AC4 (band) explained

AC4
Origin:Umeå, Sweden
Genre:Hardcore punk, punk rock
Years Active:2008–2013
Label:Ny Våg
Deathwish Inc.
Shock Records
Website:Official AC4 Facebook
Myspace website
Current Members:Dennis Lyxzén
Karl Backman
Christoffer Röstlund Jonsson
Fredrik Lyxzén
Past Members:David Sandström
Jens Nordén

AC4 was a Swedish hardcore punk band from Umeå, Sweden. Refused members Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström had been talking about starting a new band for a long time. In the spring of 2008 Karl Backman had written songs for the new band and they started to rehearse. Jens Nordén had played with Lyxzén in pre-Refused straight edge hardcore band Step Forward (1987-1991) and since 1990 with Backman in punk band The Vectors. The "AC" in the name is the regional code for the Västerbotten province where Umeå is located.[1] [2] [3] [4]

The first show was at a squat on Parkgatan in Umeå on May 5, 2008.[5]

In May 2008 someone posted a live song on YouTube.[6] It got on Kerrang's playlist[7] and had over 14,000 hits the first week.[8]

They performed at Storsjöyran[9] and Umeå Punkfest in 2008.[10]

In 2009 they performed at Way Out West Festival[11] and released the self-titled debut album on Lyxzén's label Ny Våg.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

In 2010 their European tour took them around their native Sweden, as well as Norway, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Italy, England and Wales.[17] They also released the Umeå Hardcore 7-inch EP in Europe, a special 7-inch for Australia only and the debut album came out in America.[18]

AC4 initially refused to do interviews with mainstream media and would only answer questions from fanzine writers who were under the age of 18.[13] [19] [20] To promote their Australian tour in April, 2011, Dennis conducted a number of interviews with the local press, including Melbourne radio show Bullying The Jukebox.[21]

While on tour in Australia a short documentary film about the band entitled "A few minutes with AC4"[22] was filmed, along with a promotional video for the song "Won't Bow Down"[23] from their debut album.

In May 2012 the band announced that Sandström had been replaced by Christoffer Röstlund Jonsson (DS-13) and that the recording of a second album had begun. The album Burn The World was released in March 2013[24] on Ny Våg records and Deathwish Inc.[25]

The band is also performing at some upcoming festivals including Groezrock on a spring 2013 tour. A week before the tour the band announced that Nordén had suddenly left AC4, but is being replaced by their producer Fredrik Lyxzén.[26]

AC4 disbanded 2013. [27]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: AC4's Karl Backman (January 3, 2011) : Interview : PlugInMusic.com. 10 January 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110110231308/http://www.pluginmusic.com/interviews.php?page=ac4. 28 September 2020. 2011-01-10.
  2. Web site: AC4. Refusedfan.com. 2020-04-01.
  3. Web site: Interviews & Artikel : AC4 :: ox-fanzine.de. Ox-fanzine.de. 2020-04-01.
  4. Web site: PSL // Dennis och Inge och alla projekten… . 2010-05-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100526123617/http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/11/07/dennis-och-inge-och-alla-projekten/ . 2010-05-26 . PSL SVT Lyxzén interview 2008
  5. Web site: NY husockupation i Umeå - Regionala nyheter | SVT.se . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110612073532/http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=73925&a=1135040 . 2011-06-12 . SVT News May 2008
  6. Web site: AC4 live at Verket, Umeå - YouTube. . 15 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315093811/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqA8VKySe_0. 28 September 2020. 2016-03-15.
  7. Web site: Kerrang! The Playlist 17-06-08 . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080802163709/http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/06/the_playlist_170608.html . 2008-08-02 . Kerrang Playlist June 2008
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304003705/http://www.soundpollutiondistribution.se/news/nyhetsblad_vecka_49.pdf . 2012-03-04 . Sound Pollution
  9. Web site: Storsjöyran | Festivalen som inte liknar någon annan. Yran.se. 2020-04-01.
  10. Web site: Punkfest 10 . 2009-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708061301/http://punkfest.blogspot.com/ . 2011-07-08 . dead .
  11. Web site: Tidigare bokade artister | Way Out West . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100412041209/http://www.wayoutwest.se/tidigare-artister . 2010-04-12 .
  12. Web site: AC4 "AC4" . Dagensskiva.com. 2020-04-01.
  13. Web site: AC4 - AC4 - Skivor - Expressen Nöje | Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter. https://web.archive.org/web/20100206041156/http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/skivor/1.1801999/ac4-ac4. dead. February 6, 2010. February 6, 2010. 2020-04-01.
  14. Web site: AC4: "AC4" - DN.se . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091128200025/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/skivrecensioner/ac4-ac4-1.1001809 . 2009-11-28 . Dagens nyheter AC4-AC4
  15. Web site: Aftonbladet: Aftonbladet recensioner: CD. Aftonbladet.se. 2020-04-01.
  16. Web site: AC4 - AC4 - GROOVE - Sveriges största musiktidning. Groove.se. 2020-04-01.
  17. http://www.myspace.com/ac4hc/blog
  18. Web site: AC4 get US release, planning tour. Itsatrap.com. 2020-04-01.
  19. Web site: Invalid Friend ID . 2010-03-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view . 2009-02-07 . AC4 and the media
  20. Web site: Brända Halsmandlar - David från AC4: "Det är irriterande att jämföras med Refused". 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812203036/http://brandahalsmandlar.blogg.se/2010/january/utkast-jan-28-2010.html. 28 September 2020. 2011-08-12.
  21. Web site: Dennis Lyxzen - AC4. Soundcloud.com. 2020-04-01.
  22. Web site: A Few Minutes With AC4. Vimeo.com. 2020-04-01.
  23. Web site: AC4 - Won't Bow Down on Vimeo. 24 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120124031811/http://vimeo.com/23894971. 28 September 2020. 2012-01-24.
  24. Web site: AC4. Facebook.com. 2020-04-01.
  25. Web site: Deathwish Inc . 2013-03-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130318054334/http://www.deathwishinc.com/news/778/ . 2013-03-18 . AC4 "Burn The World" LP out soon from a partnership of Deathwish & Ny Vag
  26. Web site: AC4 EURO TOUR... . Facebook.com . 2013-04-18 .
  27. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1612992-AC4

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