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Psychotic Youth is a Swedish punk rock band formed by singer, songwriter and guitarist Jörgen "Red" Westman in 1985 in Kramfors under the name Ratfink-A-Boo Boo's. The other original members besides Westman, were Kent Sjöholm on drums, Anders Nordstrand on bass, and Danish-Swede Nils Lund-Larsen on guitar. Gunnar Frick who played keyboard joined later in the year. Psychotic Youth released an initial flexi disc for Jörgen's fanzine Straight from the Grooveyard and two full-length CDs, Faster! Faster! and Anything For A Thrill with limited local success.
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| dbo:abstract | Psychotic Youth is a Swedish punk rock band formed by singer, songwriter and guitarist Jörgen "Red" Westman in 1985 in Kramfors under the name Ratfink-A-Boo Boo's. The other original members besides Westman, were Kent Sjöholm on drums, Anders Nordstrand on bass, and Danish-Swede Nils Lund-Larsen on guitar. Gunnar Frick who played keyboard joined later in the year. Psychotic Youth began as a garage rock band, influenced among others by Solna band The Nomads and the Malmö band Wilmer X. They later on incorporated various styles such as rockabilly, surf punk, metal, psychedelia and new wave / power-pop into their music. Psychotic Youth released an initial flexi disc for Jörgen's fanzine Straight from the Grooveyard and two full-length CDs, Faster! Faster! and Anything For A Thrill with limited local success. The band moved to Gothenburg in 1988, as a four band piece that included Jörgen Westman, Gunnar Frick, Kent Sjöholm and new recruit guitarist Magnus "Rosehip" Nyberg. For a very short time bass player Erik Danielsson joined in before quitting. After his departure, Gunnar, originally a keyboard player, became the bassist for the band. The band released their third full-length album Some Fun in 1989 produced by Chips Kiesbye from Sator. Kiesbye also convinced the Radium 226.05 record label to sign the band. The album became a breakthrough record for the band. The single "Julie" brought in further attention to the band's music. It was followed in 1991 by another single "It Won't Be Long Before We See The Sun Shine". The band also toured substantially and performed at many music festivals finding acclaim in Sweden and to some extent internationally after gigs in Denmark, Norway, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. In 1992, the band released their fourth album ..Be in the Sun.. produced by Pär Edwardsson. In 1993, Magnus "Rosehip" Nyberg left to form the hardcore band Mary Beats Jane. He was replaced by guitarist Ulf Abrahamsson. The band released their fifth album Juice! produced by Chips Kiesbye resulting in two singles "Elevator Girl" and "MTV". 1994 saw the release of the 8-song Pop EP with notably a cover of Aneka's "Japanese Boy" hitting the airwaves in Sweden. In 1994, Westman established his own label Blast Records and released the full-length album Bamboozle! with a lot of materials from both Juice and Pop. The German label Wolverine Records greatly interested in Bamboozle! offered wide distribution throughout Europe. Soon after, long-time band members Kent and Gunnar left in 1995 after the German tour and were replaced by Dennis Staaf on drums and Johannes Kagelind on bass. The band was signed to MNW Records who put up a compilation album of Psychotic Youth hits in Small Wonders 1985-1996, followed by the rerelease of Faster! Faster and Anything For A Thrill in a joint release. Johannes Kagelind soon left to the United States and was replaced by veteran bassist Crippa Elvis Odin. The band's final album before their break-up, Stereoids was produced by Rune Johansson and released in 1998. The band also had two joint projects, one with Surf Trio in Splitsville in 1996 and with the Richies in Bubblepunk in 1997. After the band disbanded in 1999, Westman formed the rockabilly band . In December 2005, there was a 20th anniversary reunion concert in Gothenburg and in May 2010, a 25th anniversary reunion gig in Kramfors' Folkets Park with the original members of 1985. In 2015, Psychotic Youth reunited with partly new members by request of US artist Kurt Baker and Norwegian Morten Henriksen (The Yum Yums) to accompany them on their Scandinavian tour in April 2015. At the same time Jorgen was contacted by the Japanese label Waterslide Records who wanted to release a 30th anniversary compilation, followed by a Japan tour in February 2016. Overwhelmed by the response, the band recorded a new studio album titled The Voice of Summer which was released by the Japanese labels Waterslide/Target Earth Records in January 2017. This was followed by a number of shows and tours in Europe and added members to go alongside existing members depending on availability. The original bass player Anders Nordstrand and original drummer Kent Sjöholm are back in the band. They released their 13th studio album 21 on 25 January 2019 through Target Earth and Waterslide Records, respectively and is considered Westman’s 21st self-penned effort. On 30 October 2020, the band released a new studio album entitled Forever and Never through the Waterslide and Target Earth labels. A new joint EP (vinyl only) is to be released in autumn including the unreleased track "Silly Song". The story continues... (en) Psychotic Youth är ett svenskt rockband som bildades 1985 i Kramfors under namnet Ratfink-a-Bobos av sångaren, gitarristen och låtskrivaren Jörgen Westman. Som Psychotic Youth gav man ut två fullängdsskivor innan bandet flyttade till Göteborg och ombildades med ny sättning 1988. Den tredje fullängdsplattan Some Fun producerades av Chips Kiesbye från Sator och blev ett mindre genombrott för bandet. Under 90-talet kom ytterligare fyra studioalbum på olika skivbolag innan Psychotic Youth lade ner verksamheten 1999. Bandet återuppstod dock en handfull gånger under 2000-talet och existerar permanent sedan 2015. Psychotic Youth började som ett garagerockband, influerade bland andra av Solnabandet The Nomads och Malmöbandet Wilmer X, för att senare dra åt olika stilar som till exempel rockabilly, surfpunk, metal, psychedelia och new wave/power-pop. Bandet hade sin mest framgångsrika period i början av 90-talet, då man turnerade flitigt i Sverige och internationellt samt bland annat spelade på Roskildefestivalen, Hultsfredsfestivalen och den första Arvikafestivalen. Genom åren har dussintalet medlemmar kommit och gått i Psychotic Youth med Jörgen Westman som ende konstanta medlemmen. Gruppens gitarrist 1988-1993, Magnus "Nypon" Nyberg, slutade i Psychotic Youth för att bilda hardcorebandet Mary Beats Jane. Gunnar Frick, keyboardist och basist i bandet 1985-1995, blev 2006 medlem i förre The Kinkssångaren Ray Davies band. Efter att Psychotic Youth splittrades 1999, bildade Westman rockabillybandet The Buckshots. 2010 återförenades bandet med sin originalsättning från de två första studioalbumen för ett antal spelningar. Planen var att spela in ett nytt album med denna sättning, men av olika anledningar rann projektet ut i sanden. Jörgen Westman satte 2015 ihop en ny upplaga av Psychotic Youth som bland annat turnerade i Japan februari 2016. 2018 återförenas originalsättningen från 1993 och sedan dess har bandet släppt ytterligare 3 album inklusive turnéer i Europa. År 2020 firar bandet 35 år. (sv) |
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| dbp:caption | Psychotic Youth at the Roskilde Festival 1990. (en) |
| dbp:currentMembers | Tommy Olsson (en) Anders Nordstrand (en) Gunnar Frick (en) Jörgen "Red" Westman (en) Kent Sjöholm (en) Roine Lundström (en) Ulf Abrahamsson (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Psychotic Youth is a Swedish punk rock band formed by singer, songwriter and guitarist Jörgen "Red" Westman in 1985 in Kramfors under the name Ratfink-A-Boo Boo's. The other original members besides Westman, were Kent Sjöholm on drums, Anders Nordstrand on bass, and Danish-Swede Nils Lund-Larsen on guitar. Gunnar Frick who played keyboard joined later in the year. Psychotic Youth released an initial flexi disc for Jörgen's fanzine Straight from the Grooveyard and two full-length CDs, Faster! Faster! and Anything For A Thrill with limited local success. (en) Psychotic Youth är ett svenskt rockband som bildades 1985 i Kramfors under namnet Ratfink-a-Bobos av sångaren, gitarristen och låtskrivaren Jörgen Westman. Som Psychotic Youth gav man ut två fullängdsskivor innan bandet flyttade till Göteborg och ombildades med ny sättning 1988. Den tredje fullängdsplattan Some Fun producerades av Chips Kiesbye från Sator och blev ett mindre genombrott för bandet. Under 90-talet kom ytterligare fyra studioalbum på olika skivbolag innan Psychotic Youth lade ner verksamheten 1999. Bandet återuppstod dock en handfull gånger under 2000-talet och existerar permanent sedan 2015. (sv) |
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