Ok, i admit i was a bit worried about this gig: BYB are still my fave swedish band, and their latest album, Stockholm Syndrome, is amazing. But i had bad memories of the band playing right here in Transilvania Club three years ago, playing lazily and being upstaged by Danko Jones (as good as Danko is anyway... he's great too!). But luckily... the band was on top form tonight, and we had an amazing show!!! I loooooved it!
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Here's the string-players, just as they stand on the stage: from left to right, Johan Blomqvist (bass), Nicke Borg (voice, guitar), Dregen (guitar). |
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Dregen was wearing this odd parka-thing... LOL. Anti-fashion? |
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Nicke went for an Axl-Rose look instead. Ahahah. |
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Here's a closer look at his pretty face. They started the gig with "Look at you", the audience was pulverized from the get-go! |
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Big earrings for the nice guy. |
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Ok, he DID look a bit freaky all the time, he was moving around the stage all the time and hyperactive. I guess he was glad to play there? |
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We were expecting the usual Ramones T-shirt, Johan! |
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Later on int he evening, finally Dregen got rid of the parka. But for the time being, he was sweating heavily on the stage... |
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They closed the set with "Minus celsius". I loved the whole tracklist, apart from "One sound, one love", the only glitch in their latest album, in my opinion... |
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Ok, we start noticing now that Nicke has "a few" tattoos on his body... |
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He also has great stage-presence, so we can forgive him anything, really. |
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A closer look to his neck tattoos. Isn't that skeleton a copy of one of the Social Distortion covers? |
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One last pic for the ladies. And we can get a look at their guitar picks. Shame I couldn't get one! :( |