No Fun at All + support
- Lørdag, oktober 31
- 19.00-22.00
- Nöjesfabriken Karlagatan 42, 652 23 Karlstad, Sverige
Info
It's one thing for a punk band to ride the wave of youthful enthusiasm and energy. It's another to establish yourself as a hard-working band whose records continue to be loved by the fans. As for No Fun At All, which now dives into its fourth decade since forming in 1991, the band has paved a path into the very definition of melodic punk.
Since the debut with the mini-CD Vision (1993), No Fun At All's name has become synonymous with fast, infectious skatepunk. If No Fun At All initially made a name for itself during Sweden's punk heyday of the 1990s, together with the previously mentioned label peers, it soon became a mission to survive the scene's ebb and flow. Over the years, the band's sometimes dark, but always gripping melodies have developed into a well-known brand. No Fun At All is proof that melodic punk can address serious topics without losing the playfulness that characterizes the band's live performances on stage at Nöjesfabriken.
After a few years of rest in the early 2000s, followed by the comeback album Low Rider (2008), No Fun At All found itself at a crossroads in 2017. While the long-time members Mikael Danielsson (guitar), Ingemar Jansson (vocals) and Kjell Ramstedt (drums) wanted to push ahead with regular albums and touring cycles, Christer Mähl (guitar) and Stefan Neuman (bass) chose to leave the ship. The new members Fredrik Eriksson (guitar) and Stefan Bratt (bass) became an injection for No Fun At All and the passion for music bubbled over.
Already that same year, the new lineup recorded its first album together. Grit was released in 2018 and was followed by extensive tours and festival appearances, during which No Fun At All played in Europe, Japan, Australia, North and South America. The band has seven albums and hundreds of thousands of copies sold, of which the latest Seventh Wave was released in 2022.
Mikael Danielsson, one of the founders, left the band at the turn of 2023/2024 and was replaced by Max Huddén, who is also a guitarist in Satanic Surfers and previously played with Stefan Bratt in Atlas Losing Grip. In the autumn of 2025 Max Huddén left the band to focus on Satanic Surfers and his guitar workshop in Malmö. He was replaced at the turn of 2025/2026 by a returning Christer "Krill" Mähl who had regained the setlist.
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Nöjesfabriken
Karlagatan 42, 652 23 Karlstad, Sverige