Millencolin

Millencolin is a skate-punk band that was formed in October of 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Färm and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro, Sweden.

Millencolin is a skate-punk band that was formed in October of 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Färm and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro, Sweden. Fredrik Larzon joined the band in early 1993 which cemented the lineup. Millencolin as a word derives from the skateboard-trick melancholy (also known as "sad air") because of their passion for skateboarding. The band releases their CDs on the Swedish label Burning Heart Records outside the US. Within the United States, Millencolin CDs are released with Epitaph Records. Since 2003, the band hosts a skateboard contest at their own skatepark in Örebro, Sweden. It's named the Millencolin Open. They say they started this annual contest because skateboarding is what brought them together and now they have the chance to make something good to the town and to skateboarding.

When they first started out, Millencolin sang in Swedish and recorded a 10 song tape in 1993 called Melack. Burning Heart Records then got back to Millencolin saying they wanted to release a CD single. Burning Heart had at that time only released two CD singles but they took their chance with the relatively unknown label. They recorded the six song CD-single ”Use Your Nose” in November 93, which include new versions of ”Pain” from Goofy and ”Melack”. The single was very well received and they started to play more live shows. They put out their first major release, Tiny Tunes, in 94. The recording and mixing of the album took two weeks.