Joakim Thåström

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Sven Joakim Thåström (born March 20, 1957), as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known punk rock musician.

Thåström grew up in Högdalen and Rågsved, working class suburbs south of Stockholm, where he during 1977-1982 was the lead singer of punk band Ebba Grön. During a break with Ebba Grön (due to that the bassplayer had to serve time in jail which unofficially was the end of Ebba Grön in 1983) he became the leader of Rymdimperiet, later renamed Imperiet, with rock music inspired by the 80s sound. Imperiet also recorded an album with some of their songs translated to English, to try on the international market.

1989 Thåström started a solo career as a progginfluenced rock singer-songwriter. He began his solo career with the release of two solo albums, the selftitled 'Thåström' in 1989 and then 'Xplodera mig 2000' in 1991. The latter was extremely computer-based and led to the development of the band Peace Love & Pitbulls.

In 1992, he started the heavy industrial rock band Peace Love & Pitbulls, with lyrics in English. The band existed until 1997. PLP released three studio albums; Peace Love & Pitbulls in 1992, Red Sonic Underwear in 1994 and 3 in 1997.

The Swedish audience longed for a new rockalbum so when Thåström in 1999 released the album 'Det är ni som e dom konstiga, det är jag som e normal' it became a very big success. Once again with Swedish lyrics and less computerized music Thåström had went back to his original rock'n'roll-roots.

In 2002 Thåström released the album 'Mannen som blev en gris' which was a dark and 'filthy' album with a lot of dusty sounds. It's an extremely good album which established that Thåström is the biggest rock star in the Swedish history.

In late 2005 Thåström released the album 'Skebokvarnsv. 209'. The title refers to Thåström's childhood home address. The album is the most biographical album Thåström has ever released. It contains several songs with extremely personal lyrics and the music is roughly based on acoustic guitars.

Thåström is today one of Sweden's most successful rock stars.

[edit] Trivia

• His father was in the military, something that the son rebelled against. When Thåström was called up to do military service, which was at that time mandatory in Sweden, he refused to serve and had to go to jail instead.

• Thåström lived for many years in Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

• For many years Joakim Thåström was in a relationship with the actress Amanda Ooms. After that he has a relationship with Regina Lund, a Swedish actress and singer for a while.

• Thåström posed as Helmut for the hardcore porn magazine Teenage Love in 1978. He said he did it because he needed money to take his girlfriend to London.

• Thåström is a fan of Djurgårdens IF.

[edit] Discography (solo)

• Thåström (1989)
• Xplodera mig 2000 (1991)
• Det är ni som e dom konstiga, det är jag som e normal (1999)
• Mannen som blev en gris (2002)
• Thåström på röda sten (2003) - Live
• Skebokvarnsvägen 209 (2005)
• Solo Vol 1. (2006) - compilation

[edit] External links

• Thåström the official Internet page
• Thåströmackord Chords and tabs to his songs