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It all started back in 2001 when four guys got together on a punkrockshow in Nyköping. It turned out that everyone enjoyed the same kind of music and were in love with trashy garagepunk and band like THE SPACESHITS, THE SAINTS, THE SONICS, TEENGENERATE and MC5. After a couple of weeks the band started to rehearse and they turned out to play a harder and faster kind of punkrock. Pretty soon they entered Omega Studio in Nyköping and recorded a couple of songs that would end up on the split 7″ with LOCAL OAFS (another Nyköping act). After a couple of gigs the band almost quit playing for various reasons and all was silent on the MANIKINS front until they decided to start playing the music that once brought them together.

THE MANIKINS once again entered the studio to record a eight song demo that they sent out to various labels across the globe. The first one who swallowed the bight was the newly started label P.TRASH in Germany who got release a 7″ EP called “Don’t Gimme A Choice”. After this release it was Italian label ROCKIN BONES who got the opportunity to release the bands first album.

As the band went on tour they first recorded 12 new songs for their second album called “Epileptic” who was released on P.TRASH the 17th of June 2004. “Epileptic” became an instant hit that led to some local gigs in Sweden and some touring around Europe.

2005 the band left the comfort in recording in their own studio (Omega) and entered Dust Ward studio in Stockholm together with Junk E. Male as a producer. Together they recorded the third studioalbum called LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL together with some 7″ and a 10″. LIE, CHEAT AND STEAL was released on P.Trash Records in 2005.

THE MANIKINS are:
Joakim Forsberg: Vocals / Guitar, Tommie Gustafsson: Drums, Kalle Jansson: Guitar / Backing Vocals, Max Thyrén: Bass

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All photos by: Erika Rougeux