Diamonds and Guns

Diamonds and Guns performing during the Trädgårdsrocken rock festival in the park in Tungelsta on Saturday. The singer Victor Ekvall is one of the hard-working organizers of the event and he also performed later in the day with his other band Ban Bianca that I have seen a couple of times.

Annie Kratz-Gutå

The annual rock festival in the park in Tungelsta took place yesterday. Trädgårdsrock. For the twentieth time. It was a very rainy affair. But the park soon filled up with people as it always does, no matter the weather. I stuck around for three of four acts. My camera doesn't really like rain so when it started to come down really hard I ran for home! First on stage was local singer Annie Kratz-Gutå with her band. She took part in the Melodifestivalen many years ago. The contest that determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. You can see that clip here. She has also been in Idols Sweden. She sang in Swedish and talked a lot about her personal life in a fun way between songs.

Two candid photos

Two candid photos from the recent rock festival in the park in Tungelsta. You might recognise the girl in the top photo, that is Sarah, my Yongnuo model from a couple of weeks ago. I snapped the candid of her when she was standing in the crowd listening to Ban Bianca while filming one of their songs.

An Evening of Rock'n'roll

When the Summer day had become a Summer evening the rock band Lugnet took to the stage. Always a crowd favorite they looked very different this time around with three new members. I had a chat with the original singer, Roger, just before the band started to play and he was anxious to see,(and hear), how the new singer would handle his songs and lyrics. I have to say that he did good, as did the two new and possibly temporary guitarists. Lugnet plays Rock'n'roll from the early and mid 1970s and they are a great live band. Rock on! If you for some reason can't see the sixty photos slideshow above, just press here to open the set at flickr.

Ban Bianca

Ban Bianca put on a great show at the Trädgårdsrocken festival in the park in Tungelsta. The singer, Victor Ekvall has the energy of ten men and used all of it during the bands performance, even climbing up to the top of the stage for a bit of gymnastics. The band have played together for four years and released a few songs, and have been touring a lot.

Spökstad

All the way from Malmö, this is Spökstad. They play music with influences from Swedish punk, prog and postpunk. And they sing in Swedish. The members are Jessica Rövardotter Franzén, Philip Åkervall, Christoffer Horvath and Ludvig Jonathan Särnklint. If you want to have a listen to some Swedish rock check out the following links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/spokstadband Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BnVVein2I1sdpoxDtiDJI

Zombie Space Pirates

I had seen five of the bands that played during this years Trädgårdsrock festival in the park in Tungelsta before. These guys are The Zombie Space Pirates. They are fun to watch. They play psychobilly. They do feature a number of different instrument, including the washboard and a home-made guitar of sorts.

MISA

No sunshine today. Dark skies when MISA took to the stage during the annual rock festival in the park in Tungelsta. They sang a cappella and did among other songs a few abba classics. The event is known as Trädgårdsrocken and is a local institution by now this is the 18 year of the festival. So far the rain has stayed away and as I'm typing this the reggae band The Clifftones are performing. More photos in the coming days.

Hey Look!

I took a few candid photos during the rock festival "Trädgårdsrocken", on Saturday, although I was spotted on a few occasions like you can see here when both Janne Jogenstedt and Victor St. Ekvall notices me. It was a fun day. Lots of new bands to listen to, and a few I had seen and heard before. I missed a few of them as I had to leave the park a few times during the day. If you have a minute feel free to look through the slideshow with all the photos from the festival, rock on!

The Intolerants

Two bands at the "Trädgårdsrocken" festival in the park in Tungelsta on Saturday played Psychobilly. That is a mix of punk and rockabilly. These guys are The Intolerants. They played for 45 minutes, sounded great live. Lots of tattoos on these guys, that's for sure. The singer was a bit special. He walked out into the crowds and sang from there, when he wasn't sitting on the stage, or asking peoples names and what have you.

Fonzi TheBeast Bolin & Scorpion

Quite a few photographers at the Trädgårdsrocken music festival in Tungelsta yesterday. First photo shows Fonzi TheBeast Bolin. He represents Artists Against Cancer. They were selling t-shirts at the festival. No idea who the second photographer is but lets call him The Scorpion because of his tattoo.

TAZ

The annual rock concert in the park in Tungelsta is under way. The event is known as Trädgårdsrocken. Warm and sunny, but not as hot as the last couple of years. The park is slowly filling up with people. The first act to perform was this guy. TAZ.

Abramis Brama

A bit of Stoner rock in the Summer evening. Abramis Brama on stage during the rock festival in Tungelsta last Saturday. The name is the Latin word for Carp bream. The Stockholm band have played together since 1997. For a rock band today they are a but unconventional as they sing in Swedish and not English.

Lugnet

Lugnet played a good gig at the Trädgårdsrocken festival. 70s rock should be seen live on a Summer evening, and these guys are always worth waiting for. They have a new video out soon (with them as zombies), and have a signed contract for a new CD. Rock on!

Park Life

Around 1500 people gathered in the park in Tungelsta on Saturday for the annual rock festival. The official name is Trädgårdsrocken. It is a free festival organized by Musikcentralen, open for anyone. Lots of drinking in the warm weather but no real problems. I'm still editing photos but here are a few candids.

Skull Parade

Skull Parade performing during the rock festival in the park in Tungelsta yesterday. A Hard Rock Metal Indie band from Gothenburg. You can have a look at a few videos here. It was a great day with nine bands on stage. More photos in the coming days.