The Nomads (band)

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Name = The Nomads


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Origin = Solna, Sweden
Genre = Garage punk
Years_active = 1981-present
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Associated_acts = Roky Erikson The Hellacopters| URL = [http://www.thenomads.se/ http://www.thenomads.se]
Current_members = Hans Östlund Nick Vahlberg Jocke Ericson Björne Fröberg
Past_members = Joakim Tärnström Ed Johnson Frank Minarik Tony Carlsson

The Nomads are a Swedish garage punk band founded in 1981 by Hans Östlund, Nick Vallberg, Joakim Tärnström and Ed Johnson. Today, Östlund and Johnson are the only members left of the orignal line-up.

The band plays music influenced by the MC5, The Stooges, Roky Erikson, The Cramps, The Ramones and other early garage rock and punk bands.Fact|date=August 2008 The Nomads have been an influential band in the Scandinavian garage rock and punk scenes, inspiring bands such as The Hives, Hellacopters, Gluecifer, and many others.Fact|date=August 2008

Career

After releasing a number of records in the 1980s the band toured extensivley and built a large fanbase without any significant rotation on either radio or television. During the years touring and recording have decreased but The Nomads still play a number of shows every year in the Scandinavian region. In 2001 the band celebrated their 20th anniversery with a gig in Stockholm that included appearances by members from Bob Hund, Sator, Flaming Sideburns, Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks as well as members of the orginal line-up. At their gig at the Hultsfred festival the band once gain took the opportunity to celebrate with guest appearances from Nick Royale, Chips Kiesbye Handsome Dick Manitoba, Ross The Boss, Jello Biafra, Chris Bailey, Odd Ahlgren och Wayne Kramer. "20 Years Too Soon - A Tribute To The Nomads" was realesed in 2003 with bands like The Hellacopters, The Dictators, The Robots, Bob Hund and Nitwitz contributing with their own version of their favorite Nomads songs. In 2008 The Nomads shared the stage with rock legend Roky Erikson at the Peace and Love festival in Sweden.

Discography

Albums

*Where the Wolf Bane Blooms - 1983
*Temptation Pays Double - 1984
*Outburst 1984
*Rat Fink a Boo-Boo - 1987
*Hardware - 1987
*All Wrecked Up - 1989
*Sonically Speaking . 1992
*Powerstrip - 1992
*Showdown! - 1994
*Flashback Number Nine - 1995
*Made in Japan (Recorded in Sweden) - 1996
*Raw & Rare . 1996
*The Cold Hard Facts of Life - 1996
*Big Sound 2000 - 1999
*Up-Tight - 2001
*Showdown 2-The 90's - 2002
*Nomadic Dementia - 2006

ingles

*Psycho/Come See Me - 1981
*Night Time/Boss Hoss - 1982
*Showdown - 1984
*She Pays The Rent/Nitroglycerine Shrieks - 1985
*S.P./Driving Sideways On A One Way Street - 1985
*Rockin' All Through The Night - 1986
*This Ain't The Summer Of Love/Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire - 1986
*16 Forever/Salvation By Damnation - 1987
*The Next Big Thing/He's Waiting - 1988
*Where The Wolf Bane Blooms/Rat Fink A Boo-Boo - 1987
*Fire And Brimstone/Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - 1989
*My Deadly Game/I Have Always Been Here Before - 1989
*Red Temple Prayer - 1991
*Chinese Rocks - 1991
*Can't Keep My Mind Off You/Wasn't Born To Work - 1991
*Smooth/Showing Pictures To The Blind/Call Off Your Dogs - 1991 (CD Re-issue)
*Can't Keep My Mind Off You/Wasn't Born To Work - 1991 (CD Re-issue)
*Estrus Gearbox - 1992
*Primordial Ooze/Showing Pictures To The Blind/I’m Branded - 1992
*Wimp/I Remember - 1993
*Magdalena 93 - 1993
*Wasn’t Born To Work/A Certain Girl/Rat Fink A Boo-Boo - 1993
*(I'm) Out Of It/Fan Club - 1994
*Kinda Crime/Dig Up the Hatchet - 1994 (CD Re-issue)
*Blind Spot/(I'm) Out Of It - 1994 (CD Re-issue)
*Dig Up The Hatchet/The Goodbye Look - 1995
*Wimp (live) - 1995
*Iron Dream/Edvin Medvind - 1996
*Kinda Crime - 1996
*Pack of Lies/Graveyard - 1997
*Love's Gone Bad/Leaving Here - 1997
*16 Forever (live)(split w/ Dictators) - 1997
*I’m Gone/Ain’t Yet Dead - 1999
*She’ll Always Be Mine/I’m Out Of It/I’ve Seen Better - 1999
*Trucker Speed - 1999
*The King Of Nighttrain/Top Alcohol - 2000
*The King Of Nighttrain/Top Alcohol - 2000 (CD Re-issue)
*Crystal Ball/Mirrors - 2001
*Crystal Ball/Mirrors - 2001 (CD -Re-issue)
* In A House Of cards/Think Of As One - 2002
*Ain't No King Of Rock'n'Roll - 2006
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External links

* [http://www.thenomads.se/ The Nomads offical website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/the_nomads Offical MySpace]

References

* [http://www.klicktrack.com/sp/releases/nomads-tribute/20-years-too-soon-a-tribute-to-the-nomads 20 Years Too Soon - A Tribute To The Nomads]
* [http://www.i94bar.com/gigreviews/nomads20.html The Nomads 20th anniversery]
* [http://hem.passagen.se/the-bastard-club/showdown.htm The Hultsfred gig]