Thursday, 29 January 2026

The Hellacopters - Supershitty To The Max!

The Hellacopters were formed in 1994 by Entombed drummer Nicke Andersson (who sings and plays guitar on this album), Backyard Babies guitarist Dregen, drummer Robert Eriksson (who was a roadie for Entombed) and Nicke Andersson´s childhood friend Kenny Håkansson (bass). The band was initially a hobby-project, but it became obvious that Andersson had acquired a taste for a more garage rock/rock´n´roll music style from playing with The Hellacopters, which probably resulted in the band becoming a full-time act for the members (Dregen would still work with Backyard Babies though) after Andersson left Entombed in 1997.

I wasn´t prepared for "Supershitty to the Max!", the debut full-length studio album by Swedish garage rock act The Hellacopters. It sounds like a filthy, noisy, and energetic hard rock/garage rock mix of MC5, The Stooges, Motörhead and The Ramones, delivered with great conviction. The album features one of the strongest and most "Fuck Yeahh!!!” opening tracks in history in "(Gotta Get Some Action) Now!", which is simply party starter track number one on my party starter playlist. Now this is how you open a rock´n´roll album in style. The quality drops slightly from there, but overall "Supershitty" is a powerful and enjoyable album throughout. 


Ripped to MP3 

01.  (Gotta Get Some Action) Now! 
02.  24h Hell 
03.  Fire Fire Fire 
04.  Born Broke 
05.  Bore Me 
06.  Tab 
07.  How Could I Care 
08.  Didn't Stop Us 
09.  Random Riot 
10.  Fake Baby 
11.  Ain't No Time 
12.  Such A Blast 
13.  Spock In My Rocket  

3 comments:

  1. From that Scandinavian Dirty Garage wave my favorite was Gluecifer (Enormous live band)

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    1. I've never heard of Gluecifer...

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    2. I've some memories regarding robust weed joints after they played a Rock Club literally in my backyard... Good old boys.
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluecifer

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