MILLENCOLIN

MILLENCOLIN formed in Örebro in 1992, taking the name from a skateboarding trick, the melancholy. The longstanding lineup is Nikola Šarčević on vocals and bass, Mathias Färm and Erik Ohlsson on guitars and Fredrik Larzon on drums. They released their records through the Swedish label Burning Heart, with Epitaph handling them in North America.

Early albums such as Life on a Plate and For Monkeys mixed fast skate punk with ska rhythms. Pennybridge Pioneers, the 2000 album that contains No Cigar, settled them into tighter, more melodic punk rock, a direction later records like Home from Home, Kingwood and True Brew followed. Ohlsson, a skater himself, has drawn much of the band’s artwork.