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Grisen Skriker (The Screaming Pig) from Farsta, a subburb to Stockholm, rehearsed for the first time in September 1978 – and already on October 23, they had their first gig at Kåren in Stockholm where the Communist Youth had an event.
In the midst of the burgeoning punk scene, alongside their friends Ebba Grön in Rågsved (the neighbor subburb to Farsta), Grisen Skriker referred to themselves as hard proggers and were hated by the punks who sang in English.
Grisen Skriker’s brief history lasted only 10 intense months with 52 performances from September 1978 to August 1979.
They were so young; none had a driver’s license, so they took the subway from Farsta to the places they were to perform. Sometimes they got a ride from a mother, and at times they transported the equipment in a wheelbarrow.
Once they played in Gothenburg.
The very last performance was at the youth center 4an on Lästmakargatan 4, Stockholm on August 20, 1979.
The venue was packed, and there was total chaos outside where the police tried to stop the show. The singer, Henrik Franzén, arrived late and had to struggle for a long time to get in. The next morning, he left for the USA on a hockey scholarship, and that was the end of Grisen Skriker.
One of their songs became an anthem – And then we came – 1000 Punks!
Someone had a cassette recorder in the audience at that notorious last gig! The cassette was located and has now been audio processed as well as possible, and 7 songs have become a bonus 12” for this new fine edition of the two EPs they actually managed to make during their short existence.
180g black or neon pink vinyl is packed with lots of pictures and text on the inner sleeves and in a gatefold cover.
