What made you start collecting records?
It was the skateboard wave that came in the 90s. I was an ardent skateboarder and with that music and beer came along hand in hand. And in this case it was the skate punk and hardcore music (before the hiphop culture came in and almost poisoned the whole skate culture). After a few years of intensive listening to punk music I was swept up by the whole punk marsh, and my aunts husband Johnny supplied me with lots of records. And it was there that my collecting of records started and it still goes on.
Do you remember your first purchases?
Satanic Surfers – Skate To Hell, Accion Mutante – Fear,
Abstain/Nasum – Religion Is War/The Black Illusions 7” split,
Puke – Ställd Mot En Vägg 2x 7” and a few mixed tapes from Johnny.
A weird mixture but I guess it was thanks to that it gave me a wider perspective at the punk scene.
How long have you been collecting?
I started sometime between 97’ – 98’
What sort of music do you mainly focus on?
Swedish 77’- 82’ punk, Crust, Käng, Anarcho punk and some HC and Oi/Street punk in small doses.
How do you discover new music?
From the web, gig/festivals, friends and other collectors.
Do you play any instruments yourself?
No.
Where do you prefer to buy your records?
Anywhere I can find them, everywhere from record exhibitions to small obscure record shops.
Name three records that are special to you, and tell us the story of how you got hold of them.
Accion Mutante – Fear 7”
It was a gift from Johnny and I fucking loved it! Also I became friend with the singer Rossi AM, he helped me to complete the AM collection and it’s one of my first precious.
Paragraf 119 – Musik Til Ulempe 7”
I think that I got this one in Denmark when Ungdomens Hus still existed and Paragraf 119 played that night in 2001 (I think). Immediately I became addicted to the raw sound, their energy and uncompromising music. Totally one of the most important and best records I have.
Liket Lever – Levande Begravd / Hjärtats Slag 7″
I got an opportunity to get my hands on this incredible record of its time, quite hard to get so I’m very pleased with it.
It’s hard to just drop 3 records but these are the ones that crossed my mind.
How big is your record collection ??
Time of writing its up in 666 records (CD/Vinyl) and it still grows…
And finally: what do you see in the future of record collecting?
It more or less looks like shit! There are lots of people sitting on good records and take a shit load of overcharge form them! And then we have shitify (spotify) as “the young” are up to. There are not so many who care about collecting / buying music for real, which is a damn shame. Hope it turns around. Stay punk as fuck and fuck the system! Cheers /Robban
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