On August 12 we’re playing at WayOutWest in Gothenburg. It’s one of Sweden’s biggest and best festivals and we’re thrilled to get the opportunity to play there. The venue is Parken, the time is 9-11 pm. We and three other bands will do 15 minute showcase sets. See you there!
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Loading ...We’re doing a showcase gig at Alcazar in Stockholm tonight. We go on stage at exactly 10 pm so don’t be late! Check the calendar for more information.
After this gig we’re going to take a break from live performances until fall when it’s time to promote the album. But we’re going to release another single before that, accompanied by a video. More news on that soon!
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Just a reminder about the gig on Saturday with The Mommyheads. Also added to the roster are Even Adam. It’s going to be a great night!
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We had a great gig at Slottstallarna in Växjö with great support from our fans and friends.
We played the original set for 40+ minutes including the Beyoncé cover Irreplaceable - the crowd demanded an encore and we were pleased to oblige with a heavy performance of the soon to be smash-hit Mindset
Växjö, thank you so much for a great experience!
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...After a quiet fall The Genuine Fakes are performing @ Alcazar in Stockholm on Friday 23/10. Great news for all of you powerpoppers!
For further details, check out the calendar or visit our Facebook page.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...We are pleased to announce that Stockholm based Sara Rumar will open for The Genuine Fakes at The Southside Cavern gig on March 31.
Sara has released two albums; Stupid like me in 2006 and Why? Because. When? Now in 2007. In addition to that she recently released the single Stick To Diamonds that you can listen to on her MySpace-page or on Spotify.
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spent the weekend with a dear friend listening to some old vinyls and drinking “Eau De Vie” (I’d call it swedish blue collar brandy).
we enjoyed the re-discovery of all sorts of music ranging from Leonard Cohen to David Johansen. even got a bit of Roxette and Billy Idol in there… on Saturday we also managed to pay a visit to the fabulous Monk’s Café for a bit of kriek, ale and stout. Thanx for visiting, Hank!
also, reading the most recent post from Tommy Fake, I recognized the old Spinal Tap trio from yet another great mockumentary,
A Mighty Wind from 2003.
finally, here’s “Cypress Hill Lyric of the week”:
(WHEN THE SHIT GOES DOWN)
shit, I still stand tall
with tha hill clan, ya’ll
better stand back - niggaz ’bout ta fall
I’m comin’ out blastin’ like Yosemite Sam
get tha cheese n’ tha bread for tha ham…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...It was goooood! It is so nice to play a few songs and notice that we have actually never been better… We started rehearsing a new song - If You Then I - that we have never performed live and hopefully you will hear it soon at a venue near you or possibly on the upcoming album!
Johnny Fake was brilliant as usual and I think that if you watch our next few gigs you will notice quite a difference in his way to batter the drums - he’s doing something really cool now…
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The Genuine Fakes are:
The Genuine Fakes is the new hope of powerpop in Sweden. Their songs are fueled by rock and catchy singalong melodies.
The band was formed in late 2005 in a basement in Södermalm in Stockholm. The guys; that shared a love for melodic pop and moustaches joined up and beautiful music came to be instantaneously. Influences from bands such as 90’s indie legends Popsicle from Sweden, The Posies, The Wildhearts, Fountains of Wayne, Weezer, Jellyfish, Cheap Trick and Pearl Jam, to name a few, were forged in a way that creates a unique sound in this day and age. You’ve got beautiful harmonies on a thick, powerful foundation of distorted guitars, Hammond organ, McCartney-esque bass lines and noisy drums. The instrumentation is raw and the vocals are as slick as The Beatles’ were in their prime. The band delivers three and four part harmonies that you haven’t seen or heard the likeness of live since the last Jellyfish tour in 1993. A concertgoer perhaps described it best: “It’s Popsicle-rock with Beach Boys harmonies!”
The creativity flourished and a whole album’s worth of songs were written over a couple of short months before it was time for the first gig in January of 2006. Since then the band has played most of the Stockholm rock clubs, such as Alcazar, Klubben and Stampen to name a few. The year was topped off with a critically acclaimed performance at the Rookie Festival in Hultsfred, handpicked as one of 30 bands amongst thousands of applicants.
In conjunction with the Rookie Festival the band released its first single, entitled “Star”. It quickly sold out and has been downloaded persistently on MySpace since then. The first full length album is currently in the making, and the band is shopping around for labels to release it at this moment.
The band has also recorded a couple of interesting covers. One is a Posies song called “Somehow Everything” which was released in the US on “Beautiful Escape: The Ultimate Tribute to The Posies” (Burning Sky Records). The other one is an original interpretation of Beyoncé’s smash hit “Irreplaceable”. It has become an instant live favorite, winning over even the most skeptical listener. Thestar.com describes it: “Proud members of the power-pop fraternity populated by Dwight Twilley, Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and the like, this Swedish band convincingly transforms the steely Beyoncé ballad into something that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Fountains of Wayne album.”
As a live act they’re a true force to be reckoned with. There’s a brand new band in town!
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