Randy, la icónica banda sueca de punk rock, se formó en 1992 en la pequeña ciudad de Hortlax, cerca de Piteå, en el norte de Suecia. Sus miembros originales, Fredrik Granberg (batería), Johan Brändström (guitarra y voz), Stefan Granberg (voz y bajo) y Johan Gustafsson (bajo), compartían una pasión por la música contundente y letras con mensaje. Desde sus primeros días, la banda se destacó por su enérgica presencia en el escenario y su compromiso con el punk rock clásico.
En sus primeros años, Randy se inspiró principalmente en bandas legendarias como Ramones y The Clash. Su debut discográfico llegó en 1994 con el álbum "There's No Way We're Gonna Fit In". Este trabajo, aunque rudimentario, mostró el potencial de la banda para capturar la esencia del punk con un toque de originalidad.
Después de su debut, Randy continuó su ascenso en la escena punk europea con álbumes como "The Rest is Silence" (1996) y "You Can't Keep a Good Band Down" (1998). Sin embargo, fue con "The Human Atom Bombs" (2001) cuando alcanzaron el reconocimiento internacional. Este álbum no solo consolidó su estilo sino también les permitió tocar en escenarios de todo el mundo.
Con cada álbum, Randy mostró una evolución en su sonido y
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I've got to tell you about a strange, poor man.
I met him at our concert, now he's a legend in our band.
Claimed we had to sell him a T-shirt for one mark,
I explained we really try to be as cheap as we can
But that didn't get through to that man.
Yeah, it is cool that you believe in me, but you have to understand
We're not Peter K., Emma, Gandhi and Marx reincarnated as a punkrockband.
And even if we found our major enemy
In the core of this capital dynasty,
We're still a part of this goddamn money machine.
Right after the show, strengthened with a bottle of wine,
He said to me: "Diese T-shirt ist ja mein,
You capitalistische schwein" !!
He grabbed an empty bottle of beer
And aimed right at my head,
I got scared and took shelter right behind my own amp
And the glass swished above my head.
Yeah, it is cool that you believe in me, but you have to understand
We're not Peter K., Emma, Gandhi and Marx reincarnated as a punkrockband.
And even if we found our major enemy
In the core of this capital dynasty,
We're still a part of this goddamn money machine.
But it's so fucking hard to be
The perfect human that you demand of me,
But I want everyone to know that we really try to practice what we preach,
But I guess the reason for this fight is just your own bad conscious that bleeds.
Yeah, it is cool that you believe in me, but you have to understand
We're not Peter K., Emma, Gandhi and Marx reincarnated as a punkrockband.
And even if we found our major enemy
In the core of this capital dynasty,
We're still a part of this goddamn money machine.
Oh baby, now I see that from what that man did to me,
I could surely have made the funniest song that the world's ever seen.
But still now when I've found I'm the worst storyteller around,
I will keep up my reading, I will keep my pen bleeding 'til everybody's free.