Members:
Kjell Arne Persson (born 1949), drums and vocals.
Anders Moberg (born 1952), bass.
Mats Henriksson (born 1962), lead- and rhythm guitar.
Stefan Moell (born 1972), lead- and rhythm guitar.
Jonas Henriksson (born 1998), lead- and rhythm guitar.

Background and description:
The foundation for the band was laid, thanks to, or because of, as you like, a 60s gala that we within the Henriksson family arranged in Nora on 28/11 2010. Admission was free. It came approx. 50-60 people.

Jonas, Lars-Göran Vinger, Markku Julin and I played, one time each, to backing tracks.
The band The Skylines, which was the attraction of the evening, played classic guitar songs and some of the slightly unusual kind. It became very popular and successful. The Skylines consisted of Patrik Lindberg on guitar, Daniel Holm on guitar, Markku Julin on bass and Peter Bergkvist on drums.

That evening we met Anders Moberg from Vretstorp, who asked if we, Jonas and I wanted to play with him, which we obviously were. Anders played bass and we met at home a couple of times before we thought it was time to get a drummer. I asked Johnny Öster, whom I knew at a time when he worked in the music store in Nora, and he came up with the idea.

At the beginning of January 2011, we met for the first time, then in Musikens Hus (The House of Music), where Johnny had a rehearsal room. It worked well, and Johnny later introduced Stefan Moell, who knew how to play Johnny Guitar and Foot Tapper among others. And that’s the way it is. We had some name suggestions on the band but decided on The Spaceriders. We thought it sounded a bit Spotnick related and most of the repertoire was and is Spotnicks songs.

In the spring of 2011 Johnny quit but occasionally joined in the vocals when we played outside. Albin Ström came to replace him. The first gig we had was in Uskavi, outside Nora, on July 17th. It was really fun, and until this year we have had just over 60 gigs, mostly at nostalgia places but also at private parties and car meetings etc.
Albin left the band in the autumn of 2016 and was replaced by Kjell Arne Persson, on drums and vocals, in the spring of 2017.

I, Mats, first heard The Spotnicks in 1969/70 when my big brother and I were visiting a neighbor. He played the Karussell Kavalkad, the green LP, with Ghostriders In The Sky and Old Clock At Home among others. There I became a Spotnicks fan forever, and learned to play the guitar at the age of 10, inspired by The Spotnicks. Funny that Jonas also became found of Spotnicks but that’s how the children grew up with The Spotnicks and other guitar bands and like it. By the way, Jonas started playing guitar when he was seven years old.

A special memory with The Spotnicks:
Jonas also got the chance to play a song (Moonshot) with The Spotnicks when they visited Nora on July 14, 2012. What an experience.
The first time I saw The Spotnicks live was in Degerfors on March 31, 1984. It was an incomparable experience and, after the show to meet the idols in person and get the autographs, it was a special moment, I will never forget.
There were many live performances I/we went to and it was always so fantastic. The last gig in Gothenburg on March 30, 2019, became very emotional for many of us, but the memories and music live on.

Equipment:
Jonas: Two Fender Stratocasters + other brands and models. Amplifier: ASI 125GTR, and speaker cabinet with Eminence Betaelement och Alesis Microverb 4. Strängar: D’Addario 13-56
Stefan: Two Fender Stratocasters, Peavey amplifier + multi pedal.
Mats: Four Fender Stratocasters + one Fender Telecaster. Amplifier: Gallien Kreuger + ZOOM RFX 2000 effect rack and BOSS GT1 multi pedal. Speaker cabinet with Philips element. Striings: D’Addario Pure Nickel 12-51 + GHS 12-52
Anders: Mustangbass
Kjell Arne: Pearl drum set.

Repertoire:
For the most part songs by The Spotnicks, The Shadows and The Ventures but also own compositions and a few other goodies in instrumental or vocal elements.
Favorite songs: Last Date, Hang On, Johnny Guitar, The Lad Song, Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles m.fl.

Youtube:
The Spaceriders live [Medley: The Old Spinning Wheel, Amapola, Oh Boy]
Space Race
Moonlight Shadow

Contact:
Stefan Moell
Phone: +46-705-167402
E-mail: moll27@hotmail.com

Members:
Sune Englund (75 years), rhythm guitar
Ove Bergman (66 years), drums
Bernt Andersson (77 years), solo guitar
Anders Jansson (69 years), bass

Background and description:
I (Bernt) have been interested in Spotnicks since the first time I heard THe Old Spinning Wheel back in 1961.
I had a band in the 60’s where we played dance music around central Sweden and the border areas in Norway. We already had some Spotnicks songs and also songs by Shadows.

Besnaz was formed in the spring of 2013. The name comes from the fact that we have our rehearsal room in Bäsna community center.
We then had Ingemar Lindström on bass. He has a distinct Stockholm dialect and could not pronounce the letter ”ä”. He always said Besna and then the band’s name got to be like that.

From 2018, we now have Anders Jansson on base. Anders and drummer Ove have both played in dance bands in the 70s and 80s.

We play a lot at pensioner meetings and nostalgia days. We have also participated in the Spotnicks Festival at Apple hotels (2017) and Backa Folkets hus (2018) in Gothenburg and has also played with the Cadillac Band.

We have recorded two CDs. The first with the title ”Just listen to my heart” 2016 and ”The Besnaz on Wheels” in 2020 and also had several songs on Radio Spotnicks’ top list.

Equipment:
Solo guitar: Fender Stratocaster, Vox AC 30, (Boss Katana 100), Hall & Collins signature echo.
Rhythm guitar: Fender Sstratocaster, Boss Katana 100.
Bass: Fender P-bass and Mustang
Drums: Tama or Ludvig from 1965.

Repertoire:
Our repertoire includes songs by The Spotnicks (about 12) and The Shadows (about 25) but also by Violents and
Ventures. Occasional songs from other bands too.
Favorite songs among Spotnick’s songs are Amapola, Johnny guitar, Karelia and Old spinning wheel.

Youtube:
Medley
The Old Spinning Wheel
Apache & Amapola

Contact:
Bernt Andersson
Sjövägen 24
78561 Djurås
Sweden
+46-730-635065

Members:
Hazze Strandberg (Gothenburg), rhythm- and solo guitar. Band master.
Kenneth Lindholm (Lidköping), rhythm- and solo guitar, vocals. Arranges and writes sheet music.
Lennart Eliasson (Gothenburg), bass and vocals.
Jan ”Mr Elvis” Andersson (Kungälv), drums and vocals.

The Goldfingers started in the late ’90s with a focus on sounding like our role models The Spotnicks.
We were ”house band” at The Spotnicks Swedish Fanklubb who had monthly meetings in Hedefors.
In 2001 we played at the Shadows Festival Oslo and since then we have played different places in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, England and more.

The Goldfingers on YouTube: Space Walk

The Roadcasters story comes from people asking if we could play Rockabilly and Rock’N’Roll as well.
Said and done, presented with the Gretsch guitars, standing bass and drum club kit, ”all in” and new band name The Roadcasters.
Now we play everything from -50s onwards with i.a. many Elvis songs.
Roadcasters have also released an own CD which is recorded in ”Studio Skrikan” in Kungälv.
Responsible publisher:Carelia Records record company, Kristinehamn. Tel 076-825 96 83

Here are some samples from the CD:
Jailhouse Rock
Route 66
Gee Whiz It’s You

So we are two bands with the same good guys at a mature age.
Welcome to hear from you!

Website Link

Contact:
Hazze Strandberg
Mobile: +46-723-232803

Members:
Tomas Boström (70 years), rhythm and solo guitar
Swenne Wiberg (70 years), rhythm and solo guitar
Pop Persson (69 years), drums
Tony Sirén (59 years), electric bass

Background and description:
I – Swenne Wiberg – came in contact with Spotnicks and their music early 60’s.
I bought the first EP in Gothenburg then came one record after another.
I actually bought two EPs then, had received Christmas presents, the other was with The Violents, another Swedish band.
Already in the late 50’s I had Cliff Richard as my favorite.

I thought The Spotnicks had a sound that no other band had.
Favorite songs I got hooked on back then were My Old Kentucky Home and Midnight Special with incredible solos from Bo’s guitar and with Bob’s great vocals!
Then you fell in love with the other songs that came as if on a conveyor belt.

What you heard you wanted to try to practice yourself, got a Höfner electric guitar from my parents 1964/65, had a steel-stringed Bjärton before, which you tried to play after or take out songs yourself on. It went so and so…

Different basement bands were formed in the mid 60’s with different qualities, but as you got older and started working and buying proper stuff to play on type Fender Strata and Fender amplifiers Reverb Delux, then you could afford to buy Vox Ac30 (!)
Then it started to sound something like what you heard from the records, we thought. We rehearsed and rehearsed rehearsed, even bought notes.

In 2003, The Sound Of Fenders was started at Spotnicksklubben in Hedefors, with sedulous practice we had put together a repertoire with a lot of Spotnicks-related songs.
There were gigs at the Spotnicks club and at festivals here and there.

Now, at the age of 69, a new band was started with the name Mysteeri from Borås to continue to spread the guitar music like Spotnicks-/Shadows-/Rautalanka music further.
Mystery started on August 12, 2019 and we practiced for several hours and had a few gigs. After the Corona Pandoma struck in March, there have been no more exercises or gigs so far.

Equipment:
We use Fender Stratocasters, Vox and various other brands and the band plays i.a. Spotnicks music.

Repertoire:
The favorite songs we play are i.a. Theme From Leningrad, Johnny Guitar, Valentina, Busted, Last Date and Time Is Tight.

Contact:
Swenne Wiberg
Källhagsgatan 25
507 60 Borås, Sweden
+46-768-540583

Members:
Jan Andersson, drums and vocals
Staffan Wennerlund, rhythm guitar and vocals
Tommi Hyppönen, solo guitar and vocals
Conny Nilsson, keyboard and vocals
Hans Malmquist, bass
Stanley Nyquist, roadie
Åke Hammarin, rhythm guitar and bandmaster

Background and description:
I have liked Spotnicks since the early 60’s and I also liked Shadows as well.
The idea or dream of once being able to play guitar and preferably electric guitar was born there.

However, it took until the early 80’s before I bought an electric guitar. I then formed one small band in my newly built garage with the idea that we would become a guitar band. It showed to be a bit limited in the number of songs, so we also picked up some vovals.

We played many Spotnicks songs as decent covers.
Eventually we got offers to play at private parties and then we needed a lot of danceable songs.
We also had the opportunity to play for a paying audience at the Jazz House in Gothenburg in 1990.
We played several times a year for 20 years and we got good publicity in the press and appeared on radio and TV.

Through The Spotnicks Swedish Fan Club, I got to know members of Spotnicks.
I also became a bit of a helper for the group at various gigs and was sometimes a sound engineer.
I was with when the original group was reunited and did a short tour and also when Bo Winberg came back from Spain and restarted Spotnicks via Papa O`.
He then borrowed the equipment I bought from him.

In recent years, there have not been as many public gigs for our band. We have participated in the Nordic Guitar Club and Club Fenix.
We have recorded a cassette tape and two CDs.
As a curiosity, it can be mentioned that Hans Wahlström and Douglas Möller, with a past in The Spotnicks, have both participated in the band.

Equipment:
The group’s equipment includes e.g. an Ampeg amplifier that has belonged to Bo Winberg.

Repertoire:
In our repertoire we always have some Spotnicks songs, which are also our favorites such as. Last date, Johnny Guitar and Jessica.

Here are some samples:

Still Young And Beautiful on Youtube:
Johnny B Goode
Misirlou

Contact:
Åke Hammarin
Svedjevägen 26
433 49 Partille, Sweden
+46-70-4212140