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LOK (although not an abbreviation, the name is written with capitals, and not Lok or L.O.K.) was a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2002.

The band

Members

History

The band was created in Partille, a suburb to Gteborg in 1995, as a fusion of the two rock bands "PsychoBetaBuckDown" (with Martin as vocalist) and "Hyperbug" (with Johan as bassist). The two bands shared the same local and had played together a few times. The bands had also finished second and first respectively in a communal rock band competition in 1994. Martin and Johan decided to play together in the 1995 competition and Johan also changed from bass to his original instrument, drums. They needed a guitarrist and a bassist and found Daniel (from the band "In a Pig's Eye") and Thomas (from the Judas Priest cover band "Just as Priest"). Their first repetition was held in August 1995, with Martin singing in English for about ten minutes before fooling around and starting to sing in Swedish. It sounded strange, and they decided to continue with Swedish texts. The name of the band, which is an abbreviation for locomotive in Swedish, was chosen as a reference to their music style; "heavy, compromiseless and totally over-running"! They won two large music competitions in the next nine months, being awarded with studio time and the production of two singles. Their first album was released in November 1996 and contained six songs. The band signs their first contract with the record label company "Stockholm Records" in the summer of 1997, and they record their new album during 1998. They also play at the Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred) for the first time the same year. LOK made their last appearance ever in Malm, in the autumn of 2002. They played in Gteborg for the last time just a few days before that, and at that gig, they also recorded a live album, being their last release. After problems between the members, the band was declared dead. They said that they had showed Sweden that hardcore music could be in Swedish, and after five albums, their purpose had been reached, and thus there was no reason for the band to live on. Two of the former members, Martin Westerstrand and Daniel Cordero along with two new members, started the band Rallypack in 2004.