Motorjoke 1983-1993, by Motorjoke

Motorjoke 1983-1993

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1.	Hur Kör Dü 02:03	buy track
2.	Dead K Don Suck 02:29	buy track
3.	Situation Liez 01:11	buy track
4.	Kramp 00:52	buy track
5.	Hästrock 02:03	buy track
6.	Cirkus 03:08	buy track
7.	Smak Efter Vinden 02:12	buy track
8.	Tokfürsten 03:38	buy track
9.	Fablernas 03:02	buy track
10.	Därför Blev Jag Son 03:28	buy track
11.	Öh-Gish 01:45	buy track
12.	Figaro 02:10	buy track
13.	En Kärleksvisa 05:13	buy track
14.	Svanen och Brödet 03:25	buy track
15.	Barflugan 04:07	buy track
16.	En Höstvisa 06:15	buy track
17.	En Tango Kring Husknuten 04:12	buy track
18.	Självpåtagen Gloria 03:37	buy track
19.	Välmött 03:18	buy track
20.	Treffen 04:07	buy track
21.	Patiensen 05:42	buy track
22.	Tiger - Demo 1993 03:54	buy track
23.	Välkommen Hem - Demo 1993 03:56	buy track
24.	En dumskalles hemlighet - Demo 1993 04:48	buy track
25.	Kyrkklocka - Demo 1993 04:16	buy track
26.	Domens Dag - Live Pipeline 1991 05:31	buy track

about

The story of Motorjoke is basically that of a cult band. A band that made an impression and influenced a lot o people but never became well known.

Motorjoke never really made it. They were the younger version of the Swedish hardcore pioneers Krunch, coming from the same small municipal town of Timrå and as long as Krunch existed they somehow got stuck in their backwater. When Krunch broke up in 1989 Rille Himmerlid took over the drums from his younger brother Rolle who switched to the guitar. That lineup recorded Tokfursten. In Sweden few understood the greatness of Tokfursten but, like Krunch, it was the in the US, UK and Germany that the audience took their strange punk/postpunk mix to their hearts. They got attention from College Radio in the US and the album sold quite well.

The second album – Barflugan – was in a league of its own, lyric based with complicated guitars figures with a jazz feel and the songs were more like stories with musical illustrations. The Swedish understood and appreciated the interesting and sometimes humorous lyric but not the music and abroad they did not understand it at all. The albums also suffered from being the last Massproduktion-album on LP and have therefore been quite forgotten. Today it sounds quite unique and both its lyrical and musical ambitions have few comparisons today.

Despite the lack of success for Barflugan the band continued for two more years writing songs and building a small but devoted following for their great live act. As the band consisted of four childhood friends playing together the magic broke when Rille moved to Uppsala for studies. Not meeting all the time meant that the band lost its energy and slowly faded away. And Anders success with Krämen, Giraffer & Andra Saker- his rock-for-kids-project that still is active, involving members of Garmarna, Lars Bygdéns band and Crompojkarna – meant that Motorjoke was put on hold for good.

In 2009 their eccentric guitar player, Thomas Holmberg, whose guitar figures was the foundation of the bands songwriting, passed away. We dedicate this compilation to him.

It is with great pride we now re-release all the bands recordings, re-mastered and with lyrics and liner notes.

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released February 11, 2011

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Massproduktion Sundsvall, Sweden

Massproduktion started as a local punklabel in 1979 and have developed ever since.
Today you can find the modern folkmusic of Garmarna, the powerpop of The Confusions, the gotic metal of Left Hand Solution, the electronic sounds of Red Mecca and marvelous singer/songwriter Lars Bygdén.

Now and then we also release some of our classic punk recordings. ... more

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