You can’t kill…Cortex

There are two things pop up in my head when it comes to the Swedish music scene: melodic death metal/Gothenburg sounds and d-beat/kängpunk, but we aren’t going to talk about one of those right now (but sure this one has a little relation to d-beat). Back in the early 80’s, the Swedish hardcore/punk scene was getting big and spawned many influential bands such as Anti Cimex, Moderat Likvidation and lots of others. That glorious era also bred some cool gems, and one of those was one of Sweden’s finest post-punk band Cortex. Active since the early 80’s, this band featured Freddie Wadling – who is an ex-member of controversial punk act Leather Nun (bass/keyboard/vocals/synth), Gerth Svensson (guitars), Uno Wall (drums), Conny Jörneryd (percussion) and Michael Örtendahl (synth). Jean-Louis Huhta joined them to play percussion in their early years (later he joined Anti Cimex in 1984 after left the band). This post-punk band has something different to offer, some of their songs also have dance-able “rock ‘n roll-ish” tunes (listen to “Mayhem Troopers”, “Jesus I Betong”, “Sleepwalking” or “Shotgun Treatment” for example). They released three albums on vinyl (“Spinal Injuries”, “You Can’t Kill The Boogeyman” & “Live At Urania”) and three 7″ singles (“Sleepwalking/Jesus I Betong”, “Shotgun Treatment” & “Animals…Looking At Me”) during their active years. Radium 226.05 (the record label now sold to MNW) re-released “You Can’t Kill The Boogeyman/Spinal injuries” on one CD, which I believe you can get on the label’s website. If you want to dance in your depressed times, I urge you to listen to this band. You can’t kill the boogeyman, dance with him! Well check out some flicks, right after the jump!