Solen Skiner

Swedish progg band that emerged during the preparations for the first Gärdesfest in Stockholm in June 1970, where the group also did their first gig. Solen Skiner played a drone-based monotonous music with lyrics about, among other things, Swedish nature and militarism. The members were Håkan Agnsäter, Sven Bjärhall, Gunnar Lidström and Åke Näslund. At the second Gärdesfesten in August 1970, the group was recorded by the non-commercial record company Silence and participated in the LP Festen på Gärdet (1971) with the song "Militär". After the group was expanded in 1972 with Christer Nahrendorf, Lennart Holmgren and Göran Hammarén (1974) and Christer Kilander (1975), the repertoire became more and more rock and blues based with lyrics from the self-experienced everyday life. Between the years 1974 and 1978, the group had around 490 gigs from Luleå to Ystad. Most gigs were at youth centers, music forums, festivals, prisons and various support concerts. Solen Skiner also made four recordings for the radio program Tonkraft between 1973 and 1977. Solen Skiner also appeared in two TV programs, "Lördags" (broadcast on TV2 on 18 September 1976) and on the program "Popluvan" (broadcast on TV1 on 5 January 1977 and can be seen on Youtube under the heading The Sun Shines on TV) The group also appeared in the film "Vi har vår egen sång" which was about the Alternative Festival in Stockholm in 1975. Solen Skiner has had a few gigs since the dissolution in 1978, including in Hellvi on Gotland in 1996, at Tantogården in Stockholm in 1999, in Kärrtorp in Stockholm in 2012 and most recently in Aspuddens Bokhandel 2013.