Lolita Pop

Lolita Pop was a Swedish rock band from Örebro that was active 1979–1992.

The band's core consisted of singer Karin Wistrand and guitarists Sten Booberg and Benkt Svensson (later Benkt Söderberg). Together, they wrote most of the music. Percussionist and saxophonist Per Eriksson is among the longest-serving members. Lolita Pop scored eight studio albums and about 800 performances in Sweden, Europe and the United States. Some of their popular songs were Tarzan on a Big Red Scooter, Hey Winner, Mind Your Eye, and Bang Your Head.

Lolita Pop formed at the premiere of Rock magazine, a magazine for rock enthusiasts, in London, England on 26 May 1979. The name of the band was inspired by the appearance of “Miss Lolita” at a local porn club.

The repertoire consisted mostly of cover songs including Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Roxy Music and Television. These songs were performed in Swedish in humorous translations, such as Iggy Pop's "I'm bored, I'm the chairman of the bored" became "I am weary, I stand at the end of every level" and Television's "Elevation, do not go to my head, Stop the elevator and my skull is flat." Per Eriksson designed stickers with the band's name and distributed them to friends who were on a trip. The result was that Lolita Pop's name could be seen in Stockholm, Hamburg, Paris, New York, New Delhi and Beijing long before the band played outside their club. Per Eriksson also designed most of the band’s album covers.

Lolita Pop's first album was Rogue Pictures and was published by Pipaluckbolaget in 1982. The legacy of the New York band Television was heard clearly in Benkt Svensson's guitar solo in “Black and Dirty”. “Punky Gold Here?” eventually became the music in the computer game Invasion Gotland, a Swedish version of Battlefield Vietnam.

In 1983 the band changed record labels to Mistlur and released two albums. Before the filming of “Five Seeking a Taxi”, the drummer at that time, Peter Olsen, was replaced by the band's saxophonist Per Eriksson. Bassist Thomas Johansson dropped out prior to recording “Wanderings”. He continued to write lyrics throughout Lolita Pop's career.

In 1983 and 1984, the band toured Sweden and visited many places all over the country. On several occations, they had local bands opening for them as for instance in Björklinge, where Fire was the opening act.

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