2002-11-15 Onkel Kånkel & His Kånkelbär.

En recension jag hittade, eller ja... Det enda som recenseras är väl ingenting tror jag.

Kåren, Goteborg, Sweden November 14th 2002 Kåren turned in to a mental institution for 1 night when Onkel Kånkel & His Kånkelbär came to Gothenburg.

But let us take it all from the beginning.... I heared a rumor about that Onkel Kånkel was going to do 3 shows this winter, and 1 of the shows was going to be in Gothenburg.

So in lack of some more information about it, I began to search like a maniac on the internet, and to my great luck I finally found some information about it, and there was no doubt about going to the show in Gothenburg.

Onkel Kånkel is kind of a legend here in Sweden, as they have been around for over 20 years now, and only done 1 show at Hultsfredsfestivalen 1993 (yes, I was there), and theres not that many people who really know who they are, as they always hide their faces. And for those of you who has never heared about this band before, they play some kind of popunk, but also some other stuff, which they top off with extremely dirty lyrics about gays, pedophiles, retarded people and stuff like that.

And some people may not find that funny, but theres a lot of people who does, mainly punks and meta people, but also some others. Anyway, my younger brother and I, who had been listening to Onkel Kånkel all day long, went to Gothenburg to check out these crazy motherfuckers.

I was a bit unsure about the way to Kåren, as I havent been there in a couple of years, but I actually found it without any problems (lucky me). And there was no doubt about if it was the right place or not when we heared people singing (or rather screamed) Onkel Kånkel hits. But where the hell did all these people come from?, I mean it was a long long cue to the entrence when we arrived, and it just grew more and more....) I know that they are popular, but this big?

When we finally came in, they charged us on 20 SEK (about $2) to hang in our jackets - Fucking whores! We went to the bar for some beer, and the band did'nt start playing at the right time of chourse, I almost started to worry about if they was going to play at all, but 1 hour too late they finally started, and it was a really good hit-parade with a funny show that they gave us.... And they did'nt show us their faces this time either.

Mr. Onkel himself is obviously getting pretty old, and he was worried about getting a heart attack. And suddenly they went off the stage after a couple of songs to take a break, and people was like:

-What the fuck is this?

But the break wasent for more then 5-10 minutes, I guess he had to get some more beer, as he was'nt exactly sober. Well, this was like something that just can't go wrong, but they could have continued much longer, and they could have played more of their early stuff and some more songs from their excellent christmas album... but what the hell? You can't get everything, and the 90 minutes or something that they actually gave us was damned good anyhow.... And I did'nt have to worry about missing the last bus back to Borås either, which was really good, as I did'nt want to wait until about 5 in the morning when the first train leaves.