The Leather Nun
Careening from garage rock to goth and industrial, Leather Nun (aka Ladernunnan) became cult heroes in their native land of Sweden with their shock antics and rollicking tunes. Naming themselves after a London stripper, Leather Nun were formed in Gothenburg in 1979 by Jonas Almqvist (vocals), Bengt "Aron" Aronsson (guitar), Freddie Wadling (bass), and Gert Claesson (drums). Inspired by both Throbbing Gristle and Lou Reed (Almqvist's half-spoken, half-sung vocals were obviously patterned after Reed's), Leather Nun recorded their industrial-leaning debut EP, Slow Death, in 1979. Wadling left Leather Nun in 1982 and joined Blue for Two. A handful of singles followed before Leather Nun released their first live LP, Alive, in 1985. Their debut, Lust Games, followed the year after. The group's imported singles found their way onto U.S. college radio stations, earning substantial airplay with "Pink House," a deadpan parody of John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses." Their sophomore effort, Steel Construction, was issued in 1987, as Leather Nun's American audience began to eclipse their small following in Sweden. The band released the Mick Ronson-produced Nun Permanent in late 1991. The band eventually split up in 1995. While Leather Nun occasionally reunited in the years that followed -- Almqvist even formed a tribute band, Leather Nun: Reloaded, in 2009 -- it wasn't until 2015 that they returned with their fifth album, the Bowie-meets-Sisters of Mercy Whatever (Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution), their first in nearly 25 years. In 2017, they issued Vive La Fete! Vive La Revolution, a recording of their Glasnost Rock '88 festival appearance.
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Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (The Leather Nun Plays ABBA)
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 01.05.1986
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Force Of Habit (30th Anniversary Edition)
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 02.11.1987
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Steel Construction
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 01.01.1987
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Slow Death - EP
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 01.02.1979
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International Heroes
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 01.01.1990
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Slow Death (Extended Version)
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 01.02.1984
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Alive Corium Monaca Deadly (Live In Denmark / 1985)
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 22.11.1985
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Whatever
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Wild Kingdom am 17.04.2015
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Vive la Fête! Vive la Révolution! (Live)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Wild Kingdom am 05.05.2017
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Demolition Love
Rock - Erschienen bei MNW Music AB am 01.05.1988
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All Those Crazy Dreams
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Wild Kingdom am 06.11.2015
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