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.

The Genuine Fakes have the chance to open up for Deportees at Debaser in Stockholm. If you’re in Sweden you can vote by means of sms for the small cost of 2 SEK. Just send the message OA THEGE to number 72500 to vote. Thanks for your help!

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.

• The Genuine Fakes w/ Sara Rumar
• When: March 31, 2009 - 8.00 PM
• Where: The Southside Cavern - Hornsgatan 104, Stockholm, Sweden. T-Zinkensdamm.
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Spegeln, Gävle

The Genuine Fakes [är] fyra mustaschprydda herrar i kortärmade svarta skjortor, byxor i olika färger och matchande randiga slipsar. De spelar indiepop som doftar 90-tal och Weezer. Till och med covern på Beyonces låt ”Irreplaceable” är bra, men de är inte så konstigt för allt Genuine Fakes gör är galet bra.

Arbetarbladet - Gävle

Rookiefestivalen

Are you strong enough to fake it? Det är i alla fall de tre stockholmskillarna i The Genuine Fakes, som gjorde en skön och fartfylld spelning på Seattle på lördagen. Som första band under den andra och avslutande festivaldagen fick de verkligen igång en fest som aldrig kommer vilja ta slut.

Bandet spelar rockig pop som det är riktigt svårt att stå still till. Johan, Mårten och Farsan kör sin grej och vi gillar det - med sina randiga tröjor och härliga mustascher kan man inte annat än charmas av dom. De är riktigt samspelta och med basistens och trummisens backup även på sångsidan känns bandet riktigt stabilt. En glad spelning, tre sköna killar och en publik som tillhandahåller med näsflöjtar kan ju inte vara annat än bra. Jag kommer i alla fall hålla koll på The Genuine Fakes i framtiden.

Rookie.nu

The Genuine Fakes are:

• Joey Fake - lead vocals / guitars
• Morty Fake - bass / backing vocals
• Johnny Fake - drumkit / backing vocals
• Tommy Fake - keyboards / backing vocals

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!

This Saturday The Genuine Fakes are making the video for “I Don’t Want It”. The band needs extras/audience so if you’re in town and you want to be in the video, check out the event on Facebook.

Furthermore, The Genuine Fakes joins Winston and The O-kult at ROQ in Stockholm later the same evening for a rawkin’ show. Check out the live calendar for more info.

The Genuine Fakes are playing at Obaren (The O Bar) in Stockholm on Monday April 28. Check out the calendar for more info. Find more info on our Facebook-page. RSVP and invite your friends!

The 35 song, triple disc Posies tribute album “Beautiful Escape - The Songs of The Posies Revisited” will be released on May 20. There will be a release party at Nuemo’s in Seattle at a Posies concert on May 17th. It’s bound to be a great show! Plans are also in the works for a release party in Stockholm since so many Swedish acts have contributed tracks to the album. Nothing official yet though.

The Genuine Fakes’ contribution, “Somehow Everything”, was aired on WMEL Radio last night. It’s being added to a bunch of different radio shows in the US and Australia at the moment. It’s also posted on the Beautiful Escape MySpace again, so if you haven’t heard it yet just head on over there and have a listen.

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.