The Nomads (Swedish band)

The Nomads
Hans Östlund (l) & Nick Vahlberg (r) at the Faster & Louder Festival 2018 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Hans Östlund (l) & Nick Vahlberg (r) at the Faster & Louder Festival 2018 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Background information
OriginSolna, Sweden
GenresGarage punk
Years active1981–present
LabelsAmigo
Mans Ruin
Bad Afro Records
Safety Pin Records
White Jazz Reocords
MembersHans Östlund
Nick Vahlberg
Jocke Ericson
Björne Fröberg
Past membersJoakim Tärnström
Ed Johnson
Frank Minarik
Tony Carlsson
Websitehttp://www.thenomads.se

The Nomads are a Swedish garage punk band founded in 1981 by Hans Östlund, Nick Vahlberg, Joakim Tärnström, and Ed Johnson. Today, Östlund and Vahlberg are the only members left of the original line-up.

The band plays music influenced by the MC5, The Stooges, Roky Erickson, The Cramps, The Ramones, New York Dolls, and other early garage rock and punk bands.[1] The Nomads have been an influential band in the Scandinavian garage rock and punk scenes, inspiring bands such as The Hives, Hellacopters, "Demons", Gluecifer, and many others.[2]

  1. ^ [1] Archived October 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [2] Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine