Anti Cimex

Anti Cimex
Background information
OriginGothenburg, Sweden
GenresCrust punk[1]
Years active1981–1993
LabelsDistortion records, Really Fast records, Black Konflik records
Past members
  • Tomas "Freke" Jonsson
  • Cliff Lundberg
  • Robert "Lefty" Jörgensen
  • Charlie Claeson
  • Bonni "Bonta" Pontén
  • Nils "Nillen" Andersson
  • Joakim "Jocke" Pettersson
  • Sixten Andersson
  • Christian "Cutting"
  • Conrad
  • Jean-Louis Huhta
  • Patrik Granath

Anti Cimex were a Swedish crust punk band, based in Skövde, Gothenburg, Linköping, and Malmö, at different times, that formed in 1981.[2] They were one of the first bands to define Scandinavian hardcore punk.[3] Their second 7-inch is considered to be a subgenre-defining D-beat record. Scene historian Peter Jandreus describes the group as the most famous Swedish punk band of the 1977–1987 era.[2]

Their name is taken from the Swedish pest control company with the same name, Anticimex,[2] the name of this company, in turn, comes from the Latin name of a particular type of bed bug; Cimex.[4]

  1. ^ Penny, Jordan (25 April 2017). "Wolfbrigade: Run With the Hunted". PopMatters. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Peter Jandreus, The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977–1987, Stockholm: Premium Publishing, 2008, p. 20-21.
  3. ^ Kelly, Kim (22 February 2018). "Raw Punk Godfathers Anti Cimex Are Dead But Still Angry". Vice Media. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  4. ^ Daniel Ekeroth. Swedish Death Metal Kagra. Poznań. 2008. p.29. (in Polish)