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Kent
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Sweden (1990 – present)
There are currently 2 artists called ‘Kent’:
1. Kent is a swedish rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet (Jones & the Poison), and Havsänglar (Sea angels). In the band’s logotype, the ‘k’ is lower-case using the Avant Garde fonttype. Kent have had several big Swedish radio hits since the breakthrough single “Kräm (så nära får ingen gå)”. As of 2005, they are probably the most popular rock band in Sweden, but are more or less unknown outside Scandinavia. They have also tried an international career with English versions of the albums “Isola” and “Hagnesta Hill”
Kent and Verkligen (1995–1996)
In 1995 Kent released their epynomous debut Kent. It was distorted and not much reminiscent of what Kent would release in later years. It got almost no commercial reputation at all. Four singles were released, with “Frank” closest to being a hit.
Only one year after, in 1996, Kent released Verkligen (Really). Guitarist Martin Roos had left the band for his career at Kent’s record company BMG, but has since become the band’s manager. The pre-release single “Kräm (Så nära får ingen gå)” immediately became a radio hit and gained Kent some serious fame for the first time. Two more singles were issued, “Gravitation” and “Halka” - The latter one later to be hated with a passion by the group. Musically, the album was slower with less distortion and more emotion. A Japanese release of “Verkligen” featured the group’s first English-language song, an altered version of “Kräm (Så nära får ingen gå)” entitled “What It Feels Like”.
Isola (1997–1998)
1. Kent is a swedish rock band founded in Eskilstuna in 1990, with the name Coca-Cola Kids, later Jones & Giftet (Jones & the Poison), and Havsänglar (Sea angels). In the band’s logotype, the ‘k’ is lower-case using the Avant Garde fonttype. Kent have had several big Swedish radio hits since the breakthrough single “Kräm (så nära får ingen gå)”. As of 2005, they are probably the most popular rock band in Sweden, but are more or less unknown outside Scandinavia. They have also tried an international career with English versions of the albums “Isola” and “Hagnesta Hill”
Kent and Verkligen (1995–1996)
In 1995 Kent released their epynomous debut Kent. It was distorted and not much reminiscent of what Kent would release in later years. It got almost no commercial reputation at all. Four singles were released, with “Frank” closest to being a hit.
Only one year after, in 1996, Kent released Verkligen (Really). Guitarist Martin Roos had left the band for his career at Kent’s record company BMG, but has since become the band’s manager. The pre-release single “Kräm (Så nära får ingen gå)” immediately became a radio hit and gained Kent some serious fame for the first time. Two more singles were issued, “Gravitation” and “Halka” - The latter one later to be hated with a passion by the group. Musically, the album was slower with less distortion and more emotion. A Japanese release of “Verkligen” featured the group’s first English-language song, an altered version of “Kräm (Så nära får ingen gå)” entitled “What It Feels Like”.
Isola (1997–1998)
Videos
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Kent - Håll Ditt Huvud Högt (Live)
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Kent - Vy från ett luftslott (Punks Jump Up Remix)
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Kent : Berlin (Simon Brenting Remix)
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kent - det kanske kommer en förändring
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Shoutbox
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lady_peace wrote:
Kent iss fucking good music, good music dosn't need a genre
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fist_fuck wrote:
vilket tjat om olika typer av musikstilar, så ointressant och leder oftast in till nåt gott bara att folk blir osams! och så kan det bli krig osv
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nevverenough wrote:
"Kent - Innan Allting Tar Slut" = Kent - Before It All Ends.
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Fooobb wrote:
Czahor: http://www.kent.nu/text_visa.asp?textid=79
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Czahor wrote:
Kent - Innan Allting Tar Slut Can Somone give me english translation of this ?
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nevverenough wrote:
Följ musikprofessorn, Rotmosen.
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Rotuhiiri wrote:
Och att säga "Alternativ till vad?" är bara löjligt. Är nyskriven klassisk musik inte 'klassisk'? Är Metallica pop (som ursprungligen är en förkortning av 'popular music'), bara för att de är populära? Vad orden har för ursprunglig betydelse är rätt så ointressant...
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Rotuhiiri wrote:
Alternative rock ÄR en (ganska löst definierad) genre, som på den tiden när den kom till var alternativ till rådande mainstream-rock. Som jag ser på det så är det väl lämpligast att använda om band som inte håller sig på ett tydligt rakt spår, utan blandar "vanlig" rock med andra influenser (exempelvis mer elektronisk musik, shoegaze, prog, pop, whatever), men samtidigt ligger närmare rock än övriga influenser. Alternative rock är idag den rock som är mainstream och är väldigt urvattnat precis som indie, men det är imo en bättre beskrivning än pop eller rock eftersom dessa har mer strikta definitioner för de flesta människor..
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liquid_raven wrote:
Alternativ till vad? För övrigt så håller jag med om att begreppet indie är otroligt urvattnat, och det övergår mitt förstånd varför folk envisas med att tagga precis allting med indie.
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DimaTemptation wrote:
Indie betyder ingenting...Kent är alternativ pop/rock.
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jesp3r wrote:
indie? indie?! wth... alternativ rock skulle jag säga
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liquid_raven wrote:
Jag skulle säga att de spelar pop/rock med influenser av elektro nu på senare tid, tidigare hade de mer punkiga influenser (jag tänker mest på första skivan). Jag skulle inte beskriva dem som indie, dels för att de inte är det minsta "independent" (de är signade till världens mest onda, viruspushande, DRM-älskande skivbolag!) och dels för att de helt enkelt inte låter det minsta som andra artister som beskrivs som indie. Fast det är förstås så löst definerat att allt kan defineras som indie med lite god vilja.
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Evinrude_90 wrote:
Why the fuzz? Varför försöka att placera dom i ett fack? Kent är Kent, så enkelt är det!
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fcukyuo wrote:
kent är pop. helt klart.
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ImmortalAthon wrote:
THEY ARE SO AWESOME OMGOMGOMG
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smartyes wrote:
è un peccato che siano poco conosciuti...talvolta scopiazzano un po dai placebo ma non sono niente male..soprattutto 747
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nollfem4 wrote:
brutal indiegrind
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nevverenough wrote:
i think i would describe them as "alternative".
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Kent är ett rockband? :)
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Rotuhiiri wrote:
We are discussing Kent's genre, and we all just agreed that 'underground indie' is the proper term to use.
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Recent Activity
- Rotuhiiri tagged Kent with ‘not british’, ‘not polish’ and ‘not american’. 42 minutes ago
- etaegeun001 tagged Kent with ‘myjukebox’. 2 hours ago
- playmemoremusic tagged Kent with ‘rock’, ‘swedish’, ‘european rock’, ‘swedish rock’ and ‘european’. 3 hours ago
- Inyxx tagged Kent with ‘swedish’. 5 hours ago
- juhis_i, Neonlinker, jappodaim and 2 other people added Kent to their libraries. 8 hours ago
- CrZyGaL tagged Kent with ‘swedish’. 12 hours ago
- fromtlamm, LingBerry, ElinKolvik and 2 other people added Kent to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
- NoBrains- tagged Kent with ‘seen live’. yesterday afternoon
- MoonOfNeptune tagged Kent with ‘alternative indie pop-rock’ and ‘kent is an unknown band in hungary’. yesterday afternoon
- erlens82 and jao81 added Kent to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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