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Agnetha Fältskog
Agnetha Åse Fältskog () (born 5 April 1950) is a Swedish recording artist and entertainer. She became a household name in Sweden after the release of her début album Agnetha Fältskog in 1968, and reached international stardom as a member of pop group ABBA, which sold over 375 million records worldwide, making them the second best–selling band in history and the best–selling pop band in history.
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Benny Andersson
Göran Bror "Benny" Andersson (born in Stockholm, Sweden on 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA (1972–1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. He is currently active with his own band Benny Anderssons Orkester (BAO!), and was executive producer for the film version of the musical Mamma Mia!.
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Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (, born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish musician, composer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA (1972–82), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. He has recently coproduced the film Mamma Mia! with ex-ABBA member and close-friend Benny Andersson. During the last years, Björn Ulvaeus has stepped forward as a frontline critic against the free file sharing of copyrighted material on the internet. He is also a prominent and outspoken member of the International Humanist and Ethical Union's Swedish member organisation Humanisterna.
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Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone (born Douglas Glenn Colvin) (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002) was a German-American songwriter and musician, best known as founding member, bassist and main songwriter of the punk rock band the Ramones.
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Joey Ramone
Joey Ramone (born Jeffry Ross Hyman) (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001) was a vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist in the punk rock band the Ramones. Joey Ramone's image, voice and tenure as frontman of the Ramones made him a countercultural icon.
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Phil Spector
Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American record producer and songwriter. The originator of the "Wall of Sound" production technique, Spector was a pioneer of the 1960s girl group sound and produced over 25 Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1965 alone. After this initial success, Spector later worked with artists including Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon, George Harrison, and the Ramones with similar acclaim.
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Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, often cited as the first punk rock group. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Stig Anderson
'''Stig 'Stikkan' Erik Leopold Anderson (né Andersson)''' (25 January 1931 – 12 September 1997) was born in Hova, Sweden, and is best known as the manager of the pop group ABBA.
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Tommy Ramone
Tommy Ramone, also known as Thomas Erdelyi (born Erdélyi Tamás; January 29, 1952), is a Hungarian American record producer and musician. He is the last surviving original member of the pioneering punk rock band The Ramones.
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Yo Gabba Gabba! TV Show - Band (Part 1)

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SAL MASEKELA AND THE GABBALAND BAND - hello world - YO GABBA GABBA

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Ramones song We want the Airwaves- by Gabba Gabba Heys

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The Gabba Live Band

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Ramones tribute band GABBA GABBA HEYS - Boise 2/25/11

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Gabba (band)

Gabba is a London-based British tribute band performing ABBA songs in the stripped down punk style of the Ramones, a style of pop punk they dubbed discopunk and claim to have invented. They formed in 1996 and took their name in 1999. They have released three albums .

History

Gabba was informally formed in 1996 by Stig Honda, alleged "professor at the Osaka Rock 'n' Roll High School", who enrolled five students from all over the world to fuse the disco pop of Abba and the punk rock of the Ramones, creating "disco-punk".

In 1999, the band took its name of "GABBA, The Discopunk Sensation". The name is an acrostic on the members' nicknames, echoing both the Ramones' "Gabba Gabba Hey" and the name of Abba.

Their second recording and official debut album, the CD Leave Stockholm (1999), was produced by Stigma Records (UK) and sub-distributed by Rough Trade Records.

According to a band statement , " [In 2001] GABBA release their complex 3rd album, the Spanish language "Tijuana Dance". However, the album was banned and withdrawn from sale after just 1 week for being "Anti-Establishment", due to some confusion over Bee Bee's appalling Spanish translations which inadvertently accused the Queen of England of being a Nazi Stormtrouper (in a stupor, no less). It is unclear if the album will ever be released again. "

Some of the facts on their Internet Website are similar to real facts of ABBA and Ramones:

They write that they wanted to win the European Snog Contest, but they got the wrong application form, so they won the Eurovision Song Contest. This is the reference to the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, which ABBA won.

The song for the "wrong" contest was Ring Ring "which was basically Sing Sing (Like Joey Ramone) but with new lyrics by Neil Sedated" (from the site http://www.gabba.co.uk/disco.html). ABBA tried first time to be at the contest in 1973 with Ring Ring, but they were sent out in the national vote.

Also about the Spanish language album "Tijuana Dance". ABBA had recorded a spanish album.

This GABBA-album was banned cause of lyrics about a "Nazi Stormtrouper". In 1980 ABBA was very popular in Russia (Soviet union), until "Super Trouper". A radio announcer translated the title of the song word-by-word on air. He translatet it as a Super (like "perfect", "very good" etc.) Trouper (Trouper from Stormtrouper).

Once in the news in 2005 the site wrote: Geeky & Bjoey haven't spoken for almost 5 years. In fact Joey Ramone and Johnny Ramone didn't talk since Johnny married Joeys girlfriend. Joeys reaction to this was the song "The KKK took my baby away!"

In reference to the website, in New York is a musical based on the songs of GABBA called "Papa Mao Mao", which of cause is a reference to "Mamma Mia".

Media attention

They have been aired mostly in the UK, on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 1 The Evening Session, on BBC Television's The Beat Room, on BBC Radio Scotland's The Beat Patrol, and webcast on Virtue TV (now Interoute TV).

They have been written about in magazines such as Mojo, Melody Maker, NME, Time Out, Music365.com, CMJ New Music Monthly, The Ramones UK Fan Club Newsletter, and the London Evening Standard.

They have played along bands such as Negativland, The Rezillos, and Chicks on Speed, in various outlets in London, and at the 1999 Xmas parties of Rough Trade Records and Fierce Panda Records.

In related media, their autobiographical musical short film "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" (written and directed by Cliff Homow , alias "Cliffy Hormone", and Midge Devitt) won the 2003 "Special Independent Film Award" at London's counterculture .

Members

; On stage, acrostically

Geeky (Japan) - guitar (represents Johnny Ramone)

Anneky (Sweden) - vocals, chorus (represents Agnetha Fältskog)

Bjöey (US) - lead vocals (represents Björn Ulvaeus and Joey Ramone)

Bee Bee (Germany) - bass, vocals (represents Benny Andersson and Dee Dee Ramone)

Abby (German from Thailand) - drums, vocals, chorus (represents Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Tommy Ramone)

; Backstage

Stig Honda (Japan) - business manager, lyrics (represents Stig Anderson, ABBA manager)

Phil Smegma (UK) - production manager (represents Phil Ramone and Phil Spector, Ramones producers)

Monte Malmönik (Sweden) - road manager (represents Monte Melnick, Ramones roadie)

(The countries of origin are alleged by the members, who could possibly be all British.)

Discography

; Albums

(199?) Missile to Malmö (deleted)

(1999) Leave Stockholm (CD out-of-print, now in MP3s and BitTorrent)

(2001) Tijuana Dance (banned)

; Singles and songs on compilations

(2001) "Gabba Gabba" on Life's a Gas (international tribute album to Joey Ramone)

(2005) "Gabba Gabba" single on iTunes UK

References

External links

; Official links

Gabba.co.uk - official website: news, history, bios, discography, videos, free MP3s, forum, etc.

Gabba's short film "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" - infos and free download (4 mins, WMV and QuickTime)

; Resource links [ Gabba's profile] at Allmusic

Gabba's profile at UK Screen

; Crazy fans links

Benji's Gabba page - alleged fan page from Sweden (in English)

Yuko & Toshiro's Gabba world - alleged fan page from Japan (in English) (However, the address echoes the name of their short movie's director)

Category:Tribute bands Category:British pop punk musical groups

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