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Uber Rock reviews Liner Notes

21 Nov

British online magazine Uber Rock says good things about our latest release.

“Swedish powerpopsters The Genuine Fakes follow up their debut release, ‘The Striped Album’, with all the bits they had left over from those sessions – kind’ve like Dr. Frankenstein throwing together a Mini-Me from the slops bucket… for newbies of The Genuine Fakes this EP, or mini-album, is a great introduction to the band and, at nearly 30 minutes in duration, is only a song short of some full-length albums.”

Read the whole review here.

Onechord.net reviews Liner Notes

14 Nov

Vesa from Finland, author of onechord.net (also co-host of Flavor of the Month which we visited in September) writes nice things about Liner Notes:

“These are not some barely decent tunes that didn’t make the debut album, because they weren’t any good. I think these are ridiculously amazing considering that fact and many power pop groups would have been proud to have written even one of them. While the debut was a loud power pop album best suited for Friday nights, these new mixes might bring some melodic greatness to Sunday mornings as well. “

Read the whole review here.

New press images

19 Mar

We have added some new press images that may be worth checking out!

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Check out the press images section.

Freddie Mercury – King of Queen

9 Mar
I found this fantastic YouTube clip of the flamboyant Queen-singer Freddie Mercury. It is from the Live Aid performance in 1985 and the question is – how brilliant can a man be?!? I think that he is one of the best singers ever and his performance on stage is better than almost everything I have ever seen.

The vocal harmonies are fantastic and quite close to powerpop.

On 23 November 1991, Freddie announced to the press that he had tested positive for HIV and had AIDS. Speculations had of course been going on for years. 24 hours later he died – merely 45 years old.

Another fakin’ week!

8 Mar
dear blog reader,
I’m really looking forward to some upcoming gigs in the near future!
to bad I can’t tell you more about it, cos one is yet to be comfirmed. latest news on that at the official Genuine Fakes site!

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…

Just a comment to my last post..

22 Feb
in my last post I dropped a couple of songs worth checking out.
three of four are represented and available for download at:

THE MODPUNKPOP ARCHIVES
STOAT – “Office Girl”,
AGENTS – “Modern Girls”
STARJETS – “Any Danger Love”.

also, stay tuned for “Cypress Hill Lyric of the Week”.. coming soon!

Re-discovering Stars on Mars’ Poster

21 Feb
I recently re-discovered one of my favorite pop-bands – Stars on Mars. I haven’t listened to them since -95 but the other day I just felt the urge to Spotify them… I have only listened to the album Poster that was released in 1993 and I’m not even sure if they have released any more albums or if the band even exists any more. However, the Poster-album is freakin’ great!!

Stars on Mars - Poster

The story of Stars on Mars seems pretty cool. The rumour says that a three song demo was presented to ten record companies, delivered by a babe without appointment but riding a Harley bike. Six companies were interested… Then Micke Herrström produced their album and that is probably one of the main reasons why the album feels so genuinely cool – Micke has been known to produce excellent albums (e.g. Popsicle, The Wannadies, Ane Brun, Thunder Express and Moneybrother).

The songs all match well together but I most enjoy the tracks Marshall Man and Motorcycle Baby. The singers Sophie Eklöf and Helena Jonsson delivers perfect harmonies which closely resembles vocals from the powerpop genre. The overall feeling of the album is definitely a 4+ (on a scale from 1 to 5).

Stars on Mars – facts
Formation Date: January 20, 1992
Record Label: Polar / Polygram
Label Type: Major Label
Band Members: Sophie Eklöf and Helena Jonsson (vocals), Richard Tersaeus (guitar), Torsten Rundqvist (bass), Mårten Skoog (drums)
Influences: T Rex, Abba, Teenage Fanclub, The 70′s
Country: Sweden
Spotify link: Stars on Mars – Poster

Weekend

15 Feb
time to get this blog going!
last weekend I nailed the remaining bass tracks for TGF songs “Star”, “Blind Commitment”, “Whatever Comes Your Way” and “You Always Come Back Home”. the session was acutally set in the rehersal studio for practical reasons. It all went really well!

I’ll be staying in this weekend. resting, reading and most apparently blogging. as Joey went south (Småland) on friday we’ll pick up the studio work again on tuesday.


(current playmate)

i’d like to end this post with a very special feature of mine:

“Cypress Hill Lyric of the week”.

(LIL’ PUTOS)

So I gotta maintain my direction
What I mighta gained without my protection
Not a damn thing, so when I come just bring that new style, break ya off like a chicken wing

Buckooock!!

So you can just suck my c**k
Like a fat blunt, stoned is the way of the walk
When I’m peepin, checkin out the punk-ass creepin
I let the dogs loose then I let the dogs sick em
Graaah! nigga dont make me catch ya, punk
cause I still will be comin’ at ya

Studio work

5 Feb
Hey fakers!

For the next couple of weeks we’ll be working our asses off in the studio to get the album wrapped up. We’ve been asked to present all our recorded songs to a label as soon as possible, which gives us the pressure we need to get it done – finally! Up until now we’ve had all the time in the world so we haven’t really put the machine into full gear simply because we didn’t have to. It’s going to be nice to finish up two years of recording so we can focus on getting an album out and rehearsing for live shows without feeling that we’ve got songs that still need working on in the studio.

So, keep your fingers crossed! If everything goes our way we could get an album released before the end of the year. Would be pretty cool, no?

// Joey

New tour dates

3 Mar

Check out the new tour dates. The Genuine Fakes are opening up for Thunder Express at Mosebacke on March 27. On April 28 they’re joining The Man at Obaren.

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