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HÃ¥kan

With a suicide bomber in my brain.

About Me

Håkan Soold. Fortyfour year old singer/guitarist/songwriter from Stockholm, Sweden - who..s day job is as a journalist. Plays in alt/indie/psychedelic/garage rock band The Plastic Pals . Guitarist with Cleveman Rössel Band/Lars Cleveman and the legendary Dom Dummaste . I play on the Christmas single Jesu Kristi 100 Krig (1981).

1978-1981 I played with with likewise legendary post punk band Guds Barn. Also been featured with bands/artists as Global Infantilists, Galento, Count Lucky Street Band, Docka and Trekant. Always on the lookout for gigs, collaborations, licensing deals.

The Plastic Pals you can check out at www.myspace.com/theplasticpals
www.theplasticpals.se
CD Baby

The Plastic Pals playing "There..s wind on the moon" live at Mosebacke Etablissement, Stockholm:
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My Interests

my kids and my wife, music, my summer house in PÃ¥lsboda, poetry, wining and dining...

I'd like to meet:

You - and Marc Bolan and Townes van Zandt and Sture Dahlström. What a foursome...no...now let me see...fivesome ;-)

Music:



Musical and other artistic and personal influences: Marianne Pettersson-Soold, Hatte Stiwenius, Chris Cacavas, Television, The Only Ones, Peter Lorimer, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Tom Verlaine, Slas, Bob Kulick, Steve Wynn, John Steinbeck, Townes van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Sture Dahlström, Sigge Pettersson, Barbro Hörberg, Caryl Phillips, Marc Bolan, Aldo Morot, Micke Wallqvist, Melanie, The Long Ryders, Jason Victor, Jobriath, Vickys-Affe, Mike Bloomfield, Dan Jones & The Squids, Satelliten Zigge, Angelo Badalamenti, Dahlila Costa, Blomsterunge, Schabrak, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Flying Burrito Brothers, Ray Davies, Billie Holiday, Serge Gainsbourg, Edith Piaf, Lou Reed, Vladimir Vysotskij, The Monochrome Set, Wayne Kramer, Bruno K Öijer, The Plimsouls, The Runaways, Matte Werner, Kajsa Grytt, The Birthday Party, Simon Soold, Bröderna Christer och Tommy Abrahamsson, Charlie Christian, Hunter S Thompson, Suzi Quattro, Bryan Ferry, Peter Puders, TT Reuter, Sylvain Sylvain & The Teardrops, Charles Aznavour, Nicke Wöhrman, Luis Bunuel, Putte Wickman, Andre Breton, Eeels, Orange Juice, Besökarna, Patti Smith, John Cale, Charlie George, The Sweet, Lars Cleveman, Martin Rössel, Lee Perry, Mungo Jerry, MC5, Juliette Binoche, William Burroughs, PJ Harvey, Blue Öyster Cult, Big Star, Lee Hazelwood, The Kinks, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Jan Johansson, John Kennedy Toole, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Slas, The Lovin' Spoonful, Nick Cave, Olle Adolphsson, Linda Pitmon, Sage Francis, Richard Lloyd, XTC, Suicide, Arthur Rimbaud, bob hund, Georges Brassens, The Velvet Underground, Green on red, Adam and the Ants (first singles and album - before all that indian crap), Pulp, Lasse Lönndahl, Salvador Dali, Pere Ubu, James Chance and The Contortions, John Holm, Paul Verlaine, Crazy Horse, Mick Ronson, Flamin Groovies, Beppe Wolgers, Federico Garcia Lorca, Emmylou Harris, Blue Öyster Cult, Jacques Brel, Paul Weller, The Ronettes, Scott Walker, Olle Adolphsson, Moe Tucker, Tomas Transtömer, 13th Floor Elevators, Ronnie Spector, The Shirellas, Georges Brassens, The Stranglers, Jeff Beck, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, F Scott Fitzgerald, Jim Carroll Band, Van Morrison, Mud, Dead Boys, Lloyd Cole, Johnny Thunders, Syd Barret..s Pink Floyd, Jaques Brel, Charles Aznavour, Buddy Holly, Edith Piaf, The Yardbirds, Chet Baker, Ryan Adams, The Stoogees, David Byrne, The Pop Group, Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons, Andy Warhol, Plast, The Doors, Nico, Steve Earle, Kate Bush, The Modern Lovers, Fred Åkerström, Steve Earle, John Holm, Jane Birkin, Lucinda Williams, The Pretty Things, Sterling Morrison, Hoagy Carmichael, Psychedelic Furs, Roxy Music, The Modern Lovers, Sam Shepherd, David Bowie, Beatles, Iggy Pop, Link Wray, Roy Orbison, Beatrice Dalle, Ola Magnell, Mott the Hoople, Wilko Johnson, Magazine, The Jam, New York Dolls, The Sweet, The Cramps, T Rex, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Evert Sandin, Atmosphere, Wire, Lydia Lunch, Nannie Porres, Tom Waits, Garbochock, TT Reuter, Raketerna, Ebba Grön, Grisen Skriker, Chris Cacavas, Bryan Ferry, Leonard Cohen, Chopin, Richard Bertilsson, Mink Deville, Howlin Wolf, Wire, Dr John, John Hiatt, Thelonius Monk, Lucinda Williams, Scotty Moore, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Bloc Party, Cornelis Vreesvijk, Kniskarl, Etta James, Magnus Uggla, Flying Burrito Brothers, Sterling Morrison, Sone Banger, John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, Emmylou Harris, Kiss, Dolly Parton, Ramones, Booker T & The MGs, Jan Allan, The Jam, Promoe, Aerosmith, The Waterboys, Eddie Cochran, Pugh Rogefeldt, Them, The Saints, John Bonham, Commando, Birthday Party, John McGeoch, Flo&Eddie, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Päkkos Gustav, Jimmy Page, The Cure, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Radiohead, The Who, Willie Nelson, Steve Cropper, The Damned, Pere Ubu, Blondie, Joe Jackson, The Adverts, Kiss, Richard Hell&The Voidoids, Public Enemy, Fred Åkerström, The Coral, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Kinks, Gun Club, Charlie Parker, The Stranglers, Johnny Cash, The Clash, Razorlight, Buzzcocks, Eva Sonesson, Curtis Mayfield, Igor Stravinskij, Funkadelic, Satellite dogs, Chris Isaak, 999, Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Cowboy Junkies, The Only Ones, Sly Stone, Radiohead, Joy Division, Rolling Stones, Tim Hardin, Detroit Cobras, Hank Williams, Ludwig van Beethoven, The Dream Syndicate, Elvis Costello, Jeff Beck, David Allan Coe, Gram Parsons, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jan Johansson, Wilco, The Yardbirds, Buzzcocks, The Strokes, The Libertines - US that is...

Movies:

Stranger than paradise

Books:

Gökmannen, Den galopperande svensken

Heroes:

Marianne, Elsa, Simon, Chris, Chi, Hayley, Cleve, Steve Wynn, Patti Smith, Tom Verlaine, Marc Bolan, Townes van Zandt, Lise, Hilde, Lars Ole, Jesper &Grönis... Not to mention the boys in my band – Anders, Olov and Bengt...