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Dipper

It's always a good day to Dipper

About Me

There’s more music and stuff to download at dipper.se.
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Dipper history as told by Harri Kolari

When I was younger I once saw a concert with a wild band from Helsingborg, called the Kerb Crawlers. I thought they were great and tried to arrange a concert with them and my own band Snuffmovie Watchers. It never came true, but I remembered the Kerb Crawlers. Great band!! As years passed, I ran into the singer a couple of times at different parties. His name was Joachim, and I learned to know him better while he sang in a band called Scents. We talked and drank and found out we had quite similar musical preferences. Some time later I heard a rumour that he and the guitarist, Magnus, had quit Scents and started a band called Dipper, together with another member of Kerb Crawlers, Patrik. Of course I was interested, and I said so to Magnus. "If you ever need a bassplayer, you’ll know where to find me." I eventually ran into them at a Scents concert where they asked me what I could do. I felt I needed to convince them fast, and said I could play the basslines of every single song by the Stranglers. "Great", they said,"you’re in !", and then we went home to my place to celebrate. I thought they sounded good (a little bit like Superchunk), and they kept on talking about bands like Birthday Party, Hunters & Collectors and Dead Kennedys, bands I really like. We played our first concert in January 1995 at "Mejeriet" in Lund, where we also practiced at the time. Since then there’s been no turning back. We’ve kept it going, playing at festivals and venues all over Sweden and Denmark. Of course we’ve had our doubts at times, but most of the time it’s been fun. We got a record deal in 1996 with Vibrafon Records and have got some attention from the media. Even though we lost the deal with Vibrafon in 2001, I think we’re pretty lucky to have gotten this far. But to quote Jimi Tenor ; " I’ve realised, the harder you work the luckier you get." We just keep on playing and making new songs, and friends and fans encourage us to release tracks on samplers and vinyl singles.

Dipper Discography:

Butterfinger cd-single (Vibrcd 20)

Instant Man Ep (Vibrcd26)

Instant Kamera cd-single (Vibrcd 41)

They know what to expect and they like it album (VIBRCD44)

Apologetic song / Saturday night wrong 7" vinyl (d1)

Seconds - outtakes and leftovers 1994 - 2001 album (Dipper 1)


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Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Website: dipper.se
Band Members: Magnus Karlsson, Harri Kolari, Joachim Leksell, Patrik Malmros....... Plus our go-to guy Ruppel
Influences: Dipper,The Fall, Cramps, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wire, Fela Kuti, Jesus Lizard, Jon E Cash, Dead Kennedys, Man or Astroman?,The Troggs, Country Teasers, DAF, the Birthday Party, Talking Heads...
Sounds Like: The natives are restless...

Type of Label: None

My Blog

New track on our homepage

We've got a new exclusive track for download at dipper.se. It's a live version ('cause that's all there is) of our cover version of the Devo classic "Uncontrollable Urge". It's a bit sloppy but it's g...
Posted by Dipper on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:30:00 PST

goin’ fishing!!!!

yes dear music lovers a little treat for you that clocks in at about one minute and thirty seconds ( why longer? ) originally recorded by the legendary the damned during english punk rock's infancy......
Posted by Dipper on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:04:00 PST

we have been shot!

yes the harsh truth of the videocamera eye has looked upon us last weekend and we would like to thank all the creative young people who filmed and fed us and quenched our thirst...
Posted by Dipper on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:42:00 PST

Free album download

Yes, we’re giving away our latest album Seconds - Outtakes and Leftovers 1994 - 2001 for free. Come and grab it on our website dipper.se. Have a wonderful life!Mr. Bassman...
Posted by Dipper on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:10:00 PST

instant kamera video info

just wanted to inform everyone that in no way whatsoever were any animals killed in the making of this video.....  
Posted by Dipper on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:37:00 PST

Videos up on profile

As you might have noticed we have a couple of old videos up on the profile. It’s them old Shaping Up and Instant Kamera. Both from way back in the 20th century. Thank you so much to "bokmask" fo...
Posted by Dipper on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:43:00 PST

A minor update

There’s been a minor update at Dipper central eg. www.dipper.se with some new pictures and we really like it when you check out our exclusive downloads. Yummy!Mr. Bassman...
Posted by Dipper on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:24:00 PST

New track: Gob To Chew

What more to say?It's a new track and it's from a recording session we did at Tambourine studios. It's pretty stupid and simple. Just the way we like them. Enjoy!
Posted by Dipper on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:10:00 PST

A short video snippet added

OK so we uploaded a short shitty quality mobile phone video with Powersolo doing their Dipper tribute at Trash Can Club at Bodoni in Malmö the 8th of December 2007. We love you too, maaan!
Posted by Dipper on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:41:00 PST

Christmas treat. New track for download.

Hey ! We've got a Christmas treat for ya'll. Ready for download: Seconds, the title track from our own compilation album, although not included on the album, if you understand what I mean...I'm not s...
Posted by Dipper on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:37:00 PST