Yemii Pics has a collection of Swedish dance bands from the 1970′s. Here you will find bands such as the Baracudaz, Teddy Boys and Tre Blå & En Gul (three blue and a yellow).
Heth
OH MY GOD!! I was in bands like that myself in the 1970s, only in England not Sweden. I always thought that Scandanavians were good-looking. There were a few lookers I suppose, but mostly……
Skipweasel
Gert Jonnys are best!
That site’s a fairly small selection – search around and you’ll find really extensive collections. Some cute, some look like mad axe murderers.
JET
The reason the Swedish dance bands ended up looking as kooky as they did was for tax reasons. They could only deduct stage clothing as an expense if those clothes were clearly not to be worn privately, thus the more outrageous the clothes were, the easier it was to convince the Swedish IRS of their deductability.
But for all that the clothes were insane, the music was (and still is) incredibly bland. It’s as if someone had taken c-grade wedding bands as the template for an entire musical genre. Absolutely hideous and incredibly popular (although these days, they tend to dress less ostentatiously – I guess tax law changed).
Skipweasel
Pudifoot – I don’t know a sufficuently large sample to draw a reliable conclusion.
MENLOHEAVYWEIGHT
Awesome, this is exactly what I have been searching for all my life, I have found my new purpose, thanks neatorama!!!!
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