Can you tell the readers about Psykbryt?

We're a Swedish punk band, formed in 2009.

Where is the bands home base?

Stockholm, Sweden.

Who is in the band and what do they play?

Linus Cadenius on vocals and guitar, Zackarias Johansson on bass and attempted backing vocals, Nikko Knösch on drums and backing vocals and Tobias Ljunggren on lead guitar and backing vocals.

How would you describe the band’s sound?

Classic, Swedish punk rock with a touch of street and melodic hardcore. Bass out of place, drumming out of pace, guitar that is ace and vocals from outer space.

Who are some of your influences?

Swedish bands like Asta Kask, KSMB and Stockholms Negrer, but if you want some bands for the English-speaking audience to relate to one could mention classics like The Clash and Sham 69. Three of us are into Oi, one prefers Bad Religion and thinks Oi is stupid and crude.

Tell us how you came up with Psykbryt for your band name?

Well, it’s a Swedish slang-expression meaning something between “flipping out” and “mental breakdown”. “Psyk” is a form of “psyche” and “bryt” means “break”. Zack came up with it after finding it in a book with different angry notes in apartment buildings, the actual note said something like “I’m getting a fucking psykbryt! Stop flushing the fucking toilet at five in the morning!” to which someone had replied “I’ll take a shit whenever the fuck I want, thank you very much”.

Tell us about the music scene in Sweden?

Well, one could write a quite long book about it, but in short there is a lot of underground rock music. I’d hazard a guess that Indie and different types of Heavy Metal or Hard Rock are the most popular genres amongst the underground bands, but on the radio there’s mostly bullshit, as per usual. Punk rock isn’t very popular and nearly impossible to make a dime out of (except for the legendary punk band Ebba Grön, who is probably the most popular group with Swedish lyrics of all time), but there is none the less a small but dedicated punk scene and a lot of punk bands.

Any suggestions to bands wanting to tour in Sweden?

Come play at Kafé 44 in Stockholm, the biggest DIY place in Sweden, where three of us work and say hello. We’ll grab a few cold ones, give you a cinnamon bun, and crack bad jokes about the country you’re from. As for other parts of Sweden (and Stockholm as well), get in touch with some venues or clubs that have punk bands, most of the larger towns/cities have at least one. Try to book shows with as big Swedish bands as possible to draw an audience; there’s no use playing if no one is there to listen.

Psykbryt recently released an album. Tell us about that and also your other releases?

The new album is called Ursäkta röran – Vi river allt, which means something like “Sorry about the mess – We’re tearing everything down” (it sounds much cooler in Swedish). We’ve been writing on it for some time and it’s a blast to finally release it, and it's gotten some good reviews. It’s a little heavier and faster than the previous, and first, album …Och Ingen Brydde Sig Ett Jota (“…And not a single iota was given”), it's generally got better songs, and is probably more well played since we’ve grown as a band and as musicians. Hopefully the next record will be even better. Our first record is a little more straight forward and classically Swedish, while the new one has a little more modern and American sound.

Has Psykbryt toured?

We are ashamed to say that we haven’t. It’s mostly a question of money, but also time; it would be hard to tour for two weeks and keep a day job.

Any plans to tour the United States?

That would be truly awesome, but since we’re not millionaires we would need the venues to pay quite a lot to afford the trip, the living and the gas on the road. As you probably know, a flight ticket to the states isn’t exactly free, but if someone wants us and could pay it we would be there before someone could say “quidditch”.

Do you have any Internet addresses that you would like to share with the readers?

https://www.facebook.com/psykbrytband
www.psykbrytpunk.se

What is in the future for Psykbryt?

We’ve just started to write some songs for a new record and hope to make another album or EP as soon as possible. The plan right now is to write, but also to play more gigs outside of Stockholm; there is no use releasing a great album if no one hears of it, right?

Any last words for Punk Globe readers?

Don’t join the mass psychosis and watch out for the right-wing parties growing in Europe.