País: Suecia
Año de formación: 1982 (Activa)
Miembros: Ake Henriksson (Voz/Guitarra) - Christer Lindholm (Batería) - Christoffer Larsson (Bajo)
Escucha: insanesocietyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mob-47-k-rnvapen-attack-ep
Generalmente las bandas europeas clásicas de música extrema han tenido un enfoque social y político, sin importar la división del género al que pertenecen, es muy común escuchar a grandes bandas hablar sobre temas de lucha social, abuso del poder, violencia en contra de los animales, guerra, religión y políticos mentirosos. Pues, desde ese ambiente se crea una de las bandas más influyentes del Hardcore Punk y el tan llamado "DBeat", ellos son los suecos de Mob 47.
Mientras Discharge hacía de las suyas tocando rápido en Inglaterra y el resto de Europa, ellos iban gestando bajo su influencia un estilo de Punk tan distinto al resto que llegó a resistir hasta estos años, y entre las bandas que se mantienen firmes y fueron precursores de ese estilo están estas leyendas suecas. Mob 47 ve la luz bajo ese nombre en el '83, año en que la Guerra Fría entre soviéticos y estadounidenses continúa, al igual que la persecución a los líderes nazis con vida y, por otro lado, el comunismo sigue reinando en algunos países, mientras en otros decae. Suecia siempre "neutral" en esta guerra (aunque tuvieron algunas preferencias con los Estados Unidos), siempre se ha mostrado como un país sólido donde conviven grandes empresas capitalistas con los sindicatos; además es uno de los pilares que mantuvo a Europa después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En general, es un país al que usualmente se le pone el estandarte de "país ejemplo" por sus políticas, educación y cultura.Por otra parte, Suecia en el mundo de la música extrema también es conocida por la oleada ochentera de bandas de Death Metal que influenciaron y cambiaron el género y, a futuro, sucedería algo similar con el Black Metal. Pero, a la vez, durante esos años Suecia fue la cuna de bandas leyendas del Hardcore Punk y Dbeat, aunque la escena Punk sueca era casi nula, se formaron bandas como Anti Cimex, Refused, Skitsystem, entre otras más. Este género tuvo una gran acogida aunque con público reducido ya que este estilo no jugó mucho al "mainstream" en ese momento, pero luego, a nivel mundial, lograría unir a dos mundos que se "autodeclararon" la guerra: el Metal extremo y el Punk. Pero eso es otra historia.
- Hardcore Attack (1984)
- Kärnvapen Attack (1984)
- Ultimate Attack (2004)
- Dom Ijuger igen (2008)
Country: Sweden
Year of formation: 1982 (Active)
Members: Ake Henriksson (Vocals/Guitar) - Christer Lindholm (Drums) - Christoffer Larsson (Bass)
Listen: insanesocietyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mob-47-k-rnvapen-attack-ep
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Usually European extreme classic bands had focus on social and political themes without caring about the genre division of that music style. You can hear very often great bands singing about social struggle, power abuse, violence against animals, war, religion and liar politicians. With that going on around the world, this band was form in Sweden, they're the living legend Mob 47.
While Discharge was making they own thing playing fast in England and some places in Europe, they were creating a new style of Punk so different and capable to resist to this years, and between bands that keep doing this are this Sweden band. Mob 47 see the light officially with that name in '83, year where the Cold War was still going on, the persecution to the nazi leaders was on and the communism still reigning in some countries and in others is decaying. Sweden always was "neutral" in that war (but they had some preferences to the USA); this country always was a solid one, where big capitalist companies get along with the wokers union; also Sweden is consider one of the European pilars after the World War II. Usually it's a country that it's shown as an example for their politics, education and culture.
In the other hand, Sweden is also known in the extreme music world for the eightyies big wave of Death Metal bands and in the future happened something similar with Black Metal. At the same time during that years Sweden was the cradle for Hardcore Punk and DBeat legend bands, even when the scene was almost zero, bands like Anti Cimex, Refused, Skitsystem, and others, were form. This genre had a great reception in a small group of people because this style didn't play a "mainstream" role, but then this genre it's going to achieve the greatness of unite two styles that autodeclared war in the past: Metal and Punk. But that it's another story.
Mob 47 was form in a stable country but that doesn't mean that most of the people are going to close their eyes and don't see anything that it's happening around they and in the world. That's what happens with the members of the band talk in the lyrics about politic, social struggle and animal liberation; they use history topics like the war crimes committed by the Sovietic Union and the Nazis, about the useless ends of the wars, how religion submit people and creates prejudice, and about testing on animals and the mistreatment of them.
The members of the band have a empathetic position about the world situation, and they use Hardcore Punk as a weapon of expression, a fast sound that sometimes reach DBeat and even slash a little of Crust Punk; a style that they keep nowadays and with that they influenced a lot of great Grindcore and Punk bands. This post is a brief narration about this band because there's not a lot of information of them, but with the reduce information my intention is to give them the space they deserve as a big influence in Punk and also to highlight their work, even when it's short but enough to be alive in this years and promoting empathy in every song, something that we need a lot nowadays. Here you can check their work www.discogs.com/es/artist/261444-Mob-47
- Hardcore Attack (1984)
- Kärnvapen Attack (1984)- Ultimate Attack (2004)
- Dom Ijuger igen (2008)
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