Incest Brothers

Swedish punk band

Incest Brothers

Origin| Järfälla[1]
Genres|

* Punk

Years active| 1977–1984,[2] 2020-present
Labels| Rosa Honung
Members| Stefan "Mongo" Enger (bass and vocals),
Johnny Essing (guitar),
Hans-Peter "Happy" Törnblom (drums and vocals)

Incest Brothers was a Swedish punk rock band[3][4][5] formed in August 1977 in the Stockholm suburb of Jakobsberg in Järfälla. Their music is political punk, and was influenced by British punk.[2] The band was discussed in the 2013 movie We Are the Best!.[6]

## History

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The original Incest Brothers was formed an evening in August 1977, but was the band was reformed in September 1978 with many new members. The band name was selected in the punk tradition of choosing a disgusting and obscene name.[2] Together with KSMB and Travolta Kids the Incest Brothers contributed to the split album Bakverk 80.[7]

Following the break-up of the Incest Brothers, Mongo and Happy founded the punk band Köttgrottorna. Johnny Essing played guitar in the bands bob hund and Bergman Rock.

### Members

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* Stefan "Mongo" Enger (bass and vocals)
* Happy Törnblom (drums and vocals)
* Johnny Essing (guitar)
* Sir N Andersson (guitar and vocals)
* Hazze Johannesson (vocals)
* Tomas Svensson (bass)
* Vortex (guitar)
* Sören Carlsson (drums)
* Pettersson (organ)

## Discography

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### Albums, EPs, and singles

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* 1984 - Tre år försent (Rosa Honung Records)
* 2020 - Hotet Mot Vår Säkerhet (EP, Birdnest Records)
* 2022 - Ljuset Igen (single, Bollmora Rekords)[8]

### Compilations

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* 1979 - Bakverk 80 (split with KSMB and Travolta Kids)
* 1986 - Ståkkålmsjävlar 1978-1981 (compilation from  MNW)
* 1993 - Ny våg 78-82 (compilation from  MNW)
* 1996 - Break the Rules, Volume 7 (compilation from Insekten Records)
* 2002 - Stockholmspunk 79-91 (compilation)
* 2003 - Svenska punkklassiker 78-81 (compilation from  MNW)
* 2017 - Ståkkålm Syndrom 79
* 2019 - MNW50 (1969 - 2019) (compilation from  MNW)

## References

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1. ^ Fäderneslandet och Punkrockarna
2. ^ a b c Farbror Punk (2014-12-23). "Incest Brothers" (in Swedish). Punktjafs; Vi återvinner svensk punk, nya vågen, synth och pop 1977-1983. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27.
3. ^ Sjöberg, Michael. (2019). Punk i media: En undersökning av punkens mottagande i svensk dags-och kvällspress mellan 1977 och 1980 (PDF) (Thesis) (in Swedish). Institutionen för musikvetenskap, Uppsala Universitet.
4. ^ Mörtberg, Sara. (2008). För att man vill göra något själv: en studie om hur den svenska punken spreds som en löpeld med avstamp 1977 (PDF) (Thesis) (in Swedish). Linköpings Universitet.
5. ^ Markelius, Nike (2016). Trumslag hjärtslag (in Swedish). Modernista. ISBN 9789176458488.
6. ^ ERIC HYNES (2014-06-03). "Girl Power: The Punk Coming-of-Age Movie 'We Are the Best'". Rolling Stone.
7. ^ "Incest Brothers". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2023-12-26.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
8. ^ "Ljuset Igen – Incest Brothers (Review)" (in Swedish). BrewPunk. 2023-01-27. Archived from the original on 2023-12-26.

## External links

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* Live pictures at notfound.se
* MusicBrainz
* Punktipset
* Incest Brothers page on Discogs

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

Artists|

* MusicBrainz