Tommy Ekengren, born 17 July 1950 and more known as Tompa Eken, is one of the driving forces behind

Kafé 44 Kafé 44 is a café, concert venue, and anarchist bookstore in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic c ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

and a central figure in the Stockholm punk and the garage rock scene. Prior to Kafe 44 Tompa was also one of the forces behind the Ultra house in Haninge, where he made the legendary ultra buns. Tompa still bakes them himself to each event and serves to both band and audience. In 1988 he was awarded the Dagens Nyheter's culture prize Guldkängan. In the magazine Buss på Stockholm he was placed on eight place when they listed the 100 most important people of Stockholm through the ages. As a thanks for his dedication to young, aspiring punk-rock band and has among other the

trallpunk Trallpunk (Swedish; roughly translates to 'melodious punk' — see the Wiktionary entry) is a subgenre of punk music developed in Sweden. It is known for its two-beat, fast drum tempos, a melodic sound with harmonized vocals, and politically ori ...

band

De lyckliga kompisarna De Lyckliga Kompisarna (Swedish language, Swedish for ’The Happy Friends’), DLK, is a Sweden, Swedish trallpunk, melodious punk band. The band was formed in 1989, split up in 1997, and re-united in 2008. They are probably best known for their ...

written a tribute to him. He has also played in bands as Rudan -80 and Dödsknarkarna.MusicBrainz: Tompa Eken
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Discography

* ''Dödsknarkarna'' (1985), Sista bussen – with Dödsknarkarna * ''Ultra-Gärdet 1988'' (1988), K.U.K Records – compilation * ''Ultrasingeln'' (1988), Sista bussen – with U.B.F.

References

External links

Intervju i Unga Stockholm 2004
(PDF, 6,51 MB)
SvD: Kompiskamp
1950 births Living people Musicians from Stockholm Swedish male musicians {{Sweden-musician-stub