Randy (band)

Randy
Origin	Hortlax, Sweden
Genres	Punk rock Pop punk Melodic hardcore Skate punk
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords Ny Våg Burning Heart Ampersand Records Dolores Records
Website	http://www.randytheband.com/
Members	Fredrik Granberg, Johan Gustafsson, Stefan Granberg, Johan Brändström
Past members	Patrik Trydvall

Randy is a Swedish punk rock band from Hortlax, Sweden, formed in 1992. They were first inspired by skate punk bands like NOFX and Propagandhi but after the release of The Rest Is Silence and the depart of their bass player Patrik Trydvall, they radically changed their musical style and adopted an older sound reminiscent of Thin Lizzy, The Misfits and Ramones.

While never achieving mainstream success, Randy have developed a cult following in the punk community over the years and were particularly successful in their homeland. The albums Welfare Problems and The Human Atom Bombs are especially well regarded by punk fans. In Sweden, they were nominated for the prestigious "Golden Microphone" award in 2004 as well as a Swedish Grammy for "Best Rock" performance. They were also signed by Burning Heart Records, a sub-label of Epitaph Records, in the early 2000s. So far, they have released six studio albums. The latest album is called Randy the Band, released in 2005. Randy were subsequently dropped from Burning Heart and are currently seeking a label to release a new album. In May 2012, drummer Fredrik Granberg made a post on the band's Facebook page, saying "Something might happen this summer. News coming up soon."

On 25 March 2017 Randy played a gig at at Kägelbanan Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was sold out. The setlist for the concert was:

Holy Shit 

Little Toulouse

I don't need love

Going out with the dead

Rockin Pneumonia

Cheater 

Working class radio 

Karl Marx and history 

Freedom Song 

If we unite 

Welfare problems 

Shape up 

Better than art

Addicts of communication 

Win or lose 

Proletarian Hop 

Summer of bros 

Razorblade 

Me and the boys 

Kiss me deadly 

X-Ray Eyes

Human Atombomb

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