Johan Johansson, Mats Nilsson and Pekka Kangas had a band called "Ingenting" (Swedish for "nothing"). Their first and only gig was at Österholmsskolan in Skärholmen. The autumn -77 most of the band members went to Skärholmens Gymnasium and if you worked with a project, you wouldn't have to go to all the lessons, like a band. "Skärholmens Gymnasiums Punkensemble" was started and due to that a lot of people didn't want to go to the lessons, the band got a lot of members. After a chaotic gig in the aula in Skärholmens Gymnasium with 15 band members, of which 5 were singers, the project "Skärholmens Gymnasiums Punkensemble" was over, but the singers Steppan and Alonzo, drummer Johan Johansson and bassist Matte Nilsson liked playing in a band and the became the only constant members of "KSMB". Now also a new band name was taken, "Kurt-Sunes med Berit".
Esteban Guiance [aka Steppan] (vocals, 1978-82), Mikael Alonzo (vocals, 1978-81), Johan Johansson (drums, guitar, 1978-81), Mats Nilsson (bass, 1978-80), Jonny Sylvan (guitar, 1978-80), Peter Sjölander [aka Ampull] (guitar, 1980-82), Lars Jonson [aka Guld-Lars] (guitar, 1980-82), Stefan Sundström (guitar, 1980), Lasse Carlsson (bass, 1980-81), Magnus Ulvesjö (bass, 1981-82), Juan Moya Avila (vocals, 1978), Pekka Kangas (vocals, 1978), Leif Liljegren [aka Lillen] (guitar, 1978), Mikael Damicolas (guitar, 1978), Jonny Sylvan (guitar, 1978), Seppi (drums, 1978), Lasse Lundbom (drums, 1978), Ulf Broxvall (drums, 1978)
It was announced that KSMB would exclusively play at Bråvalla festival, 2015. Sadly, on the last day of March, 2015, their guitarist Guld-Lars passed away. Bråvalla announced that KSMB would have a stand-in for Lars.
Jag är ingenting
KSMB Lyrics
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Och om jag voren en storm skulle jag fцrцda
Om jag vore en eld skulle allting brinna
Och om jag vore en gud skulle alla fцrsvinna
Men jag e ingenting...
Om jag vore en prдst mitt fцrakt bekдnna
Och om jag var en soldat med makt att dцda
Dе pе allas hals jag skulle utцva denna
Men jag e ingenting...
Om jag vore dцden skulle jag besцka dig
Men om jag vore livet skulle jag цverge dig
Och alla sцta flickor, dom skulle jag samla
Och dom fula och gamla, dom fick alla andra
Men jag e ingenting...
The lyrics to KSMB's song "Jag är ingenting" (translated to "I Am Nothing" in English) are quite dark and introspective. The song speaks to the feeling of worthlessness and powerlessness that the singer is experiencing. In the first verse, the singer imagines themselves as powerful forces of nature like a flood, a storm, fire, and even a god. Each of these would cause destruction and chaos, but ultimately the singer realizes that they are "nothing" and have no power to cause such devastation.
In the second verse, the singer imagines themselves in more mundane roles like a priest, a gun, or a soldier. In each case, they would have the power to harm or even kill others, but again they end up feeling powerless and unable to act. The line about confessing their contempt as a priest is particularly interesting, as it speaks to the hypocrisy and conflict within oneself.
The final verse speaks to the singer's desire to be significant and noticed, but ultimately feeling invisible and unimportant. They would visit someone as death, but also abandon them as life. The reference to collecting all the beautiful girls and leaving the ugly and old behind further speaks to this desire for power and control, but again feeling helpless and insignificant.
Overall, the lyrics to "Jag är ingenting" are a haunting exploration of the human condition, specifically the feeling of powerlessness and insignificance.
Line by Line Meaning
Om jag vorde en flod skulle alla drдnkas
If I were a river, I would drown everyone
Och om jag voren en storm skulle jag fцrцda
And if I were a storm, I would destroy everything
Om jag vore en eld skulle allting brinna
If I were fire, everything would burn
Och om jag vore en gud skulle alla fцrsvinna
And if I were a god, everyone would disappear
Men jag e ingenting...
But I am nothing...
Om jag vore en prдst mitt fцrakt bekдnna
If I were a priest, I would confess my contempt
Och om jag var en pistol skulle min kula mцrda
And if I were a gun, my bullet would kill
Och om jag var en soldat med makt att dцda
And if I were a soldier with the power to kill
Dе pе allas hals jag skulle utцva denna
Then I would exercise that power on everyone else
Men jag e ingenting...
But I am nothing...
Om jag vore dцden skulle jag besцka dig
If I were death, I would visit you
Men om jag vore livet skulle jag цverge dig
But if I were life, I would abandon you
Och alla sцta flickor, dom skulle jag samla
And all the sweet girls, I would gather them
Och dom fula och gamla, dom fick alla andra
And the ugly and old ones, they would get everyone else
Men jag e ingenting...
But I am nothing...
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