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Another Chips-produced Nisse Hellberg album released, Oct 28th
Nisse Hellberg (Wilmer X) released his new solo album "En tiger i tanken" on October 24th. Just as on the last one – "Snackbar Blues", released only a year ago – Chips Kiesbye was the producer.

The Bones new album released, Oct 28th
The Bones new album, "Burnout Boulevard", was realesed on October 22nd. Chips Kiesbye has produced it.

Kent celebrated Mejeriet, Sep 29th
Kent Norberg was one of the guest stars when Mejeriet in Lund celebrated their 20th anniversary. Kent performed together with Eggstone and sang Docent Död's "Hand i hand". Some other guest stars were The Creeps, The Sinners, Jakob Hellman and Lars Winnerbäck.

Sator at Monsters of Mora, August 27th
Sator will play at Monsters of Mora on October 27th, together with Hammerfall, Sabaton and Tryckvåg.

New songs rehearsed, August 26th
This weekend, the lads got together to rehearse for the upcoming gig in Spain. This was the first rehearsal since December last year, but it took only seconds until everything fell right back into place. Some new additions to the live set were tried out, among them "Nothing Hurts" from 1994. It has never been performed live before, but it sounded good so it seems to be a keeper.

Sator song in computer game, August 22nd
"Escape from Pigvalley Beach", along with songs from Thunder Express, Republikans and The Turpentines, can be heard in the online 3D car racing game Pork Racer by Playdo.

Sator to play in Spain, July 22nd
Sator will play at the Crossroad festival in Oviedo, Spain on September 7th. Some other bands are Georgie Satellites, The Bones and Slaptones.

Sator Codex song on compilation CD, July 22nd
The old Sator Codex song "Leech" is one of the tracks on a new double compilation CD called "Svensk Postpunk", featuring 35 Swedish goth rock bands of the eighties.

Heikki says:
Shit va bra DVDn är! Tack Göteborg och alla andra.

Chips producing a lot, April 19th
Chips and Henryk Lipp have mixed an album with the Belgian band Southern Voodoo; "Devil's drive".

A lot of bands have Chips in the producer's chair right now or recently. The bands include The Hellacopters, The Nomads, Mimikry, Billy Pilgrims and Café Socitey Ltd. We're still waiting for the new The Bones album too.

Heikki produced the 2nd album with Strip Music; "Hollywood and Wolfman" released last year.

Kent & Heikki salutes The Ramones, April 4th
On Friday the 6th, Kent Norberg will play at Raw in Eskilstuna. It's a tribute night to The Ramones with lots of bands. Heikki is one of the DJs.

New Captain Murphy album, February 2nd
On February 14th, Captain Murphy release their second album "Human Cannonball". Once again Chips K is the producer. Captain Murphy at MySpace.

NEWS 2006

Pictures from Sticky Fingers, December 20th
The show at Sticky Fingers was amazing! 22 songs performed, including many rare ones such as "Find the time", "Dance to the rocket from the crypt" and "Ain't seen nothing". The band and the wild crowd did their best to make the coming DVD something really special and it sure feels like they succeded. You can watch some nice pictures at Sticky Fingers and at Photo: Henrik.

Also, Sator now have a MySpace site at myspace.com/satorsweden.

Sator live DVD recording, December 5th
The Sator show at Sticky Fingers on December 16th will be filmed for a DVD! Be there and make some noise!

New release by Sons of Cyrus, November 4th
Sons of Cyrus have a new mini album out on Sounds of Subterrania in Germany. It's called "Trigger-Happy" and it's the 8 remaining tracks that we're not included on their "Rock & Rollercoaster" album. The tracks were recorded and mixed at the same time as the album so they're produced by Chips and engineered by Stefan Boman.

Sator Codex cover released, October 26th
Swedish death metal band Hearse has recorded a really cool and brutal version of the old Sator Codex song "Crusade (gonna start a fire)". It's available on their new album "In these veins", out now.

Nisse Hellberg and Brain Police albums released, October 13th
Two new albums produced by Chips have been released. On September 12th, Brain Police from Iceland released their fourth album "Beyond the Wasteland". Then on October 4th, Nisse Hellberg's (Wilmer X) new solo album "Snackbar Blues" was released.

Micke on TV, August 30th
For a few seconds tonight, Micke was seen in Rapport (SVT1, 19:30, after about 9:40), where he gave a quick comment on a political thing called Vårdbidrag. He could also be seen kicking football with one of his sons. A must for a future Sator DVD bonus material section!

Unusual songs performed, August 27th
The lucky ones who saw Sator live in Köping or at Tantogården in Stockholm recently got to hear two unusual tracks. First came "This is my life" (Gasolin), not performed since the Stereo days. And then, even rarer on a Sator-show (though it's been played on some occasions), "Teenage kicks" (The Undertones). The lads like to throw in some surprises in the set.

New album by The Hellacopters, July 30th
On August 21st, it's time for The Hellacopters to release a greatest hits compilation. It's been given the title "Air Raid Serenades", and about half of the tunes are produced by Chips K.

New album by The Nomads, July 14th
As part of their 25th anniversary, The Nomads have released a compilation album called "Nomadic Demantia — The best of the first 25 years". A bunch of the songs are produced, and/or co-written, by Chips K, including the brand new cut "Ain't No King of R 'n' R tonight".

Chips K producing The Bones, June 16th
In a few days, Chips will start working on a new album with The Bones. Sator and The Bones go back a long way. Hans Gäfvert co-produced their first release, The Horrorway EP, in 1997. And did you know that Beef Bonanza of The Bones used to run the Sator Fan Club?

Chips K producing Brain Police, May 27th
Chips, along with Stefan Boman, has gone to Iceland to produce the fourth album by Brain Police. The release is planned for June.

Basement Noise reviews, May 27th
The reviews for the new album have been over all very positive. Here's a list of reviews found on the net so far (feel free to contribute):

Niels Jensen album released, May 27th
The new album by Niels Jensen - "All min kärlek" was released on May 26th. The album was produced by Heikki Kiviaho and Jörgen Wall, who also play on the whole album. Guest performers include Chips K (guitar on two tracks) and Michael (backing vocals on one track).

Le Mans album released, May 27th
Heikki Kiviaho and Jörgen Wall have produced the new album by Le Mans; Rebel Action. Released on May 5th.

Basement Noise out today!, April 19th
Today is the big day! Finally, the brand new Sator album is released. To celebrate this marvellous event, a release party is held tonight at Debaser.

A tour is planned for the autumn, so stay tuned for more information. Until then, the band will play a few shows here and there. Latest news always at www.sator.se.

Basement Noise release party, April 10th
The release party for the new album will be held at Debaser, Stockholm, on April 19th. Sator will play the entire album, with the correct song order, live!

Pre-order Basement Noise, April 2nd
If you want to get the new Sator album, Basement Noise, in your mailbox on release day (April 19th), you can pre-order it at Bengans.

Kent-productions released, March 30th
Kent has spent some time in the producer's chair recently and now the results have been released. First it was "Mitt hjärtas monster" by Dan Viktor, out on February 8th. And then on March 13th, "Surprising Sun" by Flamman.

A new song on radio, March 3rd
Check out Musikjournalen on Swedish radio P3 (20.00—21.00) this Monday. The Basement Noise track "So dressed up" gets its radio debut. You can hear the program on webradio.

Basement Noise sound sample available!, Feb 19th
I bet you're all very eager to hear what Sator has come up with for the new album. Well, now you can get a sneak preview at EMA's website. A snippet of the album track "You're out of my hands" is available for download.

Chips on new White Flag album, Jan 16th
Chips K (labelled as "El Swe") appears as a guest musician on the new White Flag album, entitled "Piangi Con Me". Release date is set to February 28th.

More info (tourdates, sound samples etc) on their website or at MySpace.

NEWS 2005

Roots Rock Rebel DVD, Nov 22nd - updated
Finally, the Joe Strummer tribute show recorded at Debaser on February 20th 2003 will be released on DVD on December 28th. Chips and Heikki play on most of the songs, and Kent sings lead vocals on "Safe European Home".

See info and a preview here.

See tracklist here.

Michael on the radio, Oct 24th
On Friday 21st, there was a short interview with Michael on the radio show "Kalas" on Swedish P4. If you missed it, you're lucky 'cause you can listen to it on the web (this week only). Click "Del 2" and fast-forward to 33:25 to hear it.

Kent on a box, Oct 2nd
If you live in Denmark and are interested in buying a new cell phone, take a look at a Qtek 8100. On the box is a picture of Kent! Click the box on the right to see a bigger image.

Chips and Heikki in "Tjenare Kungen", Sep 22nd
Thåström and his bandmates from the good old Thåström band (Chips, Heikki, Per Hägglund and Jörgen Wall) have recorded a a newly written Thåström/Hägglund track called "Bara för mycket", for a movie called Tjenare Kungen, showing at cinemas across Sweden now. The vocals are done by Josefin Neldén (one of the actors in the movie).
   The song is also on the CD soundtrack.
   There's a short clip of "Bara för mycket" at the movie's website (when you get there, click the stereo on the right).

Sator at Hultsfredsfestivalen, June 20th
It might not have come as a big surprise, but it was Sator who were this years Hultsfredsfestival's final secret artist. Since it was the festival's 20th anniversary, a secret band play each day. Having played on more festivals than anyone (probably) Sator was a safe bet.
   Also, Chips and Heikki (together with Jörgen Wall) were The Hultsfred 20th anniversary band, playing songs with a whole bunch of guest singers, including Moneybrother, Joppe Pihlgren (Docenterna), Nix Wahlberg (Nomads), Nina Natri (Fidget), Kent Norberg (Sator), Maria Andersson (Sahara Hotnights), Robert "Strängen" Dahlqvist (Hellacopters), Patrik Arve (Teddybears Sthlm), Bo Sundström and José Gonzalez.

Producing, May 28th
Even more producing for the Sator lads.
Heikki has produced two songs by Eskilstuna band Dave. Heikki and Jörgen Wall are also working on an album with Le Mans.
Chips has mixed the Billy Pilgrims tracks recorded last summer. Two of them are available on their website. Also, he has produced a track by Wilmer X for a Eurovision song contest 50 years celebration compilation called "Alla Tiders Melodifestival". The song was Björn Skifs' "Michelangelo" and Chips sang some backing vocals too.
And of course, the new Hellacopters album "Rock & roll is dead". Now, Chips' work with the Republikans album is slowly getting finished, and he has started working on the second Captain Murphy album.
Kent produced the debut album by Per "Flamman" Westling.
Wow, it's getting kinda hard to catch up with it all, don't you think?

Producing, April 19th
Republikans (including members from Henry Fiat's Open Sore and Turpentines) have released a 7" single called "Thank's a lot buddy". It's produced by Chips Kiesbye. They're working on a full-length album too.

Producing and side project, April 18th
Kent Norberg's Bob Dylan tribute band The SHE has changed their name to The BOB. They do some gigs now and then.
   Kent also spends some time in the producer's chair. Throughout the autumn and winter he has been working on Dan Viktor's second album, with the working title "Mitt hjärtas monster". There's only some small bits and pieces left to put down on tape before it's time to mix. The album will be out after the summer. Dan Viktor is also a member of The BOB.
   And if that's not enough, Kent's working on the debut album by Per "Flamman" Westling, a guitarist also in Dan Viktor's band and in The BOB. According to Kent, the album will be great, sounding like a mix of Wilco, Neil Young and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Producing, March 18th
The new Millencollin album "Kingwood" will be released in Sweden on March 30, and in the US on April 14. It's produced by Chips Kiesbye.

Compilation, February 21st
The 8-CD box "Tracks 20 år: Jubileumsboxen" released last year, consisted of 4 double CDs with different genres (dance, ballad, pop & rock). These double CDs have also been released seperatley, and Sator are of course on the rock-record, titled "Tracks 20 år: Rocksamlingen". The track is "I'd rather drink than talk".

Side project, January 31st
Finally! The repress of the Wild Kings 7" has hit the shops! The first 300 copies were withdrawn because of a scratch on the B-side. The info again: The A-side is their only original, "Down at Wild Kingdom", and the B-side is a cover of the Blue Öyster Cult track "Career of Evil", recorded live at Debaser. The single is released by Wild Kingdom. Keep your eyes out for it, since it's a killer! They've got it at Sound Pollution.

Producing, January 30th
Chips and Heikki have been quite busy producing lately. The new Wilmer X album "13 våningar upp", produced by Chips, is out now. Also, the debut Fatboy album "Steelhearted" was released in December. It was produced by Heikki.
   Other studio work in the making include new albums by The Hellacopters, Dozer and Republikans (Chips) and the Eskilstuna band Le Mans (Heikki together with Jörgen Wall).
   The new Chips-produced album by Millencolin, "Kingwood", will be out on March 30.

NEWS 2004

Concert news, December 18th
A couple of new Sator gigs are booked! First off, it's at Blå in Eskilstuna on December 26. with The Drivers feat. Horndogs & The Dynamite Sisters, among others. Tickets (120 SEK) available at Rocks, Bonerocker, Quick and all ATG-agents.
Then on January 21 Sator will play in Tranås on a minifestival called "The Gathering". The other bands are Asta Kask, Mimikry and Rövsvett. Tickets will be available from Ticnet or Parkhallen on January 2nd (150 SEK).
There's also a gig in Karlstad on February 11. More info to come!

Producing, December 8th
The Hellacopters have released an EP called "Strikes like lightning", with six previously unreleased songs, to celebrate their tenth anniversary. The tracks were recorded during the "By the grace of God"-sessions in 2002. Produced by Chips K, as you might remember. Available on CD and 3x7" vinyl box set.

Compilation, October 18th
The compilations just keep coming! But now it's something new - an 8 CD-box with 144 songs. And among them, Sator's "I'd rather drink than talk". The box is called "Tracks 20 år" and features songs that have been on this famous Swedish radio program's chart over the years.

Sator's stats on Tracks:
Ring ring - on the list for 8 weeks, highest position 4
I'd rather drink than talk - 3 weeks, highest position 11
We're right, you're wrong - aspired to get on the chart but didn't make it!

Check out all the charts and everything at the Tracks website.

Producing, August 21st
Another production job for Chips. Right now the recording of the Millencolin's 6th album is taking place at Fascination Street Studios (former Kuling Studios) in the band's hometown Örebro. Engineer is Jim Brumby who worked with Sator on Barbie-Q-Killers vol 1 and Stereo. He also worked with Speed of Sound Enterprise on their sole album. Check it out on the bands webpage.

The Wilmer X album will be mixed early september and will be out this autumn.

Between the sessions Chips is also producing an album with The Republicans.

During the last weekend of July Chips produced 4 tracks with the Swedish band The Billy Pilgrims at Music-A-Matic Studio in Gothenburg with Henryk Lipp as engineer. The band does not have a label so no release date is set yet.

Chips: "It's been a very hectic year producing albums by Sons of Cyrus, Captain Murphy, Wilmer X, The Republicans, Millencolin and the Sator album. But all the projects felt so interesting and I really like the bands so I just couldn't say no. We'll get back to do the final touches to the Sator album in october".

Compilation, August 4th
A Sator song has once again appeared on a compilation album. The album's called "Monster Trucks" and the song is "We're right, you're wrong". The CD is sort of the soundtrack to the TV-show "Hotwheels Monster Jam", on Swedish TV4 this summer.

Producing, July 8th
Chips K will produce the new Wilmer X album. More info to come!

But you can read a little bit about it here.

Concert news, July 2nd
The Hjofestival, where Sator were supposed to appear, was cancelled! This was due to financial problems because of too few tickets sold (read more here). Sad news to the band and the fans who all wanted to check out some of the new songs.

Concert news, June 16th
Finally a new Sator show! On Midsummer's day, Sator is the closing act at the Hjofestival 25-26th of June. A bunch of the new songs will be tried out live for the first time. Other acts include Mustach, Troublemakers, Lambretta, Dag Vag, Bo Kaspers Orkester etc.

Side project, June 15th
The Wild Kings 7" is done! The A-side is their only original - "Down at Wild Kingdom", and the B-side is a cover of the Blue Öyster Cult track "Career of Evil", recorded live at Debaser this spring. The single is released by Wild Kingdom. Keep your eyes out for it, since it's a killer! They'll probably sell it at Sound Pollution for example.

Side project, May 8th
The Wild Kings, Chips' and Heikki's cover band, will release a 7" vinyl single before the end of May. The A-side will be their only original; "Down at Wild Kingdom", and the B-side will be a live track from one of their shows (three so far) at Debaser in Stockholm. The single was mastered yesterday. More info about the 7" and where to get it to come.
Their next gig is on May 19th.

Producing, April 22th
The self-titled debut album from Swedish rockers Captain Murphy is out now on Border Amigo. The album is produced by Chips Kiesbye. Great, swingin' 70s style rock 'n' roll.

Special appearence, March 20th
Heikki Kiviaho plays bass on Lisa Miskovsky's latest album "Fallingwater", as well as on her current tour of Sweden. Tour dates on your right.

Karaoke DVD, March 20th
It's NOT Sator playing on the Karaoke DVD "Rockklassiker". Who's actually playing on the track is unknown.

Michael: "It's certainly not us playing on this one. We don't know anything about it but I guess it's some kind of honor to be one of the artists chosen for this, or?"

Special appearence, February 5th
As mentioned before, Chips and Heikki are in a live cover band, performing at the Wild Kingdom nights at Debaser in Stockholm. The band calls themselves The Wild Kings, and also features people from The Hellacopters and the Turpentines. They play songs by bands like The Real Kids, The Nerves, The Runaways, The Undertones, The Beat, Stiv Bators, Cheap Trick, Plimsouls among others. Anyway, they're playing on February 10th with some special guests. DJs are Henke Walse, Nick Royale & Calle Schewen (founder of the Wild Kingdom record company).

Karaoke DVD, January 25th
The Sator classic I Wanna go Home is featured on the karaoke DVD "Rockklassiker", released by Svenska Karaokefabriken in collaboration with www.rockkaraoke.nu and Rockklassiker 106.7. So if you're at the pub one night and hear a horrible version of I Wanna go Home, it's not Sator's fault. The tracklist:

• 800 grader - Ebba Grön
• All lips n' hips - Electric boys
• Bimbo - Lambretta
• Du ska va president - Imperiet
• Highway to hell - AC/DC
• Holy diver - Dio
• Home sweet home - Mötley Crue
• Hush - Deep purple
• I wanna go home - Sator
• Livet är en fest - Nationalteatern
• Poison - Alice Cooper
• Rock the night - Europe
• Rock'n'roll all night - Kiss
• Should I stay or should I go - The Clash
• Staten och kapitalet - Ebba Grön

NEWS 2003

Special appearence, December 14th
Chips and Heikki will play on the Wild Kingdom X-mas Ball at Debaser in Stockholm, on December 16th, with Robert Eriksson (The Hellacopters) and Markus Turpentine (The Turpentines) and some special guests. Also on stage this night are "Demons" and Sewergrooves. "Husbandet" played at the Nomads tribute album release party at Debaser and this band will probably play at Debaser's Wild Kingdom nights as a monthly event.

Award, December 7th
Heikki Kiviaho and Jörgen Wall have been awarded with Eskilstuna Kommun's musical award of 10.000:- crowns each for their "significant achievements in the region's musical life". The jury shows admiration of the duo's work as musicians and producers for artists like Thåström, Ingo&Floyd, Whale, Lisa Miskovsky, Kent, Titiyo, Sator and lots of others. The festive awards ceremony was held on December 1st in Eskilstuna city hall. Congratulations Jörgen and Heikki! Read the jury's full motivation and see a list of the boys' merits here.

Concert news, November 30th
Sator will do a short gig tonight at Nalen in Stockholm, at Kent Norberg's manager's 40th birthday party. The preliminary setlist is: "Teenage Kicks" (The Undertones), "Mental Hell" (Ramones) and Pigvalley Beach".

Compilation (not!) and special appearence, November 10th
Finally, the Nomads' tribute album was released on November 3rd. Entitled "20 years too soon — A tribute to the Nomads" and released by Big Bongo Records/Wild Kingdom, the album features a lot of bands covering their favourite Nomads' songs, including The Hellacopters, Bob Hund, The Dictators among others. NOT Sator though, strangely enough. Sator was, of course, supposed to participate. They recorded "Crystal Ball" but according to Chips K, they couldn't find the time to mix it. It might show up as a b-side in the future.
   Sator were however represented at a release party to celebrate this release, and also the release of a Nomads/Hellacopters split 7" (both bands play the Nomads' song "Pack of Lies", limited to 1000 copies) at Debaser in Stockholm on November 3rd. An all-star band was put together consisting of Robert Hellacopter as drummer and band leader, Chips K on guitar/vocals, Heikki Kiviaho on bass and Markus Turpentine on guitar/vocals performing Nomads songs with guest artists like Nick Royale (Hellacopters), Odd (the Robots), Staffan Hellstrand, Mats (Maryslim) and long time Nomads roadie Thomas "Osten" Johansson.
Both records are distributed by Sound Pollution

The Nomads-Tribute
Release-Party Band

Concert, October 15th
Bob Dylan plays Gothenburg tonight. After the gig, there will be a tribute concert to Bob, at Pusterviksbaren. A brand new band, The Subterranean Homesick Experience (The S.H.E.)— including Kent Norberg — plays a big bunch of the best Bob Dylan songs.

The Subterreanean Homesick Experience is:

• Kent Norberg - vocals, harmonica & guitar
• Dan Viktor - vocals, harmonica & guitar
• Mattias Hellberg - vocals
• Gustaf Karlöf - keyboard
• Per "Flamman" Westling - guitar
• Niko Röhlcke - guitar, pedal steel & keyboard
• Johan Håkansson - drums
• Nikke Ström - Fenderbass

Show starts at 10pm. Tickets are 60 SEK.

Concert, September 19th
Legendary country artist Gram Parson died 30 years ago today. In honour to Gram, Kent Norberg has put together The All Star Gram Band for a gig at Pusterviksbaren in Gothenburg tonight. Expect to hear songs from Parson related bands as The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Byrds. The gig is arranged by Woody West.

The All Star Gram Band is:

• Kent Norberg - vocals & guitar
• Anja Ryne - vocals & tambourine
• Kalle Stintzing - piano & vocals
• Johan Andersson - guitar
• Gunnar Frick - pedal steel (also in Jackson 10se)
• Danne Johansson - drums
• Nikke Ström - bass

Some special guests will appear during the evening, including:

• Christian Kjellvander (Loosegoats)
• Kristofer Åström (Fireside)
• Olle & Axl (Whyte Seeds)
• Elisabet Punzi (ex Whipped Cream)
• Marcus & Jacob (The Travelling End)

The setlist:

• No Place to Land
• No Reason
• Time and Distance
• No Time, Tomorrow
• Jetslide
• I wanna be your Driver (Brand new cover!)
• We're Right, You're Wrong (For the very last time!)
• Slug it out ("Chips don't listen and Kent don't speak")
• Black 'n' White
• I Wanna Go Home
• The Things you Don't (Brand new Sator song!)
• I'd Rather Drink Than Talk
• I'm Gone
• This ain't the Way Home (New Sator song!)
• Get out of My Way (from the forthcoming Barbie-Q-Killers 2)
• Pigvalley Beach (with some lines from "Let's Dance")
• Ring Ring

"I wanna be your Driver" is a cover of The Swingin' Neckbreakers cover of the old Chuck Berry song. Sator has never played it live before. "The Things you don't" is an old Sator demo that the guys rediscovered when they were rehearsing this weekend. A too good song to be left in the dusty vaults they thought so they rehearsed it and decided to put it in the set, the day before the gig! A good move! The absolutely great "This ain't the Way Home" will be on the next Sator album. Yes!
You might have noticed that they didn't play "Mental Hell" or "Love MF". These songs might have been performed for the last time. "So Dressed Up" was however on the setlist. They just forgot to play it!

A bunch of pictures will come soon.

Review in GP. Review in GT.

Album news, August 11th
I was in the Music-A-Matic studio today where Sator were rehearsing the gig at Liseberg, but more importantly, to try out some new songs, written for the next Sator album. Luckily, the work is going just great! At a previous session, they got seven new songs down on tape, and this weekend four more. Some of the new titles are "Basement Noise", "Missing Man", "Celebration Town" and "If Time don't get Me". I can report that the sound is classic Sator rock 'n' roll. The working title for the new album is "Kickin' Ass for the Working Class". Keep your eyes on the site for an update from Chips K himself, and maybe even some sound samples! Photo by Dennis Germundal

Sator interview in GT.

Special appearance, July 7th
Chips K and Kent Norberg were the secret guest artists at Dom galna hundarna's (featuring The Nomads, Staffan Hellstrand, Olle Ljungström and Bob Hansson) gig at the Peace and Love festival in Borlänge on July 5th. Chips was the stand-in for Nomad Nix Vahlberg on this show so he played on most of the songs. Kent played on "Don't pull my strings" (The Nomads), "I wanna go home" (Sator) and "Black 'n' White" (The Zeros). (Note: "Dom galna hundarna is Swedish" for "The Mad Dogs", read a review of the gig here or here). Dom galna hundarna will play at Liseberg in Gothenburg on October 11th (the day before Sator).

Concert news, May 13th
Yes, another Sator concert! On Tuesday 12th of August at 20.00 Sator hits the big outdoor stage at Liseberg in Gothenburg. You can except some brand new songs to be tested live for the very first time! And some old songs will be played for the last time, in order to make room for even more new songs in the future. Exciting!
Heikki Kiviaho will be the bassplayer again and he his now to be considered as Sator's fifth member. He will play on the new album as well.

• Time and Distance
• No Reason
• No Place to Land
• No Time, Tomorrow
• Jetslide
• We're Right, You're Wrong
• A Safetybelt for Suzie
  (with some surprise lines from The Cramps' Human Fly)
• Slug it out ("Chips don't listen and Kent don't speak")
• Black 'n' White
• So Dressed Up (New Sator song! Lyrics in the lyrics section)
• I Wanna Go Home
• I'd Rather Drink Than Talk
• I'm Gone
• This ain't the Way Home (New Sator song!)
• Get out of My Way (from the forthcoming Barbie-Q-Killers 2)
• Mental Hell (Ramones cover)
• Pigvalley Beach (without the lines from "Let's Dance")

So Dressed Up has actually been released on the German compilation "I was a punk before you was" on eMpTy Records, in 2001. It was basically a demo recording and the band is not totally happy with it so it might be properly recorded in the future. This ain't the Way Home really stuck on my brain! The two songs might show up on the next Sator album. Has anyone got any pictures from the show? Send them here please! And it was cool to see some World Tour and Headquake-tour t-shirts in the crowd.

Concert news, February 5th
Sator live on stage! Yes, finally, for the first time since last summer, Sator will do a concert. The venue is the classic Nalen in Stockholm, where both Sator and Kent Norberg as a solo artist has performed previously. Opening act is The Mainliners. Tickets are SEK 210. More info at Nalen's website.

Concert news, February 5th
Kent Norberg did his second solo gig a week ago at KB in Malmö. The first gig was at Nalen on October 16th last year. I will tell you about the next gig BEFORE it takes place. (knock on wood).

NEWS 2002

Compilation, December 8th
This is very, very, embarrasingly old news but since I forgot to report this when it happened, I'm doing it now. In case someone missed it, Rockparty released a double CD this spring to celebreate their 20th anniversary. Sator are on it with a live version of "I Wanna go Home", recorded at Metropol in Hultsfred on March 24th 1995. The booklet has a list of all Sator shows in Hultsfred. Tracklist and other info here. There, it's done!

TV appearence, December 8th
Don't miss Motorjournalen on Swedish Kanal 5 this Thursday (12th). Kent Norberg can be seen testing motor homes together with reporter Joppe Pihlgren (known from Docenterna). Kent will perform one of his solo songs (unconfirmed). The show will be aired at 20.00 and there's a rerun this Saturday (14th) at 18.00.

Press, December 7th
Swedish Cars-Music-Collectors magazine Depå has a 5 page article about Sator in their new issue (#1 2003). Chips is interviewed about Sator's past and future, reminiscing some funny old stories from the career, and presents his favourite records. Great article with some cool pictures! The magazine will be out all over Sweden next week. Go get it!

Producing, December 7th
Some news about the Dozer album Chips produced this spring. This is from their website:
"The 3rd DOZER full-length will be entitled CALL IT CONSPIRACY and will be released in February on Cargo/Molten Universe through-out Europe. DOZER are also working on finding a US-label interested in releasing the album. The album will be mastered within a few weeks, so check back for soundclips!"
You have a chance to see them on February 8th at Musikens Hus in Gothenburg on the Fuzzfest.

Speaking of Chips producing, I'm sure no one has missed the latest The Hellacopters album, "By the grace of God", that was released in September. Two singles from the album have been released so far. Let's all hope that they (and Chips, sort of) get the Rockbjörnen for best Swedish album. They have big chances to get the 2003 Grammis too, and I think it's about time Chips got nominated for "Producer of the year", don't you?

Concert news, November 20th
I've updated the White Flag tour dates. These are more correct. Rumour has it that Kent might jam with them in Gothenburg, and that Nick Vahlberg from The Nomads might join them on stage in Stockholm.

Concert news, November 19th
Sator's friends in the legendary American punk rock band White Flag are embarking on a winter tour in Europe to celebrate their 20th anniversary. You can see the tour dates to the right. I will update these if there are any changes, or check their website for the latest news. There you can also find a cool video-clip of "Cherry Bomb", performed by Sator & White Flag (with Campino from Die Toten Hosen) on the Hultsfredsfestivalen 1994.

Side project, October 23rd
Kent Norberg performed a solo concert in Stockholm on the 16th. It was just him and Gunnar Frick (also in Jackson 10se) on accoustic guitars. He played some of his own material in Swedish and a Steve Earle cover. The last encore was a country version of "I Wanna go Home". There is no album release planned at the moment but you never know. You will be the first to know.

Writing, September 5th
Chips has contributed to a book called "Heaven Needed A Lead Singer: Fans Remember Joey Ramone". This book is released through a Finnish company called Tmi Ramoniac. Read more about this book and how to order it here. By ordering the book you enter a lottery in which one of the prices is a signed copy of "The Songs Ramones the Same", autographed by Kent Norberg, among other rock musicians featured on the album.

Concert intro, September 5th
We do get lots of questions about the intro. The intro used at the "Heden" show in Gothenburg on August 9 was taken from the American TV show "Dragnet" which was on the air from the early 50's until 1970. Sator has used this as intro several times since as early as 1990.

These are the liner notes from the "Television's greatest hits" album about "Dragnet":

"'Dragnet' was the first program produced, directed, written by and starring the same person, Jack Webb. It was also the first program to feature an average, totally unglamorized, straight-facts cop. It became the highest-rated police show in TV history. The opening, 'Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to see is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent', was indeed true. Webb based each episode on an actual case which he altered only enough for the sake of privacy and safety. Webb's character, Friday was so real to the TV audience that the LAPD actually had visitors dropping by hoping to meet their favorite cop.
The 'Dragnet' theme is actually made up of two different parts. The first notes were used by composer Miklos Rozsa as incidental music in the 1947 film 'The Killers'. Walter Schuman composed the march that makes up the rest of the theme. Performed by The Ray Anthony Orchestra in 1953, the 'Dragnet' theme went to #3 on the pop chart."

Watch "Dragnet" videos here. More "Dragnet" information here.

Special appearence, September 5th
The Nomads have a new 2-CD compilation out on White Jazz records called "Showdown 2 - The 90's". Around half of the tracks were produced by Chips. It also features Chips, Kent and Hans on several tracks.

Interview, September 5th
Chips is interviewed on a Thåström homepage about the Kalas tour 2002 (Only in Swedish).

Concert news, September 2nd
Around 26.500 people saw Sator open the Speedway GP with a short playback set at at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg. It was a really cool sight to the see the lads on a small stage at the center of the soccer-field in the huge arena. I hope my pictures come out OK. (I know I talk a lot about putting up concert pictures, but none are up so far. Things are hectic at the moment. Please be patient, they WILL be up in a while.) The setlist:

• Pigvalley Beach
• Time and Distance
• Love MF
• I Wanna go Home
• Slug it out
• No Time, Tomorrow
• Ring Ring

Concert news, August 13th
Pray that you get a chance to see a Jackson 10se show in a not too distant future, 'cause their concert two days ago was really great. Some good ol' country tunes with lap-steel guitar and everything. Here's a review. Hopefully, a bunch of pictures will be up here soon.

Concert news, August 10th
Sator played a great show in Gothenburg last night! Read a review here. Some pictures will be up as soon as possible. If you have any pictures from the show, or any Sator-pictures what so ever, we'd be happy if you sent them to us so we can put them on the site (with your name on them). Yesterday's setlist:

• No Place to Land
• No Reason
• Time and Distance
• No Time, Tomorrow
• Safetybelt for Suzy
• Get out of My Way
• Jetslide
• Slug it out
• Mental Hell
• Black 'n' White
• I Wanna go Home
• I'd rather Drink than Talk
• We're Right, You're Wrong
• I'm Gone
• Pigvalley Beach
• Ring Ring

Concert news & interview, August 2nd
If you're going to Gothenburg to see Sator next weekend, be sure not to miss the Jackson 10se concert on Hedens Klubbscen on August 11th, at 21:15. This is a country band featuring Kent Norberg on vocals and guitar. Read a smoking fresh and interesting interview with Kent from GP, telling us about Sator's recent activities and future plans.

Concert news, August 1st
Another show is confirmed. This time it's at the Speedway GP at Nya Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg on August 31st.

Concert news, July 21st
Sator will perform at Göteborgskalaset in Gothenburg on the 9th of August. The show will be held on Hedens Stora Scen at 22.00. Don't miss it!

Concert news, June 30th
Sator performed at Skellefteå- festivalen on the 28th of June. This was Sator's first show since they played the Chalmers University in Gothenburg in September last year. You can watch a live video of "Mental Hell" and "Slug it out" on the festival's website!

Studio work, June 2nd
Chips has produced the forthcoming The Hellacopters album. More information to come.

Studio work, April 20th
Chips spent a couple of weeks of April in the Music-A-Matic studio, producing 14 songs for the Swedish rockers Dozer's third album. The album will be released in November.

Compilation, April 15th
One year after the death of Joey Ramone, White Jazz release the tribute album "The Song Ramones the Same" on April 15th. Sator's contribution is "Mental Hell" which has been part of the live-set for a while. Chips has been highly involved in the release, producing the songs by Satirnine, Sahara Hotnights, The Nomads, The Pain, Maryslim, The Hellacopters and The Turpentines.

Special appearence, February 12th
Chips once again played some guitar with Thåström, on his new album "Mannen som blev en gris". Kent can also be heard on the album, singing some backing vocals. Chips will be a part of Thåström's tour band on the Kalas tour this summer together with Hekki Kiviaho (bass) and Jörgen Wall (drums) from Whale and, new on this tour, Per Hägglund (keyboards), one of the members of Imperiet.

NEWS 2001

Concert News, September 19th
Sator did a great show last Saturday. Daniel was back again. At the Peace and Love-show, Heikki Kiviaho (Whale, Thåström) was stand-in on bass. The setlist in Gothenburg, and as far as I know at Peace and Love too, was (and not in this order):

• No Place to Land
• No Reason
• Time and Distance
• No Time, Tomorrow
• Jetslide
• We're Right, You're Wrong
• A Safetybelt for Suzie
• Slug it out
• Black 'n' White
• I Wanna Go Home
• I'd Rather Drink Than Talk
• I'm Gone
• Love MF
• Get out of My Way (from the forthcoming Barbie-Q-Killers 2)
• Mental Hell (Ramones cover)
• Pigvalley Beach (with a couple of lines from "Let's Dance")
• Ring Ring

Concert News, September 10th
Sator will perform at the opening ceremony at Chalmers university's brand new student's union-building in Gothenburg on September 15th. Opening act is Jaguar.

Concert News, August 1st
Sator will perform on the Peace and Love festival in Borlänge on August 3rd. The festival is a manifestation against violence and racism and other bands include Backyard Babies, Randy, The Kooks, Bad Cash Quartet, Loosegoats, Yvonne and tons of others.

Producing, June 2nd
Chips K. has produced the new Sahara Hotnights-album, entitled "Jennie Bomb". The recordings took place in Music-A-Matic and Rommarö in March and April, and the album will be released on BMG on June 4th.

Upcoming show, March 9th
Sator will play a bunch of songs at The Nomads' 20th anniversary party, together with Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks, Flaming Sideburns and of course, The Nomads themselves. This event will take place at Kolingsborg in Stockhom on April 13th. More info can be found at The Nomads' homepage. The Nomads' new album, entitled "Up-Tight" and produced by Chips K., will be released on April 23rd.

Compilations, January 30th
Once again, Sator appears on a bunch of compilation albums. First off it's on a Swedish 80's-punk compilation called "Volym #4 Den bästa svenska musiken 80-tal". The songs are "Gamma Gamma Hey!" and "We're Right, You're Wrong" and the booklet features comments on these songs by Chips K. Release this week on MNW Records.
There is also a Spanish compilation out called "Muga 16 Años" including "Time and Distance". You can order it from Safety Pins Records.

Compilation, January 20th (unconfirmed)
Sator is not on the double-CD version of the The Flamin' Groovies tribute. The tape they sent to Safety Pins Records was damaged. They will however appear on the vinyl version that is yet to be released. Safety Pins Records are currently negotiating with a label to make the vinyl album. Sator is performing the track "You Tore Me Down".

Producing, January 17th
Kent Norberg is in the Music-A-Matic studio together with 59 Times the Pain, producing their new album "Calling the Public", release due sometime in March.
Chips is also busy producing. He's working on the new Nomads album that will be released to coincide with the band's 20th anniversary (April 13th).

NEWS 2000

New Releases, November 26th
There's not much happening on the Sator front at the moment but I'm doing a small update so you won't think that I've died. Sator has appeared on two quite recently released compilation albums. First, it was with the old hit "I Wanna Go Home" on "Baren -18 partyhits utvalda av deltagarna i Baren" and later, the previously ureleased cover of The Flamin' Groovies' "You Tore Me Down" on "Groovin' 'round the World - A Tribute to the Flamin' Groovies" released on Safety Pins Records. I've also heard unconfirmed rumours about an unreleased song being on a yet-to-be released compilation album called "I was a Punk before you was (Old School for New Students)", to be out on Empty Records. If anyone knows anything more about this please let me know.
Sator might also have dropped their contract with Independent Records. They no longer appear at their website. More news about this will definately come as soon as I get them.
So, until the release of B-Q-K vol. 2, (release date still unknown to me), don't miss out on the 10" vinyl version of the "Droppin' Out!" EP out on Safety Pins Records. It has 3 bonus tracks not found on the CD version (they all appear elsewere too though) and can actually be found here and there in Sweden. Contact me if you have trouble finding it.

Producing, October 5th
Chips Kiesbye has been in Music-A-Matic studio with Plan Nine producing their debut album, "Generation Action". He also found the time to play some guitar on it. The release date has not been decided. You can read an interview with Chips and the band as well as a recording diary at Plan Nine's excellent homepage.
Chips has also produced the Hellacopters' new album "High Visibility" due to be released on October 16th.

Speed of Sound Enterprise, May 26th
About two hours ago, Speed of Sound played Liseberg, Gothenburg. Some interesting, unreleased songs were performed, including "Swinging London" that will be on their second album, "Almost All the Time in the World" from their forthcoming, second single, "That Would Be Something", and one more song that I didn't catch the name of but it sounded like "We Got Burned" or something. The setlist was (and not in this order):

• Speed of Sound Enterprise
• Young Girl
• Just Out of Reach (from the "Young Girl" CD-Maxi)
• That Would Be Something
• Love and Need
• No One Cares
• North in the Country
• Do I Do I
• The One That Got Away
• Swinging London
• Anarchy
• Almost All the Time in the World
• "We Got Burned" (?)

Make sure to catch them at a festival this summer!

New album, April 22nd
Sator played two brand new songs at their gig in Gothenburg yesterday. The tunes were "Get out of My Way" and "You Don't Seem Real". These songs will both be on Sator's forthcoming sequel to "Barbie-Q-Killers vol. 1" that might be in stores right after the summer.

Speed of Sound Enterprise, April 16th
Kent and Daniel's sideproject "Speed of Sound Enterprise" will release their debut single, "Young Girl" on the 19th of April. The selftitled debut album will be released on the 27th of the same month. The album, which has been mixed in New York, was recorded last summer but has been delayed because the record company BMG has been concentrating on other acts until now. Other members are Joakim Levin (Daniel's brother and ex-member of famous Swedish punkband "De Lyckliga Kompisarna") on drums and Jonas Redig on bass. Visit their official homepage or their record company for more information and a video! There's also an interview and the video to "Young Girl" on Aftonbladet's site.

Concert News, March 21st
Sator is doing a gig at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg on May 21st and one at Metropol in Hultsfred on May 22nd. More information about the Hultsfred gig is available at Rockparty's homepage. Info about the Gothenburg gig is available here.

New album, February 30th
The follow up to "Barbie-Q-Killers vol. 1" will be released soon. Last I heard is that it will contain 14 songs. Not only American bands but also some British ones will be covered. One of the know titles is "Peeking Hooligan" by the Buzzcocks. More news and release date as soon as I get it.

Producing, February 25th
Chips Kiesbye has produced a bunch of songs by Matching Numbers, including members from Nomads, Demons, Robots and Atomic Swing.

Compilation CD, February 15th
Sator will contribute with one song on a record against nazism and rasism. The working title is "Vi håller inte käften!" and other artists include Thåström, Blues & V.I.P:z, Sahara Hotnights, Hammer Hill Click & Dogge, Charta 77, Looptroop, Stefan Sundström & Johan Johansson, Troublemakers, Shadlims, Ubba and Iguana party. The album will be out before the summer and all the profit will go to the John Hron-foundation. A concert in Gothenburg is also planned.

NEWS 1999

Split Single, November 11th 1999
Sator has made a spilt single with the French band Garlic Frog Diet. It will contain the previously unreleased Sator songs "You Ain't Nothing" and "A Song to You". It will be limited to 500-600 copies printed on colored vinyl. The single will be released by Sideline Records.

NEWS 1996

Sator is doing two gigs in the beginning of November. 1/11 Köping & 2/11 Göteborg. They want to "kick start the recording sessions for the new record", all according to the band.

Chips and Kent have been busy producing other bands in -96. Kent just finished a cd with Swedish band Smash Hit Wonders and Chips has been working with Bazooka, The Mutts and Mouth to mention a few.

Hasse has also been busy in the studio working with up coming punk rock band The Bones and helping Randy with the mixing of their new self produced album "The rest is silence".

Rumors say that Sator is going to use several different producers for the new record to get the most out of the new songs.