AC4
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 AC4 live in Saarbrücken |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden |
| Genres | Hardcore punk |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Labels | Ny Våg |
| Associated acts | Refused The (International) Noise Conspiracy The Lost Patrol Band Step Forward The Vectors Final Exit |
| Website | Myspace website |
| Members | |
| Dennis Lyxzén vocals David Sandström bass Karl Backman guitar Jens Nordén drums |
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AC4 is a hardcore band from Umeå, Sweden. Ex-Refused members Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström had been talking about starting a new band for a long time. In the spring of 2008 Karl Backman had written songs for the new band and they started to rehearse. Jens Nordén had played with Lyxzén in pre-Refused straight edge hardcore band Step Forward 1987 - 1991 and since 1990 with Backman in punk band The Vectors. The "AC" in the name is the regional code for the Västerbotten province where Umeå is located.[1][2][3][4]
The first show was at a squatting on Parkgatan in Umeå on the 5th of May 2008.[5]
In June 2008 someone posted a live song on You Tube.[6] It got on Kerrang's playlist[7] and had over 14,000 hits the first week.[8]
They performed at Storsjöyran[9] and Umeå Punkfest in 2008.[10]
In 2009 they performed at Way Out West Festival[11] and released the self titled debut album on Lyxzén's label Ny Våg.[12][13][14][15][16]
In 2010 their European tour took them around their native Sweden, as well as Norway, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Italy, England and Wales.[17] They also released the Umeå Hardcore 7" EP in Europe, a special 7" for Australia only and the debut album came out in America.[18]
AC4 initially refused to do interviews with mainstream media and would only answer questions from fanzine writers who were under the age of 18.[19][20][21] To promote their Australian tour in April, 2011, Dennis conducted a number of interviews with the local press, including Melbourne radio show Bullying The Jukebox.[22]
While on tour in Australia a short documentary film about the band entitled "A few minutes with AC4"[23] was filmed, along with a promotional video for the song "Won't Bow Down"[24] from their debut album.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] AC4
CD/LP Ny Våg records (Ny Våg #123), Sweden 2009
LP Deranged Records (DY#161), Canada 2010
CD Shock Entertainment (CTX611CD), Australia 2011
- Detonate
- Where Are The Kids
- I Wanna Go
- The Same Fight
- Assassination
- Fuck The Pigs
- I Can Do It
- Won't Bow Down
- It Catches Up
- My Condition
- Pigs Lose
- It's Over In A Second
- Let's Go To War
- Coptown
- This Is It
[edit] EP's
[edit] Split 7" w/ Surprise Sex Attack
7" Aniseed records (Aniseed 001) 2010
- Ten to one
[edit] Umeå Hardcore
7" P-Trash records (p.trash62) 2010
- I'll survive
- No more warnings
- Dead inside
- Useless alibi
- Poison in my veins
- Enough is enough
[edit] Compilations
[edit] Umeå Vråljazz Giganter
CD/LP Ny Våg records (Ny Våg #120) 2010
- Snutstad
- Vi kunde vart bönder
[edit] External links
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.pluginmusic.com/interviews.php?page=ac4 PlugInMusic.com AC4 interview Jan 2011
- ^ http://www.refusedfan.com/ac4intervju.html Refusedfan AC4 interview Oct 2008
- ^ http://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/itv/3615/interviews.212.html OX fanzine Lyxzén interview 2009
- ^ http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/11/07/dennis-och-inge-och-alla-projekten/ PSL SVT Lyxzén interview 2008
- ^ http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=73925&a=1135040 SVT News May 2008
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqA8VKySe_0 AC4 live at Verket, Umeå
- ^ http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/06/the_playlist_170608.html Kerrang Playlist June 2008
- ^ http://www.soundpollutiondistribution.se/news/nyhetsblad_vecka_49.pdf Sound Pollution
- ^ http://www.storsjoyran.se/
- ^ http://punkfest.blogspot.com/
- ^ http://www.wayoutwest.se/tidigare-artister
- ^ http://dagensskiva.com/2009/11/17/ac4-ac4/ Dagens skiva AC4-AC4
- ^ http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/skivor/1.1801999/ac4-ac4 Expressen AC4-AC4
- ^ http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/skivrecensioner/ac4-ac4-1.1001809 Dagens nyheter AC4-AC4
- ^ http://www.aftonbladet.se/puls/cd/recension/0,1338,2000058495,00.html Aftonbladet AC4-AC4
- ^ http://www.groove.se/site/recension.asp?recId=4287&mediumId=1 Groove AC4-AC4
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/ac4hc/blog AC4 official
- ^ http://www.itsatrap.com/n/34435-ac4-get-us-release-planning-tour It's A Trap; AC4 get US release, planning tour
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=383944031&blogId=519166041 AC4 and the media
- ^ http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/skivor/1.1801999/ac4-ac4 Expressen AC4-AC4
- ^ http://brandahalsmandlar.blogg.se/2010/january/utkast-jan-28-2010.html Brända Halsmandlar AC4 interview Jan 2010
- ^ http://soundcloud.com/bullyingthejukebox/dennis-lyxen-ac4
- ^ http://vimeo.com/23899692 A few minutes with AC4 documentary
- ^ http://vimeo.com/23894971 AC4 Won't Bow Down music video
