Homy Hogs were a
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punk band formed in
Bro,
Upplands-Bro Municipality
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, in 1979, and were active until 1988 with some breaks.
They are considered true Swedish pioneers in hardcore punk together with bands like
Anti Cimex
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,
Mob 47 and Headcleaners. This foremost considers their first releases, the album ''Nöje For Nekrofiler'' from 1981, the cassette ''Ljudfientlighet'' from earlier the same year, and the EP ''Smash Overdose'' from 1982.
Thereafter, the band played more regular punk rock and other styles. They also made some recordings and an album under the fictitious alter ego band name ''Werewolves on Wheels'', taken from the title of their second album, idea-influenced by various
concept albums
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.
Homy Hogs are also known as characters in cartoonist
Joakim Lindengren's comics. The album ''Nöje för nekrofiler'' (
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: ”Fun for necrophiles”) was recorded and produced in 1981 by
Mats “Subbe” Söderberg and released on the band's DIY label No Records. LT and Gördis later started the record label ''Burn Records'' and ran it together with
Fredrik Lindgren. In 1997 LT appeared as guest backing vocalist on a couple of tracks on the album ”The Downhill Blues” by the Swedish punk band ''Loud Pipes'', with members from
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,
Entombed,
Merciless and others. LT (”Leffe”) and Gördis also appear in the author
Stig Larsson's autobiographical novel ''
När det känns att det håller på ta slut''. The original drummer Palle Krüger has played with different bands in
Norway
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after his time in the Homy Hogs, made solo albums, and also been a session musician, among others with
Staffan Hellstrand.
[Kagerland 2012, p. 278. .]
Band members
1979-1982
*LT Hog (
Carl Leif Thunberg) - Guitar/Vocals
*Gördis (Göran Käll) - Bass
*Palle Krüger - Drums
*Drulle Moschta (Olle Ede) - vocals (1981-1982)
*Pettan Enoga (Peter Danielsson) - vocals (1980)
*Kirran (Patrik Christiansson) - Vocals (1979)
1983-1984
*LT Hog - Vocals/Guitar
*Gördis - Drums
*Palle Krüger - Guitar
*Pettan Enoga - Guitar
*Porra Lindengren - Bass
1984-1988
*LT Hog - Vocals/Guitar
*Gördis - Drums
*Porra Lindengren - Guitar
*Nandor Hegedüs - Bass (Also in TST)
Discography
Studio albums
*''Nöje for nekrofiler'' (1981)
*''Werewolves on Wheels'' (Demo-album) (1986)
*''Werewolves on Wheels versus everything that moves'' (1988)
Cassette
*''Ljudfientlighet'' (1981)
Cassette-EP
*''Smash Overdose'' (1982)
EP's
*''Homy Hogs wanna destroy'' (1983)
*''Rokker Triplane/High Drive'' (1988)
*''Rokker Triplane'' (1-sided on cirkular sawblade) (1992)
* ''Tonight Alright'' (Split with
Union Carbide Productions
Union Carbide Productions was a Swedish rock band formed by Ebbot Lundberg (vocals), Patrik Caganis, Björn Olsson, Per Helm and Henrik Rylander in 1986.
Their music can be described as a fusion of psychedelic rock and raw Stooges-esque rock 'n' ...
& G.O.L.D.)(King Kong EP-series 2, 1992)
*''Smash Overdose'' (Split with Fylgja) (2008)
12"
*''Homy Hogs wanna destroy'' (1987)
*''Demolition Beat/I wanna destroy'' (1988)
Compilations
*''Youthanasia II'' (1984)
*''Killed by Hardcore vol. 3'' (1989)
*''Hardcore History vol. 7'' (N/A)
*''Hardcore History vol. 10'' (N/A)
*''Bloodstains Across The World #4'' (2019)
*''Bloodstains Across The World #5'' (2019) (As ''The Incredible Hogs'')
References
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Literature
* Peter Jandreus. 2008. ''The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987''. Stockholm: Premium Publishing.
* Peter Kagerland. 2012. ''Ny Våg: Svensk Punk/New Wave/Synth 1977-1982''. Stockholm: Premium Publishing.
* David Andersson. 2023. ''Råpunk: The Birth of Swedish Hardcore 1981-89''. Edited by Justin Hallström & Caroline Södergren London: No Good Ltd.
External links
Homy Hogs on ''Swedish Punk Fanzines''Dagens Nyheter, 2016-12-01. Punkquis: Vad kan du om Stockholmsbanden? (Punkquis: What do you know about the Stockholm punk bands?)
Aftonbladet, 2016-09-24. Punksinglarna som är värda tusenlappar (The punk singles that are worth thousands)Homy Hogs on ''Punktjafs''
Homy Hogs on DiscogsHomy Hogs: Demolition Beat
A Homy Hogs comic by Joakim Lindengren.
Swedish punk rock groups
Swedish hardcore punk groups
Swedish-language musical groups