#thåström

[cenobitebf]

I understand why Ghost picked Bible as an overtly religious song fitting with their theme but I still think CC Cowboys in their style would have devoured

[garagedansdisco]

[copias-juicebox]

say what you want but joakim thåström was absolutely gorgeous. x

[thespiritofvexation]

Some more Thåström-recommendations for @glorious-blackout (and anyone else who might be curious about what my problem is) Sorry, I got carried away!

Ebba Grön - Die Mauer (1982)

I feel I need to explain what I meant when I said Die Polizei reminded me of Die Mauer (apart for the obvious similarities in the titles!) I'm just gonna go ahead and assume you know what Die Polizei is about! Die Mauer is about a man who is separated from his love by the Berlin wall, he is overcome by longing and anger and decides to do whatever it takes to reunite with her. The sound of gunshots at the end of the studio version implies that he failed, hence the "Die Mauer but with a happy ending"-comment. Musically Thåström's solo-rendition of the song is more like Die Polizei than the original though (this one for example)

Imperiet - Alltid rött alltid rätt (1983)

Title means "always red always right", basically a raging against the machine socialist anthem (live video for maximum intensity!)(I promise he is perfectly sane)

Imperiet - Märk hur vår skugga (1985)

A cover of a song originally written in 1790! The band felt they were becoming to commercial and wanted to do something "avant-garde" and the record company was not happy. To everyone's surprise it became their biggest hit! (The song may not be very Kaizer but the video sure has Kaizer-vibes!)

Imperiet - Österns röda ros (1986)

"Red rose of the east" (meaning Palestine) You might know this one already if you've seen my pinned post. Including it anyway since it sadly still is relevant and because I think I might like this 2015 version best

Thåström - Djävulen o jag (1989)

I made a whole post about the various live versions of this song and the studio-version is also a favourite! But I feel like especially this version only needs a couple of oil barrels and it would fit right into a Kaizer concert

Thåström - Radio Thåström (1991)

This list got a bit heavy so have a silly nonsense song with a silly nonsense video!

Peace Love & Pitbulls - A. Psycho (1992)

In the early 90's Thåström said fuck this, eloped to Amsterdam and started a industrial- rock- techno- metal- band, or as a swedish journalist put it "went to Amsterdam and drilled into a mountain wall for 5 years". I'm glad he did, and so was Marilyn Manson who cited PLP as an inspiration (Just so that no one gets the wrong idea, PLP came first!)

Thåström - Vacker död stad (1999)

Then he got tired of playing with the sampling-machine and replaced it with "a fuckton of guitars". All of sweden celebrated the return of the king except for little me who did not get the appeal of this terrifying angry hobo (or "waldschrat" as @copias-juicebox would say!)

Thåström - Kärlek är för dom (2009)

Thought this one has a vibe that might be up your alley. Bit of Öppet hav-feel? (Live video just because Thåström stage-antics)

Thåström f. Titiyo - Papperstunna väggar (2021)

Probably my favourite from his latest album to finnish off this list! Titiyo has a beautiful voice♡ (First time I watched this live video I thought 'dude are you ok?' but now I know this is perfectly normal Thåström- behaviour! (Rip tumblr you would have loved to diagnose him)

[haakanlindell]

Thåström III.

[somethingvicked]

Imperiet - Märk hur vår skugga

[sonicziggy]

"Solen i den vänstra" by Thåström https://ift.tt/ipdUNwb

[rouge-neon]

Jag vet du odlar vingar. För din hud har blitt för trång. Jag vet att du försöker, Flyga bort nånstans med dom.

Thåström

[k4ttuggl4]

Rabalder - Alla vill till himmelen 2010

[swedish-songs]

Though pretty short-lived, the Swedish punk band Ebba Grön remains one of, if not the, most iconic punk bands in Swedish music history. Formed in 1978 they released three albums before officially disbanding in 1983. Most of the members went on to form the music group Imperiet, which was active until 1988. Joakim Thåström was singer and front man of both groups.

The hit Staten och kapitalet (The state and the capital) is actually a cover of the progg band Blå Tågets song Den ena handen vet vad den andra gör (One hand knows what the other hand does). Ebba Gröns version from 1980, however, is now more well known than the original.

The lyrics, written by Blå Tåget's Leif Nylén, "expresses an anti-capitalist sentiment about how the state (staten) and the capitalist owned corporations (kapitalet) control and enslave the working classes." (x). Metallica performed a cover of the song at a concert at Ullevi, Göteborg, in 2019. Here is a video of Ebba Grön performing live at music festival Roskilde in 2000. Thåström breaks two guitars during the performance.

[garagedansdisco]

Joakim Thåström, 2024 [Photo: Pär Wickholm]

[copias-juicebox]

feral boy 💕

[thespiritofvexation]

Imperiet - Österns röda ros [Live for TV, 1987]

"Österns röda ros" (The Red Rose of the East) was released in 1986 by swedish rock band Imperiet. Written by Joakim Thåström "in compassion for the palestinian people and everything they are being subjected to[x]" and described as their "hate song against the state of Israel"[x]. A somewhat accurate translation of the lyrics:

"Where the drought is most severe And the desert is aflame There are truths and lies Lined up in a row - Amidst the machine-gun fire of snipers Live people with a dream With barbed wire around their necks Children are nursed with warmth and tenderness - But if you know where stars are falling And where the rainbow ends If you still hear your heart beat You shall find the red rose of the east - Where steel birds fly in the night Above those who have fled their land Where the cartographers borders Are drawn in blood-stained sand - And the boys who just lay there With open eyes yet seeing nothing Those who never again will laugh Or kiss a smiling girl

- I hear their voices I hear how they scream I know they are there I know they are alive - So if you know where stars are falling And where the rainbow ends If you still hear your heart beat You shall find the red rose of the east Red rose of the east Red rose of the east"

[haakanlindell]

Thåström III

[copias-juicebox]

i think tobias could turn this into his own kinda thing? Yeah. And i‘m not too sure about the original swedish lyrics but i know the english version lyrics and there‘s a line: „an empire will rise and be the end of you“ which i can‘t help but think about the current situation and last tour being the „re-impera“ tour. They finished the tour with the words „the empire is built“ and now we would be heading to the next step. Which would be either someone ruling it or the empire falling and possibly being replaced by another one.

I understand why Ghost picked Bible as an overtly religious song fitting with their theme but I still think CC Cowboys in their style would have devoured