørn Egner, to the People and robbers in Kamomilla town, which had stage premiere in 1956. The song is about the robbers Kasper, Jesper and Jonathan, that during the night goes to Kamomilla town to steal. Ulf Peder Olrog and Håkan Norlén gave the song the Swedish translation.

 Here is the hole show with KSMB - Live at Bråvalla 2015-06-27



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Muse - Mercy

Bråvalla festival is up and running atm. One of the headliners are the British rock band MUSE.
The band will enter the stage this evening if nothing comes in their way of course.

So let's play a tune with them today.

Today's tune "Mercy" is a tune taken from their seventh album, Drones. It was released as the second single from the album on 18 May 2015.

In a press release, the band's frontman Matt Bellamy said of the track, "The opening line of 'Mercy' - "Help me, I’ve fallen on the inside" - is a reference to the protagonist [of the album] knowing and recognising that they have lost something, they have lost themselves." Bellamy continued, "This is where they realise they're being overcome by the dark forces that were introduced in 'Psycho.'"

Muse's seventh studio album 'Drones' was  released on June 8, their follow-up to 2012's 'The 2nd Law'.

Speaking previously about the album, Bellamy said that it "explores the journey of a human, from their abandonment and loss of hope, to their indoctrination by the system to be a human drone, to their eventual defection from their oppressors".

Bellamy recently claimed that 'Drones' is Muse's best album, admitting, "That’s not something I’ve been able to say for a while.

Watch the music video for "Mercy" below! The Video was Directed by Sing J Lee



Tour dates:

24 Jun 2015 Provinssirock :: Seinäjoki, Finland
26 Jun 2015 Bravalla Festival :: Norrköping, Sweden
28 Jun 2015 Rock Werchter :: Werchter, Belgium
30 Jun 2015 Cologne, Germany
02 Jul 2015 Roskilde Festival :: Roskilde, Denmark
04 Jul 2015 Main Square Festival :: Arras, France
05 Jul 2015 Rock-a-Field :: Roeser, Luxembourg
09 Jul 2015 NOS Alive Festival :: Lisbon, Portugal
11 Jul 2015 BBK Live :: Bilbao, Spain
13 Jul 2015 Musilac :: Aix-les-Bains, France
16 Jul 2015 Les Vieilles Charrues :: Carhaix, France
18 Jul 2015 Rock In Roma :: Rome, Italy
25 Jul 2015 Fuji Rock Festival :: Naeba, Japan
13 Sep 2015 Lollapalooza :: Berlin, Germany
19 Sep 2015 MasterCard Center :: Beijing, China
21 Sep 2015 Mercedes-Benz Arena :: Shanghai, China
23 Sep 2015 Impact Arena :: Bangkok, Thailand
26 Sep 2015 Singapore Indoor Stadium :: Singapore
28 Sep 2015 AsiaWorld-Expo :: Hong Kong
30 Sep 2015 Olympic Gymnastic Arena :: Seoul, South Korea
15 Oct 2015 Movistar Arena:: Santiago Chile
17 Oct 2015 Complejo Al Río :: Buenos Aires, Argentina
19 Oct 2015 Orfeo Superdomo :: Córdoba, Argentina
22 Oct 2015 HSBC Arena :: Rio de Janiero, Brazil
24 Oct 2015 Allianz Parque :: São Paulo, Brazil
27 Oct 2015 Parque Deportivo 222 :: Bogotá, Colombia Sold Out!
17 Nov 2015 Palacio de los Deportes :: México City, Mexico Sold Out!
18 Nov 2015 Palacio de los Deportes :: México City, Mexico
20 Nov 2015 Palacio de los Deportes :: México City, Mexico

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Anthrax - Anti-social

The American thrash metal heads Anthrax from New York City was the festivals most classic act and suits perfect as a Sunday Classic.

The band formed in 1981 by guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker. Due to the raucous music on its early releases, the group was raved as one of the leaders of the thrash metal scene from the 1980s. When the movement began to gain a major following, Anthrax was ranked as one of the genre's "big four", alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer. As of 2014, the band has released ten studio albums, multiple singles, and an EP featuring American hip hop group Public Enemy.

Todays tune "Antisocial" is a song by the French hard rock band Trust, from their album Répression. The song was written by Bernie Bonvoisin and Norbert Krief. Anthrax covered the song, using the alternate English lyrics, on their 1988 album State of Euphoria. Their cover of the song also appears on the second disc of their compilation album, Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991), along with a version featuring the verses sung in French.



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Kings Of Leon - Sex on Fire

Another big American Alternative Rock band that did play at Bråvalla, Kings of Leon from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ivan Nathan Followill (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Michael Jared Followill (bass guitar, backing vocals), with their cousin Cameron Matthew Followill (lead guitar, backing vocals).

Todays tune "Sex on Fire" is most likely on the set-list, the tune is the first single released from Kings of Leon's fourth studio album "Only by the Night".

The song gave Kings of Leon their first number-one single in Australia, Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, charting at the top-spot on digital downloads alone in the latter country, before its physical release. In September 2009 it was Britain's second most-downloaded digital single ever. Along with all of these achievements, in 2008, the song earned the band their first Grammy nominations. The song was nominated for Best Rock Song, and won the award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. In addition, the album earned a nomination for Best Rock Album. Channel V Australia named the song as the third biggest hit of 2008.



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Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name

2013 was the premiere year for Bråvalla Festival and what a success! The festival had 50.000 attendants and broke Swedish festival history by receiving the title as the largest festival throughout Sweden ever to be recorded and this year might even be bigger than last year....coming back to that some other day.

This year, from June 26th to June 28th 2014 we invite you to be a part of that grand festivity. The festival will take place at Bråvalla Flygfält, on the outskirts of Norrköping and walking distance from the tram station.

Same thing as last year the line up is pretty spread up in all the styles. Here are some of the bands that plays here:

Iron Maiden among Kings Of Leon, Kanye West, Anthrax, Alesso, Belle & Sebastian, Bad Religion, Bring Me The Horizon, Bombus, Laleh, Clutch, Dropkick Murphys, The Afghan Whigs, The Offspring, The Hives, Lana Del Rey, We Came As Romans, Trivium plus many more.

Todays tune "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is a tune taken from the third studio album "The Number of the Beast", released in March 1982 by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

The song describes a man's thoughts just before being sent to the gallows. He begins to feel terror and realizes he really is afraid of dying, despite claims that he's not ("tears flow, but why am I crying?/after all, I'm not afraid of dying/don't I believe that there never is an end?"). At the end of the vocal section, the man gets executed; this is followed by a long instrumental section, culminating in his ambiguous final words, "Hallowed be thy name".

The is a song written by Steve Harris and it has been acclaimed as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time. The song includes 2 guitar solos: the first is played by Dave Murray, and the second was played by Adrian Smith between 1982 and 1988 and by Janick Gers from 1990.

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" has remained in almost all of the band's set-lists since the album's recording, which Allmusic describes it as "perhaps the most celebrated of the band's extended epics; it's the tale of a prisoner about to be hanged, featuring some of Harris' most philosophical lyrics." Several band-members have since stated that it is one of their favourite tracks, with Bruce Dickinson describing it as "fantastic" and that performing it live is like "narrating a movie to the audience."

It is the most covered song by the band with fourteen different versions by artists like Dream Theater, Machine Head, Cradle of Filth, and Iced Earth. Iron Maiden also recorded this song as part of EMI's television series 'Live from Abbey Road'. The band recorded a newer version of this track in 2006 and it was used as a B-side on the "Different World" single. In the lyrics of the song, the motif of Gallows Pole explicitly appears, which may allow a link to many works of art involving this motif and also may allow the song to be analyzed in a wider context.

Guitarist Janick Gers has stated in interviews that it is his favourite Iron Maiden song to play. The 2012 Maiden England World Tour marks the first time the song has not been included in the band's set list since its creation.



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Rival Sons - Jordan

A little more music from Bråvalla festival, the first act on stage was Rival Sons, a band that i have been able to see live serval time, a band that i always love to watch and this time it was absolutely magical. What a reception they got, almost so you got goose bumps, even if part of the crowd not yet arrived at the festival.

Anyway,  here are some more pictures.

Rival Sons

Gogol Bordello

Airbourne

Ghost

 Snow, the Green Stage mascot.

Gaslight Anthem, Guitar Stack

Rival Sons

Armin Van Buuren

Ps, i just need to show an amazing carving done by Spader Ess!

Todays tune "Jordan" with Rival Sons at their live Last.fm Session at Gibson Studios in London, Rival Sons was the first act out on Bråvalla Festival and did a awsome gig. The tune is taken from the 3:rd album "Head Down"




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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us Feat. Ray Dalton

Hey All, Just weaken up from another festival in Sweden, Bråvalla!
A great Festival, with many good bands... I have to say i didnt see much.
My favvo band In Flames i saw mayby...1 tune from...sooobs.

This guy I had to see the whole concert as I was Spotlight operator.  The request for a spot op came to late and I didnt have anyone more then me..

Me and David Wictor did the show and we did great, although it was his 4th time he did a hell of a job, their light tec. was satisfied!
This artist is a rap guy with a good portion of humor and a great view of life with no drugs or alcohol.
I love that message!

Ben Haggerty, known by his stage name Macklemore and formerly Professor Macklemore, is an American rapper and musician. He began independently releasing music in 2000 and now collaborates with producer Ryan Lewis, violinist Andrew Joslyn, and trumpeter Owuor Arunga. He has gained a significant online fanbase. He has released one mixtape, three EPs and two albums, although none on a major record label. His single "Thrift Shop" has been viewed on YouTube over 350 million times, and reached number 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2013, selling more than 2.2 million copies. It was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label. His second single, "Can't Hold Us" also todays tune, peaked at #1 of the Hot 100 Chart, making Macklemore & Ryan Lewis the first duo in the chart's history to have their first two singles both become a #1 single.

Here is some photos some of us took under the building and tear down :D

 Green Stage

 Green Stage

 Blue stage

 Paus among the stagehands

 Party Is over...

End of July I will plan another festival, a festival that plays the kind of music I LOVE..
GETAWAY ROCK FESTIVAL!!  Now Im off on vacation!!  SEE YA!


Ladys and Gents, This is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Ray Dalton.

Love, Thetania


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