Karl Backman

Karl Backman
Background information
Born	(1970-10-27) 27 October 1970 (age 54)[1] Umeå, Sweden
Genres	Punk rock, hardcore punk
Occupation(s)	Artist, musician, songwriter, writer
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Vocals,
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Deathwish Inc. Ny Våg Busted Heads Records Shock Entertainment
Website	http://karlbackman.com

Karl Backman, (born 27 October 1970, Umeå) is a Swedish artist and musician.^[1][2]

Music

Karl Backman performing with AC4 at The Zoo in Brisbane, Australia, April 2011

Karl Backman performing with AC4 at Groezrock in Belgium, April 2013

Backman became involved in Punk rock in 1980 and started his first punk band the Boredom Brothers in 1982 when he was squatting in Umeå.^[3][4][5][6]

He formed the punk band The Vectors in 1990, with whom he was the lead guitarist and part vocalist throughout their career.^[5][6][7] The Vectors split up in 2008.

Backman was also the lead guitarist and the main songwriter in AC4, a hardcore punk band he started in 2008 with ex-Refused members Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström.^[3][4][6][8]

Sometime in the late summer of 2013 Backman formed a band called The T-55's, as AC4 was on a break,^[9] and in late 2016 he started his current band Acid Blood.

He is interviewed about his views on artistic expression in the Australian documentary film A few minutes with AC4.^[10]

Art

Backman's paintings are often colourful and large in scale, covering political, religious and sexual themes and is inspired by the Punk aesthetic.^[1][2][11] He has designed covers for many records and is also a prolific member of the international art project Artmoney.^[12]

Backman has worked internationally with many pornographic actresses including Satine Phoenix, Ashley Blue, Layla Rivera, Summer Luv, Drew Allen, Barbii Bucxxx and May Ling Su for noted exhibitions at The Museum of Porn in Art in Zurich, 2011 and 2012.^[13][14]

Backman and his girlfriend visited the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in 2010 with a documentary news team from AFP. As of 2013, he was working on an exhibition of paintings based on the photographs he took there.^[3][15]

Discography

Acid Blood

• 2017: Dagger Eyes (JanML Records, Germany)^[16]
• 2019: Acid Blood (JanML Records, Germany)^[17]

The T-55's

• 2014: Power Up (JanML Records, Germany)^[18]
• 2014: Split with Mary's Kids (Strange Magic Records/AM Records, USA)^[19]

AC4

• 2009: AC4 (Ny Våg, Scandinavia / Deranged, USA 2010 / Shock Entertainment, Australia 2011)^[20]
• 2010: AC4 / SSA (Aniseed, Australia)^[21]
• 2010: Umeå Hardcore (P.Trash)
• 2013: Burn The World (Ny Våg, Scandinavia / Deathwish Inc., USA)^[22]

The Vectors

• 1996: Fuck MTV (New Lifeshark)
• 1998: The Vectors (New Lifeshark)
• 2000: Rape the Pope (Rabid Alligator)
• 2003: Still Ill (Busted Heads Records)
• 2011: Pigs and Parasites (SIK Records)^[7]

References

1. "Art and Artist art magazine; Sex and Conspiracy; Karl Backman". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
2. "Mung Being #36; Karl Backman". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
3. "Idioteq; AC4: Stay Wild!". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
4. "INTERVIEW: AC4 Push To Fire". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
5. "Facebook; AC4 – About". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
6. "PlugInMusic.com AC4's Karl Backman". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
7. "Vectors, The (3) Discography at Discogs". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
8. "Bombshellzine.com; On The Record – AC4". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
9. "Bombshellzine.com; The T-55's form after AC4 take a break". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
10. "A few minutes with AC4 documentary". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
11. "Broken aestetic sense; Karl Backman Interview". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
12. "Artmoney Karl Backman". Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
13. "The Museum of Porn in Art presents an exhibition by KARL BACKMAN". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
14. "May Ling Su and Karl Backman". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
15. "karlbackman.com". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
16. "Acid Blood – Dagger Eyes EP at Discogs". Retrieved 6 February 2018.
17. "Acid Blood – Acid Blood at Discogs". Retrieved 20 June 2019.
18. "T-55's, The – Power Up at Discogs". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
19. "Mary's Kids, T-55's, The – Mary's Kids/The T-55's at Discogs". Retrieved 31 May 2014.
20. "AC4 – AC4 at Discogs". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
21. "AC4 / Surprise Sex Attack – Aniseed 001 (Vinyl) at Discogs". Retrieved 18 March 2013.
22. "AC4 "Burn The World" LP out soon from a partnership of Deathwish & Ny Vag". Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

External links

• Official website
• Official Facebook
• Official AC4 Facebook