STRASSE BACK ON THE STREETS 2024

STRASSE on stage at Nalen/KDod/Swe Feb 2024. Max Abbey, Ryden, Charles Storm, Joakim Nivre will also play Goteborg/Swe June 2024. New single from STRASSE in 2024. STRASSE Live on YouTube HERE. Photo: Ake Tireland.

RYDEN RELEASING THE GHOST

RYDEN, releasing new single, The Ghost, Aug 2023. Latest from STRASSE frontman was single "Days In The Shade", Nightshifter album 2018. RYDEN on The Ghost: "I wanted to create something contemporary and blend it with the sound of early STRASSE." The Ghost produced by Kenneth Magnusson at Pekoralfabriken. Check out The Ghost on Bandcamp, HERE. Also on Spotify, YouTube and more.

STRASSE LOOKING BACK TO THE FUTURE

STRASSE in Northern press interview 2005.

Q: Why took it almost 10 years to release a new album?
St: "The record company begged for "hits", but we were too busy having a good time with the bad stuff. The 80s was a huge black hole for some of us. It took lightyears to get back (ha-ha...)."
Q: You kept the sound of Strasse all these years. Ever felt like changing sound, genre?
St: "Not really. Our... "glamorous scrapyard sound" is still exciting. The darkness make us happy... in a strange way."
Photos: Louise Storm, Jan Wiridén

STRASSE - SYNTHS, PUBS AND... EVICTION

A run-down, 3 room apartment in Gothenburg/Swe became the first rehearsal studio for STRASSE. The neighbour, a pub/music restaurant, complained so much about the "loud sledge and saw-noise" the band finally was evicted. Listen to the STRASSE noise (at that time) - on the album Gothenburg Rare.

STRASSE ON NEW VINYL ALBUM

STRASSE release never published song Scavenger, 2021. Written by RYDEN and recorded as a pre-production track. STRASSE played Scavenger live many times before getting their first record deal. The album, Gothenburg Rare Vol.2, also featuring other artists and members from The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Candywheel, The Leather Nun and STRASSE producer Charles Storm.
Pre-ORDER the album HERE: bengans.se/sv/artiklar/gothenburg-rare-gothenburg-rare-2.html

STRASSE - RARE TV CONCERT

Check out STRASSE, "A Stairway To You", live from Scandinavian TV concert early 1982. The band playing their first version of "ASTY". A week later STRASSE went back to London and producer, Midge Ure to record the song. RCA released "ASTY" as a single the same year. STRASSE: "This was the beginning of our "Las Vegas years" and would soon turn much darker..." Thanks to G. Assner and M. Almse.

STRASSE MEET AND GREET

STRASSE Meet and greet at Gothenburg (SWE) Arts Events Night 25 October 2019. Between art talk, taking photos and signing almost anything, STRASSE also played "Kamouflage".

LIVE 2019

RYDEN AND ANNA ÖBERG

RYDEN in the studio with ANNA ÖBERG, June 2018. STRASSE frontman recording background vocals on new album from Anna Öberg. Co-producer: Storm. Ryden: ”One of the highlights in my career. I´m a big Öberg fan”. Stay tuned for more info.

STRASSE 40 YEARS AGO

STRASSE was formed back in 1978, so this year the group turns 40. STRASSE: ”We were the lepers of the 70s music scene – just for using synthesizers! We wanted to make black and white music as in Film Noir”. So, how did STRASSE sound in the beginning? Check out this early recording on Soundcloud. LISTEN to track: Street life Perfection.

RYDEN NEW ALBUM 2018

STRASSE singer/songwriter, RYDEN new album Nightshifter out February 14, 2018. Including new single The Devil´s Work. Bonus: early, now re-mastered tracks.
Listen here.

RYDENs NEW VIDEO STOPPED!

RYDENs new video ”The Devils Work” was today removed and banned from Youtube website. Reason for this; ”…video contains unauthorised pornographic material”. We guess they are referring to the beautiful woman dancing (yes, shirtless) flamenco in the video. Well, it´s not exactly hardcore porn, dear readers. A NEW not so raunchy ”video” is now up on youtube!

STRASSE - 10 YEARS OF SHAKESPEARE

10 years since the release of STRASSE single Shakespeare Was An American. STRASSE: ”Our first single following Transylvanian Flower. Also our first official music video! Sadly, working on SWAA and the upcoming Half Past Animal album, police authorities shut down the studio several times because of the many (gang) killings outside the studio entrance! This might not had an influence on the album, but were not too sure.” A real life Shakespeare story. The police/crime activity in the area now long since gone.

RYDEN - NEW SINGLE

RYDEN will release THE DEVIL´S WORK February 2017. Click to LISTEN. The single is the first release since Repercutio and the first on Luminol Grammofon. TDW produced by Hakan Svensson, Ulf Vinyl Stenberg on synths. Listen/Buy new RYDEN single at ONErpm.

RYDEN ON THE WALL 2017

Finally! RYDEN to release new (solo) material. Now we want you to create your own Ryden video and send it to Luminol Grammofon. Fine prizes awaits the chosen ones. Stay tuned...

STRASSE ON TV

Check out unique STRASSE (Max Abbey, Ryden) photos from Scandinavian television shows. Very early 1980´s. And very live. During the sessions one of the tv-crews accidentally wrecked the bands synthesizers. The shows went on. Photographers unknown.

STRASSE AT THE MUSEUM

Scandinavian museum/Stadsmuseum of Gothenburg Sweden now showing rare exhibition; Music Memorabilia of Sweden. Photos, videos, posters, stage wear and, yes… music. Checkout some STRASSE stuff in the above photo. Also represented; Bruce Springsteen, Ace of Base and Håkan Hellström. Special thanks to CW.

STRASSE BOOK AND PUNKY WEBSITE

Who doesn´t like the mighty Scandinavian Punk/New Wave scene? Great website PUNKTJAFS (Punk Nag/Squabble) digging up dirt and impressive info from the 70s and forward. Check out STRASSE bio and interviews: - ”…were a bit disappointed when Punk came to town” and ”Our producer didn´t care less about STRASSE - his only interests were coke and sandwiches!”
Also, in case you missed, check out book of the century NY VÅG - Svensk Punk / New Wave / Synth 1977-1982.

STRASSE RETURNS TO STAGE 2015

STRASSE did a Special Guest appearance 22 July 2015. Live at Lightwedge Music Festival. "Great fun and a well earned break from the studio."
Photo: F L Kindsater.

TRANSYLVANIAN FLOWER 2005-2015

It is now 10 years since the release of classic New Wave STRASSE album, TRANSYLVANIAN FLOWER. STRASSE: ”It was recorded in 3 weeks at Cloudchamber in 2004. Everything went very smooth, tons of fun and late night parties. At the time we had no record deal and got ”No, thank you” from our old record company.”
Well, Transylvanian Flower turned out be the best selling STRASSE album at the time. The single, Dying For The Wild Life and the album got highly positive reviews: ”Masterpiece”, ”The Sergeant Pepper of STRASSE”.
STRASSE TF Facts; The lead vocals on The Stranger In Your Eyes is the first and only take - "RYDEN had a second go, but it was awful!". The next album, Half Past Animal, starts with a fade-in, the fade-out from the Transylvanian Flower album. Producer : Charles Storm. The cover is a re-make of a Louise Storm artwork. TRANSYLVANIAN FLOWER at Spotify.

ANDY WARHOL AND STRASSE

"Hi, it´s ANDY - Your new single is GREAT. Checkout STRASSE in the next Interview." "Mindblowing at the time", says STRASSE on having ANDY WARHOL as a mentor. "Even today it´s hard to believe it really happened. We first met at party in the early 80s. We talked about music, art and stuff. Andy had not heard of STRASSE but was very keen to listen. We were stunned. This was the man behind The Velvet Undergrounds debut album! "Why don´t you come to my place (The Factory) next week?". He was always very kind, generous and took time to help us out whenever he could. - Of course we wanted Andy to make a music video, but we could never come up with the right song. When we finally did the world was hit by bad news. Andy Warhol passed away in February 1987. STRASSE single: Crash Slowly.

STRASSE NEW ALBUM 2014

SPARTAKUS Performances release new STRASSE album REPOSSESS January 2014. Check out the Best of New Wave + Rare Bonus Tracks HERE.

STRASSE: "We like it (Repossess) a lot. Songs that never really got the attention at the time. Strasse Greatest Hits of Flip-sides, kind of... "What Can You Do" - live in the studio, once a flip-side, can´t remember which single, though. But you can hear Ryden playing with his car keys - loud and clear! Also fun to hear NEULENGBACH. It was written and recorded in the same day and was meant for Transylvanian Flower, but didn´t really fit. It was also up for Half Past Animal... but instead - Damascus 602 took it´s place last minute." STRASSE Repossess at ONErpm.com

STRASSE TSHIRTS / MERCH

STRASSE Official Merch Store: Tshirts, hoodies, art prints and more. Click HERE to check out the right stuff!

COPY CAT ARTIST AMARILLO (vs STRASSE) IN INTERVIEW

"I did not steal or copied STRASSE song, The Night Club", says swedish artist Amarillo in interview (swedish only). "The Night Club" was written in 1990 by Russ Ryden and performed by STRASSE. RYDEN: "- I thought I´d never would have the opportunity to say this; I have been recommended by our lawer not to make any statements in this matter" (October 2013). HERE YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF (YouTube link) - Is this the rip-off of the century?

STRASSE - The Night Club - On TV

You have probably heard STRASSE song, The Night Club, on Swedish TV3 (Brottskod/ crime TV Series) this fall 2013. It´s not the original, instead performed by onknown artist. The Night Club by STRASSE appears on several STRASSE bootlegs.

STRASSE 35 - AND NEW ALBUM RELEASE

So, we are finally here. 35 years of music making. Amazing. STRASSE front man, RYDEN: “When we formed the band we were just like everybody else - we had no escape plan, never even thought of quitting. For us it was just work. Still is today. Writing comes quite easy to me and I enjoy it very much. In fact, I just can´t stop.” February 2013, SPARTAKUS Performances are to release new album 78.13 - a collection of STRASSE rare recordings (1978-13). Most of the songs never been published before.

NEW RELEASES - RARE RECORDINGS

35 YEARS of music making is enough cause for celebration. Dodsdans Rekords releasing rare STRASSE track. The top selling "Swedish New Wave", CD/Book presents STRASSE in their own special way (biography and unreleased track). Both releases in 2012. Spartakus Performances to release STRASSE album in 2013. Including early and rare recordings. Working title: "78/13".

RYDEN NEW ALBUM

STRASSE singer/songwriter Russ Ryden new album, REPERCUTIO out August 2012. Featuring Charles Storm and UniverCity Pro-Lab. Album (including FREE track) available at OneRPM.com - Or listen to the album on Spotify.

STRASSE BEST ALBUM COVER

STRASSE Voted Best Album Cover ("Half Past Animal") April 2012 by JANGO Radio/Airplay. The STRASSE cover (and 9 others) were choosen out of thousands. STRASSE cover by PUSSYFOOTinc.
JANGO: - "We're happy to present the Jango album cover contest winners, the response to our contest was huge with thousands of bands/covers to choose from. The 10 winners managed to blend great visual appeal with creativity and design into their cover art."
Listen to MORRISSEY, ROXY MUSIC, LADYTRON at JANGO Radio. Vive, la New Wave!

GOODMORNING MIDNIGHT!

MAX ABBEY and Russ Ryden at the very odd, so called, STRASSE/Goodmorning Midnight!/Spoken Music Special. 3 nights in a row, 2002. STRASSE: "It was not very crowded, but intimate. You could hear a pin drop in between songs and storytelling. Candle lights and people smoking! It was a great time!"

Some of the songs you´ll find on SLAUGHTER IN PARIS.

STRASSE ON SOUNDCLOUD

Listen to STRASSE on Soundcloud. New releases and rare recordings.

MIKE GARSON and STRASSE

The oustanding, Jazz/Avant garde pianist, Mike Garson worked on Strasse song Crashing (2009). Garson best known for his work with David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails. How did the collaboration with Wonder-Mike happen? Strasse fans got in touch with Garson, presented the wild idea of him co-labbing with Strasse.
”He (Garson) had heard some of our earlier songs and seemed to like them. Specially the instrumental ones", says singer, Ryden. Contact was made with Garson. Unfortunately, the Strasse album, Transylvanian Flower (2004) was just about to be released, so there was no time to let Mike in. New songs for the Half Past Animal album was sent to Garson; “Cool vibe, I’d love to play on it”, Garson replied. And so he did. Crashing, available at: Itunes, Amazon, Spotify.

STRASSE Street Life Collection / Album

STRASSE Street Life Collection (2011) "The Best Of STRASSE".
1. Fashion Week
2. Dying for The Wild Life
3. One of The Aliens
4. Damascus 602
5. The Stranger in Your Eyes
6. Spiders
7. The Market Hall
8. Shakespeare Was an American
9. Transylvanian Flower
10. What Can You Do (Erase Mix)
11. The Thin Man From Atlantis (Never released before).
All songs Re-Mixed and Re-Mastered. Cover art by Louise Storm. Available at Bandcamp.

STRASSE Half Past Animal / Album

STRASSE Half Past Animal (Album 2009). Produced by Charles Storm.
1. Shakespeare Was An American
2. Fashion Week
3. Damascus 602
4. From the Shadows
5. They Walked Like Men
6. Spirits of the Dead Watching
7. European Blood
8. Spiders
9. Killed Again
10. Crashing
Available at iTUNES, CDBaby, Bandcamp, Spotify and many more.

STRASSE LIVE IN CONCERT

STRASSE returned to the stage in 2010 and 2011. Back from the Cloudchamber Studios, working on albums: HALF PAST ANIMAL and STREET LIFE COLLECTION. Photos: G. Assner and E. Forsmark.

STRASSE Biography

The Lord works in mysterious ways. Somewhere between Leeds, Manchester and Gothenburg, plans were made for STRASSE.
Europe. Mid-seventies. Rock was getting sleepy and pale. Punk wasn’t even heard of. Listening to Brecht/Weill and Kraftwerk seemed to be the only option. They had guts. Brains but no safety net. And a non-pretentious-way of making music.
The Velvet Underground was also a great inspiration for STRASSE songwriter/singer, Ryden. Mixing the German music scene with the l'enfant terrible of New York could be the perfect clash and a way to create their own sound.

STRASSE Transylvanian Flower

STRASSE Transylvanian Flower (Album 2005). Produced by Charles Storm.
1. One of the Aliens
2. Dying for the Wild Life
3. Belle Gravia
4. Blue Town
5. The Stranger in Your Eyes
6. Neon Street
7. What can you do
8. Transylvanian Flower
All songs written by Russ Ryden, except 3, 6, 8, by Ryden/Storm. Available at iTUNES and CDBaby, Amazon + STRASSEmusic and many more.

RYDEN Subliminal Citizen

Russ Ryden, Subliminal Citizen. Single 2010 (Luminol Grammofon/Spartakus). STRASSE singer/songwriter first solo project. Available at Bandcamp.com

SHAKESPEARE WAS AN AMERICAN

STRASSE, Shakespeare Was An American/Single 2007 (Luminol).
Produced by Charles Storm. Available at iTUNES and CDBaby. Video at YouTube.

STRASSE Killed Again

STRASSE, Killed Again, single 2008.
2: What Can You Do - Ghost Boy Version (Luminol).
Produced by Charles Storm. Backing vocals on Killed Again: ThinkingMachine. Available at iTUNES, CDBaby and STRASSEmusic. Rare!
Ghost Boy Version (Live in studio), HERE.

DYING FOR THE WILD LIFE

STRASSE, Dying for The Wild Life/single
2: The Stranger In Your Eyes (2004 Luminol).

Produced by Charles Storm. Both songs available at iTUNES and CDBaby and Amazon. Rare!

STRASSE THE 80s

Live 1984. "STRASSE in the 80s was very depressing. Crappy songs and too much of the good stuff. We were like caged animals, high on dope" (interview and photo: Scandinavian press). Well, STRASSE songs from the 80s were not ALL "crappy". HUNGER/Messer version, Scavengers and The Market Hall still sounds original, dark and very STRASSE.

STRASSE Lyrics: SPIDERS

RYDENs original song lyrics for SPIDERS from the Half Past Animal album 2009. Note the, "Aint there one damn pen working!?" - Syndrome.

STRASSE - 1 HOUR (ROCK) PHOTOS

STRASSE photos by Mike Almse and Emelie Lager. UK Sandin and Ryden to the left.

"ONE OF THE ALIENS..."

One of many great STRASSE shots from photografer, M. Almse. Ryden doing his My Favorite Martian - impression.

STRASSE: HALF PAST ANIMALS

STRASSE live onstage. Photo taken by STRASSE fan 2006-07. They only come out at night...

STRASSE AT ART GALLERY

Photografer, Emelie Lager showing STRASSE photos at gallery show 2006. Priceless.

"16 EYES AND A GREENISH TAIL..."

STRASSE (Abbey and Ryden) onstage in 2006. Shot by fine photografer Dani Vorndran.

STRASSE / A Stairway To You

STRASSE, A Stairway To You/single (extra track, The Market Hall) RCA 1982.

Produced by Midge Ure. Again, the bonus track stands out. Brit music press wrote: "a new Visage project." Live version of ASTY, available at Bandcamp.com.

STRASSE Hunger Hunger

STRASSE, Hunger/single (extra track: HUNGER "Messer Version"), RCA.

Produced by Ulf W and STRASSE. Perhaps the flip side, "Messer Version", should have been the A side, instead. Available at Bandcamp.com

STRASSE Crash Slowly

STRASSE, Crash Slowly/single (extra track, Yearning) 1981.

Produced by Midge Ure. Available at Bandcamp.com. Later released in Swedish (!) No video on this, but a few tribute videos by fans at YouTube.com...

"The Stranger In Your Eyes..."

Early 80s shot. STRASSE on Scandinavian tour promoting single, Crash Slowly.

SLAUGHTER IN PARIS

STRASSE/Slaughter In Paris. Live recordings 1999-04. Rare versions of Hunger, Kanonen Song, Stairway To You. Unfortunately tracks; The Night Club and Pulse of Karloff now been removed due to copyright matter. Some tracks been heard on classic bootlegs, Streetcar Namned Destruction, Cunt-ry Life and LaStrada - Streets of Gold. Album available at Bandcamp.com