Johan KÃ¤lls - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm like a one man band nowadays. Though it all started in primary school when I was a pianoplayer, and later, the rythm-guitarist in a four man group we called the Map. Some of the members had parents who lived in houses or bungalows and our rehearsals used to take place in their living rooms. I grew up in the north suburbs of Stockholm and people from the cool south used to think all of us were snobs. Narrowminded southerners, what are you so proud of?The Map became the Pirates and my parents left the old block of flats and moved to a more posh area in the same suburb. Suddenly I was in a punk band with new friends. The rich neighborhood must have hated us. Stupid kids yelling about Cold War, Animal Liberation and the Sick Society every Saturday and Sunday afternoon.And the years passed by. I studied classical piano but payed more and more attention to my electric guitar. I tried to be the singer in a heavy metal band, but... hey... I didn't like their style I wanted to be a mod! But the mod culture didn't exist in Sollentuna, Stockholm, in the late 80's. My musical taste was banned in secondary school. The Indie-scene surely made the world a little better a few years later.I've played with some other different groups, which you haven't heard of either. For a short period, jazz-funk was the thing. Our songs could last for 30 minutes and they always ended in a hell of a groove.Now I'm alone. Again. Living in the middle of nowhere. No members in my band anymore. No neighbours can hear me play. So hey! I can do whatever I want. "All the instruments are in my hand, gonna leave this wicked land tonight". (Quotation from another of my somewhat 38 pop classics).I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 6/3/2006
Band Members: Johan KÃ¤lls
Influences: 60's pop, mod, psych, rock 'n' roll, indie, Black Sabbath
Sounds Like: Listeners have said: "It sounds a bit like the early David Bowie-stuff".
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Sloppy drumming, lousy singing...

But it's not just that. Lucky Spider sounds awfully strange, I must try to fix that otherwise I have to remove it forever. But it's actually the first song I've written for two years. Suppos...
Posted by Johan Källs on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:17:00 PST

Holiday and time for a wedding

My last hour at work for five weeks. The computer is fucked up, but I don't care at the moment. It feels a bit awkward with a five week holiday, without any plans. Anyway, on Saturday I'm going to my ...
Posted by Johan Källs on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 07:40:00 PST

Parklife Saturday

I've finally decided to drive to Stockolm this weekend and visit the Parklife-festival at Skanskvarn, Saturday.It was great fun last year. Anna, my room-mate at work, recommends Sir Eric Beyond and th...
Posted by Johan Källs on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:11:00 PST

Punk legend is still alive

Thåström's gonna be att Tantolunden tomorrow. I'm gonna be there to :-)
Posted by Johan Källs on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:52:00 PST

Legends die somtimes

Syd Barrett is dead I read in the paper. That's sad. And today I was told that Ingmar the guy in the film about the Swedish mods "Dom kallar oss mods", also died a couple of months ago. So thats why ...
Posted by Johan Källs on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:25:00 PST

Serial killer escaped from hospital?

This is supposed to be the hottest day of the week, and of the year so far. Strawberry guy is counting money now, I think he might have had a pretty good day.A serial killer did escape from the psych...
Posted by Johan Källs on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 07:21:00 PST

Rain may change my mind

It's a very rainy day today. And I'm working the last few hours on my 9-day shift. I was looking forward to a nice party on my own in the garden this evening. But I'm beginning to change my mind. I've...
Posted by Johan Källs on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 02:48:00 PST

Strawberry guy has a lot to do

The Strawberry-guy outside my office window, has had an awful lot of customers today. He hardly gets time to smoke (and he smokes a lot). It's raining but people seems to be almost obsessed with straw...
Posted by Johan Källs on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:26:00 PST

Rich Americans drive Ford model A

This is really bizarre.In about one hour 24 american pensioners will drive their A-Ford:s on Åsgatan in Hedemora.These old, and obviously rich, people have shipped their old cars to Denmark. From Denm...
Posted by Johan Källs on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:01:00 PST

The Internet date

I'm supposed to meet a woman I've never seen before, tomorrow att noon or so. I always feel a bit akward about it. But what the hell... I've got nothing to lose. Sweden-Paraguay 1-0. I'm not impressed...
Posted by Johan Källs on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:02:00 PST