Joakim Thåström
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 "Solo Vol 1." album cover
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joakim Thåström |
| Born | March 20, 1957 |
| Origin |  Sweden |
| Genre(s) | Punk rock, hard rock, industrial, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitars Vocals Keyboards Programming Samplers |
| Years active | 1977 - |
| Associated acts | Ebba Grön Imperiet Peace Love & Pitbulls Sällskapet |
Sven Joakim Thåström (born on March 20, 1957), as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known rock musicians, he is mostly known for the punk rock band Ebba Grön.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Ebba Grön / Imperiet (1977 - 1989)
Thåström grew up in Högdalen and Rågsved, working class suburbs south of Stockholm, where he during 1977 - 1982 was the lead singer of punk band Ebba Grön. During a break with Ebba Grön (due to that the bassplayer had to serve time in jail which unofficially was the end of Ebba Grön in 1983) he became the leader of Rymdimperiet (The Space Empire), later renamed Imperiet (The Empire), with rock music inspired by the 80s sound. Imperiet also recorded an album with some of their songs translated to English, to try the international market.
[edit] Solo / Peace Love & Pitbulls (1989 - 1997)
In 1989 Thåström started a solo career as a rock singer-songwriter with progg influences. He began his solo career with the release of two solo albums, the selftitled 'Thåström' in 1989 and then "Xplodera mig 2000" (Xplode Me 2000) in 1991. The later was extremely computer-based and led to the development of the band Peace Love & Pitbulls.
In 1992, he started the heavy industrial rock band Peace Love & Pitbulls, with lyrics in English. The band existed until 1997 and released three studio albums.
[edit] Second Solo Career (1999 - 2005)
The Swedish audience longed for a new rock album so when Thåström in 1999 released the album Det är ni som e dom konstiga, det är jag som e normal (You are the Strange, I am the Normal) it became a very big success. Once again with Swedish lyrics and less computerized music Thåström had gone back to his original rock'n'roll-roots.
In 2002 Thåström released the album "Mannen som blev en gris" (The Man Who Became a Pig) which was a dark and 'filthy' album with a lot of dusty sounds.
In late 2005 Thåström released the album "Skebokvarnsv. 209". The title refers to Thåström's childhood home address. The album is the most biographical album Thåström has ever released. It contains several songs with extremely personal lyrics and the music is roughly based on acoustic guitars.
[edit] Sällskapet (2007 -)
In 2007, Thåström presented a new band called Sällskapet. The band had been kept a secret since 2003 and was revealed together with their selftitled debut album.
[edit] Bands
- Ebba Grön (1977 - 1983)
- Imperiet (Rymdimperiet) (1981 - 1988)
- Peace Love & Pitbulls (1992 - 1997)
- Sällskapet (2007 -)
[edit] Discography
| Year | Title | Translated title | Band | Release type |
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| 1989 | "Thåström" | Thåström | Solo | Studio album |
| 1991 | "Xplodera mig 2000" | Xplode Me 2000 | Solo | Studio album |
| 1992 | "Peace Love & Pitbulls" | Peace Love & Pitbulls | Peace Love & Pitbulls | Studio album |
| 1994 | "Red sonic underwear" | Red Sonic Underwear | Peace Love & Pitbulls | Studio album |
| 1997 | "3" | 3 | Peace Love & Pitbulls | Studio album |
| 1998 | "Singoalla" | Singoalla | Thåström/Hell | Studio album |
| 1999 | "Det är ni som e dom konstiga, det är jag som e normal" | You are the Strange, I am the Normal | Solo | Studio album |
| 2002 | "Mannen som blev en gris" | The Man Who Became a Pig | Solo | Studio album |
| 2003 | "På röda sten" | On Red Rock | Solo | Live album |
| 2005 | "Skebokvarnsv. 209" | Skebokvarn Route 209 | Solo | Studio album |
| 2006 | "Solo Vol. 1" | Solo Vol. 1 | Solo | Compilation album |
| 2007 | "Sällskapet" | The Society | Sällskapet | Studio album |
[edit] Trivia
- Thåström lived in Copenhagen and Amsterdam for many years.
- For many years Joakim Thåström was in a relationship with the actress Amanda Ooms. After that he had a relationship with Regina Lund, a Swedish actress and singer, for a while.
- Thåström posed as Helmut for the hardcore porn magazine Teenage Love in 1978. He said he did it because he needed money to take his girlfriend to London.
- Thåström is a fan of Djurgårdens IF.
[edit] External links
- Thåström the official Internet page
- Thåströmackord Chords and tabs to his songs
