Sofistikerat Svammel



Sofistikerat Svammel was a Trallpunk band from Skellefteå, Sweden. Just like their friends Skumdum, they recorded some songs that are technical and fast. If you like the Skumdum - S/T CD you must check this band. They unfortunately had a very short run between 1994 and 1996 but during these years they recorded 3 demos and participated to many shows.

Discography:
- Nödutgång (1994) TAPE
- Promo 1 (1995) TAPE
- Tre I En Vol. 1 - Split with Skumdum & Slutstation Tjernobyl (1995) CD
- Promo 2 (1996) TAPE

Listen to Sofistikerat Svammel - Livets Stege

Second Floor Daycare

Here's another band from the province of Alberta, Canada. They started as a 5-piece band and went through many member changes to finally end as a 3-piece band. They played energic punk with catchy melodies and some more technical parts. Their singer had very teenage vocals but that fit well with the songs and the lyrics and gives a pretty good result. I wasnt able to find a pic of the band, if anyone has one and want to send it to my email I would add it here, that would be much appreciated.

Discography:
- Toire Wa Doko Desu Ka (2001) CD

Listen to Second Floor Daycare - Malicious Hotdog

One Shot Left

The story of One Shot Left started back in 1995 from the ashes of the pop-punk band Seven Ate Nine when the guys attented high school. In 1998 the band recorded a homemade demotape that caught the attention of the label Meter Records. I always wondered how that demotape sounded, because the songs they put the same year on the split Wet Feet with Darryl's Grocery Bag and Guilt Trip are amazing! Well, the same year the band did his first tour in the western part of Canada and were already planning a new album. Funny fact : 3 of the songs off that album also appeared as instrumental versions on a instructional welding video distributed to technical schools across North America !!?? This is in 2000 that the new album (Something To Be Reckoned With) saw the light and it got great success amongst skatepunk/punkrock fans. In 2001 the band started a cross-Canadian tour as their popularity was good and they were backed by a good label. But soon after, One Shot Left changed their style a lot, and their latest release Restitution cant be considered as Skate-punk, although I think its a good album in the style that they now play. One Shot Left is definitly one of the good skatepunk bands that came out of Canada!

Discography:
- In Defence Of Liberty (1998) TAPE
- Split With Darryl's Grocery Bag & Guilt Trip - Wet Feet (1998) CD
- Something To Be Reckoned With (2000) CD
- Restitution (2005) CD

Listen to One Shot Left - Upside Down

Freak-Ed

Everything started in 1993 in Vantaa, Finland when 4 guys start to play some kind of melodic punk rock. In 1994 a fifth member join the band. This new member is Nora and she will add some female vocals to the songs which is pretty rare in the skatepunk genre. This is in 1995 that the band get signed to Spinefarm Records (a Metal label) and release their first EP. They will then start to make tours around Finland and they will release their full lenght Cantores Majores in 1997 on Spinefarm again. They will then have some lineup changes and this will change their music a bit. Then, after 1997 they will release 2 more CDs (1 EP and a full lenght), under their own label Red Five Records. I unfortunately don't know what happened after their last release in 2001, but the band seems inactive, if not dead..

Discography:
- That Day That Swept Us Away (1994) TAPE
- Don't Say What They Say, Don't Be What They Are (1994) 7"
- To Be Your Friend (1995) CD
- Cantores Majores (1997) CD
- Let's Rock Together (1999) CD
- Fortress Of Fear (2001) CD

Listen to Freak-Ed - Reach The End

Bankshot

Here's one of the amazing punk bands that came out of Sault. Ste Marie. Their story started in 1998 when 5 guys started to play punkrock together. During the only 2 years that Bankshot existed, the guys had the chance to play with big bands like Strung Out, Good Riddance, Choke and many more. They also put out an album in 1999 but in late 2000, they disbanded. Some members later started other musical projects in different styles.

Discography:
- Angst For The Memories (1999) CD

Listen to Bankshot - Friendly Foe