Babylon Bombs, Gemini Five, Crucified Barbara and Hardcore Superstar (Växjöparken 27/02-09)

Last Friday Sleazemetal.dk arranged a concert trip, to GLAM SLAM in Växjö, with 4 of Swedens best sleaze/glam/street-metal bands.


The doors opened at 7.30 pm and the first band on stage was Babylon Bombs. They started with 2 songs from their upcoming cd, that seems to be in the game with their debut cd Doin' you Nasty from 2006. After that came well known, Jaded Heart and Starstruck, that really got the audience in gear. The cool thing with Babylon Bombs is that they don't take it over the top on stage, they concentrate on getting up there and playing some good music...and they did just that.


The 5th song was Goodbye Good Luck, that is their first single from their new cd and can already be heard on their myspace page. It was time for a "sing-a-long" with Louder, where again they had their fans in top gear. Louder...Harder...Faster could be heard all the way into downtown Växjö. Proud was next...that is the closest you're going to get to a ballad with Babylon Bombs. In this song you really got to hear the singer Dani use his full voice.

When we made it to the last song, it was of course their biggest hit Hometown Hero. Yet again it was very clear that the audience wasn't only there to see the nights headliners Hardcore Superstar. About 98% of the concert hall sang along in the chorus to Hometown Hero, it was a perfect ending to Babylon Bombs concert!


After a short break where Eric Young and Peter London from Crashdiet played DJ's and played a bunch of their own music, which was pleasing to the crowd...it was time for Gemini Five who had won a Sweden Metal Award for best album with their cd Sex Drugs Anarchy to take stage.

They started with I Am Hollow from the above named cd followed by the title song from their earlier release from 2005 Babylon Rockets. The energy level is crazy with Gemini Five and they quickly got the growing audience along for the ride. Especially with the next songs All Pistols, Automaticool and one of their singles Sex Drugs Anarchy got people away from the bar down to the edge of the stage.

At this concert hall that was open to all ages, either you were standing at the enclosed bar area with a view to the stage or you were on the floor close to the stage, where there was no alcohol permitted.

Right when the concert hall was good and full Gemini Five finished with 3 awesome songs....When the Body Speaks, You spin Me Round and Scream 4 me. Awesome ending but I do think their show was a little too short.

Now it was the girls turn Crucified Barbara, which is one of the coolest (and most sexy) girl metal bands in the world. They got on stage with lots of energy and played a mix of songs from both their debut album from 2005 "In Distortion We Trust" and from the new cd "Til Death Do Us Party".

Crucified Barbara found it easy to get the guys away from the bar to get a better view, even though I had to hit the bar to get a drink after the first 2 shows, it was still possible to hear songs like In Distortion We Trust, Losing The Game and their newest single Sex Action that I believe will give them the big international breakthrough that they deserve.


Crucified Barbara played a little longer than Babylon Bombs and Gemini Five, so there was more room to play more songs from their new cd that has just come out. I don't know if it was because they just played really good live or if it was the new songs that did it, but it was definately the best concert I've been to so far with Crucified Barbara.

I'm already looking forward to seeing them again in Malmø the 19th. of March, where they will supprting Vains of Jenna. A trip that Sleazemetal.dk readers from Denmark can also come along to. See more information under Concert Trips.


The time was almost midnight and finally it was time for the nights headliners Hardcore Superstar who were ready to go on stage. They started with the title song from their upcoming cd Beg For It. It was another sign that there is no others that are better or comparable to Hardcore Superstar. The first time the audience heard that song, there was full throttle in front of the stage. Following came Medicate Me, Silence For The Peacefully and She's Offbeat before it was time for another song from Beg For It that will be coming out in June, a short time before they are playing with Motley Crüe in KB Hallen in Copenhagen. And again it was an awesome song that caught on right away. This shows that Hardcore Superstar is again coming with a super cd that will probably score a clean 10.

Now it was time for their title song from their newest cd Dreamin' In A Casket and the awesome song Hateful that was then followed again by a song from the new coming cd. After that came their biggest hit Wild Boys and Liberation from their debut album from 2000 Bad Sneakers and Pinã Colada...Now the hall was rockin'. Everyone sang so loud that it almost muted the band and the bar was almost empty at this point, everyone was partying with the band. That was a revolution itself because the Swedish crowd is usually quite "thirsty".


Now it was time for a guest...the drummer Eric Young from Crashdiet. He took over the drums for Bag on your Head with big success. Maybe Magnus "ADDE" Andreasson should be looking out, because it was not the first time Eric took over the drums for that song. It's happened ie. last year at a concert in Liseberg in Goteborg. Adde took over the drums again for the last song Kick on The Upperclass. But this was by no means the very last song...because unlike the other bands Hardcore Superstar came back on stage and played an extra 3 songs...Need No Company, We Don't Celebrate Sundays and No Resistance.

The problem with Hardcore Superstar live, is that their 2 newest releases are filled with one awesome song after the other and you can always be left with a feeling of missing something because they can't possible play 25-30 songs with every show, even though we'd love it. Easily said Hardcore Superstar gave another great great show and we can only hope that they take a long Swedish tour, now that their In Flames tour in Great Britain has been cancelled.

The next Hardcore Superstar concert is the 12th. of march in London with Tigertailz as support.
Sleazemetal.dk. 2100 Copenhagen. Denmark. info@sleazemetal.dk
Lav din egen hjemmeside med mono.net