The History Of The Wild And Mean Psychedelic Machine
September 1996
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The Lovely
Lads was a something Marcus Cawood had been thinking on for quit
some time and the concept was simple "A rock group that played only
covers of obscure and not necessarily famous songs but, songs that was
easy to get groovy with because of the raw and dynamic structure". So
one afternoon at the local pub. Henrik Hagdahl, who just
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had started
the club "Tiny Frank Jack´s", told Marcus that he needed a good rock
group to open for Cry. Marcus wasn't soon to react and asked fellow
friend John Krantz who was sitting there with them drunk as hell if
he'd join in on bass. They phoned up advert producer Andy Pig and former
drug addict and music lover Ola Frick. The gig was only two weeks away
so the Lads started rehearsing. 3 times is what they managed and when
you look back that's all they needed. This was to be the
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Lads
trademark and probably why it took over 2 years for the next concert.
Read a review of the concert under the concert file. As we all
know Ola disappeared after the gig. The rest of the year was quiet and
many fans known as
Ladheads thought that they would never see The Lads ever again. You
could often see girls cry outside Ola's flat and many gave up hope after
the new year
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1997 This was to be the year of the famous Lad Fight when
Andy and Bob sold them self to a commercial for a chewing gum Stimorol.
It ended with Andy quitting too resume to advert producing. It wasn't
that bad 'cause everyone was really worried about Ola. If the Lads played
?. No, how could they with a guitar player that was missing and a drummer
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After 2 years
rumors started to occur saying that the magic of the Lads was just a
one time thing and that they was scared of playing again because it
was damned to flop. But............... they had a new drummer: wild
man Henrik Brundin. Where they found him ? The local pub The Pickwick
pub and yes on a drunken afternoon
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Summer of
98 a football and music club was formed as Malmö Parkas 70/70
and this was to be the lifeline the Lads needed. Marcus, Bob and
new guy Henrik was all in. Ola was found wandering about in Österlen
in the Swedish countryside. So with Malmö Parkas backing the Lads
with adverts in their fanzine and with Marcus, Henrik and others
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from Malmö
Parkas DJ'ing around Malmoe it became a buzz around the town. And it
felt like it was time for a reunion. One fan who had survived the first
gig was Magnus Svensson who had started the retro club Pushintoohard
where various members from Malmö Parkas had helped out. So on the
grand finale before the summer breaks '99 The Lads was going to reform.
Read a review of the concert under the concert file. After this
concert there gigs became happenings with all of the Malmö Parkas
staff joining in. The weren't only four Lads anymore. A giant drunken
mob of hundreds of so called Ladheads was always helping the Lads getting
higher. At the Ladheads HQ the phone was ringing as every promoter in
Malmoe wanted the Lads to play for them. And for their final gig of
1999 on Halloween night the Lads destroyed every thing in it's way dressed
up as priests. Read a review of the concert under the concert file.
Was this the end of The Lovely Lads?.
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