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39 Most Ridiculous 70’s Swedish Band’s Album Covers, And Best Thing About It – It Wasn’t A Joke
The Swedes are stylish and trend-conscious folk, a brief walk around Stockholm's bars and cafes will confirm that they have embraced the 'hipster' phenomenon to the absolute max. And if these 70's album covers are anything to go by, they took the dubious fashion trends of that decade to hilarious extremes as well.
Perhaps it is that innate Scandinavian desire to conform, and to do it better and more completely than everyone else. What else can explain these gloriously cheesy matching outfits? The medly of moustaches and mullets? Those ball-huggingly tight pants? Of course, we will look back at ourselves in 40 years time and wonder what the hell we were thinking. But hopefully not to this extent!
Scroll down below to check out these superstars of 70's Svensk popmusik for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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#1
Sten Carlsson & Salta Mandlar
Misterscooter 7 years ago
You've heard of Swedish Meatballs and Swedish Fish. This is Swedish Spam.
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
Just picking up English words: I wish I am a man, deep down in my heart, make the world go away and I love you so. Great lines xD!
Bengt L. Åkesson 5 years ago
It was about tax... In Swedish https://www.svtplay.se/video/28546706/den-svenska-dansbandshistorien/den-svenska-dansbandshistorien-sasong-1-70-tal-succe-fantasikostymer-och-bokstaven-z?start=auto
Morten Alme 6 years ago
That's what the Swedish meatballs you get served at Ikea is made of boys and girls..
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#2
Teddy Boys
Chyppa Homer 7 years ago
Guy in the middle isn't even in the band. They just found him in the forest like that :D
#3
Martys
Nadja Lambacher 7 years ago
Especially the third guy from the right.. you almost have to censor him, woah.
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Sarcasticow 7 years ago
As a woman I finally understood what does it feel like when men are seeing just a cleavage. How many seconds did I spend observing their trousers? A lot more than I should have. How many seconds did I spend looking at their faces? Nada.
Taryn Wallace 7 years ago
Do you think they are all natural or do you think maybe a couple of them (**cough cough** third guy from the right) are maybe embellishing what they've got just a little bit??
Evgeniya Khon 7 years ago
These guys would make perfect back dancers on jimmy falon's tight pants segment
Connie Martin 7 years ago
Guy On The Left's mom interpreted the costume pattern slightly differently than the other guys' moms did.
#4
Vikingarna
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
Thank God the REAL Vikings aren't alive to see this! CAN YOU IMAGINE?!
Malin Karlgren 7 years ago
I hate all form of "dansband" but alot of people in sweden enjoys it... NOT ME...
Giorgio Prodoti 7 years ago
I see like a little contradiction with the band name and the album title.
Molly Block 7 years ago
Hallellujah boys! We slayed the biggest turkey on the planet with Excaliber's sword! Now let's drink this extremely white frothy tankards of swill and afterwards, we can pretend we are rams and headbutt each other with our fierce helmets! Hooooray and Hallelujah!!
#5
Eldorados
Ambrocious 7 years ago
This comment made me laugh harder than the actual vinyl cover.
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Christina S. 7 years ago
they look like a bunch of plumbers who want to go save a princess from a mushroom kingdom
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
OMFG!!!! THEY ARE WEARING PINK OVERALLS!!!! BAAAHHAAHAHAAAHAAHHAAA!!
Molly Block 7 years ago
Defintiely NOT Hawaii! They look like a bunch of sissy painters with those pink overalls on, hahahah!
#6
Pajala-Hasses
Chyppa Homer 7 years ago
"Girls, want to be in the band ?" "We have nothing to wear..." "No problem, there's the couch, here's a shotgun. Have at it !"
Molly Block 7 years ago
I think they are a family, they all look related. Very 60's/70's clothing.
#7
Nils Eriks
Connie Martin 7 years ago
Finger-snappin' cool! Center guy keeps the other 4 around to make him look normal by comparison.
Morten Alme 6 years ago
Just a small reminder that all wasn't all that great in the 80s either.
#8
Thorleifs
Taryn Wallace 7 years ago
There should be no embarrassment this is amazing and wonderful and you should be nothing but proud!!!
#9
Rubb & Stubb
Amina Hays 7 years ago
Their name sounds like what happens when wearing all those tight trousers!
Chyppa Homer 7 years ago
I don't think it's their band name. I think they're trying to tell us what they do with their free time
Load More Replies... Molly Block 7 years ago
"Rubb and Stubb"?? More like "Pull and RUNNNNN!" with all of those dangly strings hanging! WTF people?!! "In our old Chevrolet" is what the words say....
Morten Alme 6 years ago
Yup! As a Norwegian neighbour to these clowns (Sweden), these are one of the many reasons Swedish jokes are still a thing across the entire Nordic cultural sphere.
#10
Bennys
Jesper Nordström 4 years ago
The IRS in Sweden made it possible to do tax deductions on scene clothes "only if it is really artistic and not everyday" so no Armanis or just plain nice clothes was the result of this this legal thing.There is one in Sweden who collects Them...search for "katastrofala omslag" on FB.
#11
Leif Bloms
#12
The Gayes
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
I do but it's too obvious and I ain't got the nerve.
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Malissa Allen 7 years ago
The Gayes, huh....The dude in the center should have either called in sick for photo shoot day or not let his mom cut his hair...
#13
Magnus Uggla
Malin Karlgren 7 years ago
He is famous in sweden today, But i didnt know he started that young 😂
Giorgio Prodoti 7 years ago
man style can get old, but a fancy woman's always an attraction, through the centuries.
#14
Gillstrands
Misterscooter 7 years ago
The album title translates to, "On These Collars, We Soar Like Eagles."
earringnut 7 years ago
i started reading that expecting an actual translation. i should have known better.
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Kate Secret 7 years ago
The title actually reads: "We're gonna have fun tonight." I don't doubt it
Kika Virtanen 7 years ago
Questionable fun! But maybe just with each other 😅 (We are gonna have fun tonight)
Phoebe Bean 7 years ago
Tallest guy must have been regretting this cover and camera captured it perfectly
#15
Tonfixarna
Morten Alme 6 years ago
They claim they can fix tunes.. They should at least try to portray themselves as other than a gang of friends sharing their Swedish Confirmation.
#16
Norrsken
Donna Muse 7 years ago
I was confused by the comment--then I got it. Brilliant!
Load More Replies... Molly Block 7 years ago
Norsken, horseken, you can almost touch my FORESKIN ------ through these tight nut-huggin' pants!!! Guy in the middle looks like he's got a few blown out condoms hanging from his shirt!!! Um, let's NOT twist again. Nope. NEVER!!!
ForkNBeans 7 years ago
Good place to store your baked potato..you know, for lunch after the shoot.
#17
Kinells
Basil 7 years ago
It looks like the photographer caught him mid-transformation into some sort of were-beast.
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Data1001 7 years ago
Yeah, I'm surprised no one else picked up on that. One of my English friends used to use that expression all the time. ;-)
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#18
Björn Benny & Agnetha Frida
C Hypercube 7 years ago
4 possibilities here: 1-fractal, 2-Inception, 3-camera guy got high, 4-I'm high.
#19
Streaplers
Martina Plaschka 7 years ago
i am glad that Christopher Walken was in a band when he was young
#20
Danny's
Laura Mencini 7 years ago
...I mean...the budget must have been blown with the amount of tin foil used...
#21
Martys
Carol Williams 7 years ago
The bears would eat them though, so the cubs don't go blind....
Load More Replies... Phoebe Bean 7 years ago
Well, looking quite patriotic, wearing the national colors... all they need is a spaceship...
#22
Kellys
Basil 7 years ago
How do these outfits manage to be both heinously ugly AND aggressively boring at the same time??
Steve Wambsganss 7 years ago
The guy second from the left has a swollen black eye like he's been in a fight - probably because he wore that hideous outfit outside!!!!
Molly Block 7 years ago
That guy in the middle has the STRAIGHTEST pants I've seen who isn't military!!
#23
Eldorados
Malissa Allen 7 years ago
But, the guy to the left tho,,lol I'm dyin...He can lick his sideburns
Phoebe Bean 7 years ago
Moustache, Mullet, color-coordinated, the group is all set for stardom!
#24
Tomtélius
Bonzo Deep 7 years ago
find some on here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL036BCDAC3056AA86&app=desktop
#25
Jonny Cutz
Steve Wambsganss 7 years ago
Somebody beat these poor boys fierce with a really big ugly stick! Damn!
#26
Tommy Bergs
#27
Flygande Mattas
#28
Göran Zetterlunds
Chyppa Homer 7 years ago
Can't quite put my finger on who the first three are, but from the middle, that's Mrs. Doubtfire (with the sax), Ron Jeremy and George Lucas
Phillip Moderow 7 years ago
Lemessee, no tattoos, no bug-infested scraggly long hair, no prison mustaches, no beer guts, no profanity-, hate America=laced shirts ... I like it.
#29
Rubb & Stubb
Grazina Strolia 7 years ago
I like how the second guy from the right is hiding what he's already rubbbed.
#30
Bollebandet Och Soren Rydgren
ForkNBeans 7 years ago
(Guy with accordian) "Yeah, you can use my house as long as I can be in the picture!"
Molly Block 7 years ago
The guy on the left is the rebel. The rest had their moms make those tops out of bedsheets, I swear!
#31
Eldorados
Janet Allison 7 years ago
On a roof...in platforms...and limited mobility pants...someone died this day.
Donna Muse 7 years ago
I could only upvote this comment once. Too bad--this one had me wheezing!
Load More Replies... Tracie Creta 7 years ago
OK, I think we all have figured out that the Eldorados love their tight pants. Whoof!
#32
Flamingokvintetten
#33
The Vikings
Morten Alme 6 years ago
If their ancestors could see this, they'd cut their d***s off before going anywhere Viking.
#34
Bhonus
#35
Reeperbahn
Molly Block 7 years ago
WOW! Finally a band that isn't scary looking, or nut-huggin! Hooray! Clean cut boys wearing sensible jeans and shirts. FINALLY! Upvote this you guys!
#36
Karlstad-Orjans
Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
K....I feel like all these album pics are of the same guys at different years...
Morten Alme 6 years ago
It's not the heart that is dumb. It's those ridiculous outfits to match the evenly ridiculous album titles and career killing band names.
ForkNBeans 7 years ago
Left, left, righ...oh, wait its..right, left, leff...s**t, I give up (said the two on the ends)
#37
Jigs
Molly Block 7 years ago
What's so damn funny? Oh yeah, our outfits and the name of this album!
#38
Thor Erics
Imma Letchofinish 7 years ago
One guy missed the 'wear your gold chain' memo... DAMN YOU SVEN!
#39
Thore Skogman
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Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
Like the text said, forty years from now people will be laughing at some of the present artists/bands. I already am.
Sarcasticow 7 years ago
I'm not from Sweden but I do work for a Swedish company. Thanks for this post -when some of my Swedish colleagues p**s me off again, I'd imagine them on a terrible album cover in freaky clothes xD
SykesDaMan 7 years ago
I read this about ABBA, and I think it applies to all of the Swedish groups: They did this to get a taxe deduction. Read #1 on this list: http://www.cracked.com/article_24911_8-famous-celebrity-looks-that-happened-totally-by-accident.html
Belle_Panda 7 years ago
I do agree! Wholeheartedly. Just awful 😂 (I was born in -71/ bad memories )
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stellermatt 7 years ago
great, now I need to buy at least 47 new albums... I aint got time for that...
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
Like the text said, forty years from now people will be laughing at some of the present artists/bands. I already am.
Sarcasticow 7 years ago
I'm not from Sweden but I do work for a Swedish company. Thanks for this post -when some of my Swedish colleagues p**s me off again, I'd imagine them on a terrible album cover in freaky clothes xD
SykesDaMan 7 years ago
I read this about ABBA, and I think it applies to all of the Swedish groups: They did this to get a taxe deduction. Read #1 on this list: http://www.cracked.com/article_24911_8-famous-celebrity-looks-that-happened-totally-by-accident.html
Belle_Panda 7 years ago
I do agree! Wholeheartedly. Just awful 😂 (I was born in -71/ bad memories )
Load More Replies... stellermatt 7 years ago
great, now I need to buy at least 47 new albums... I aint got time for that...
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