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When I was going through my "classic rock" phase, I asked my mom if she was a hippie in the 60s and if it had been awesome. "No, I was not a ‘hippie,' and no, it most certainly was not ‘awesome,'" she spat. "People called them hippies, but I just called them BUMS. They never bathed and they would lay in the gutter half-naked on drugs asking you for money." So I was all, "You suck, mom! The hippies took awesome drugs and they made awesome drug music and I wish I was never born!" Then I threw my Hair soundtrack at her and ran out of the room sobbing.

Dungen sounds like all my retarded teenage ideas about hippieness. It's all awesome psychedelic freak-out jams with fruity flute solos to give it that mystical forest vibe. It's actually shocking that it was made now and not circa 1969.

Bonus: Dungen's main guy, Gustav Ejstes, is a hot Swedish boy with Robert Plant hair who is studying Swedish folk music. Bonus #2: He sings in Swedish so you don't have to deal with embarrassing lyrics about minotaurs ‘n' such.

I met up with Gustav, along with bandmates Reine, Andreas, Fredrik, and their manager Stefan (who runs the awesome Subliminal Sounds label), when they were visiting New York for their first time ever. Since this is the Design Issue, I asked them about, um…drugs.

VICE: What's the best-looking drug?
Reine: It is always the marijuana leaf.
Stefan: We went to the Psychedelic Solution shop here yesterday. They have an amazing blotter acid art collection. It used to be real acid, but the galleries that showed them were getting busted so now they take the acid out with ultraviolet light.
 
I think pills are the prettiest.
Gustav: We had many pills today. I have problems with headache and I take really strong painkillers called Citodon. This [pulls out some pills] is called Rosenrot. It means the "root of roses." It is for high concentration and focus. Also, I had a friend who was at the sex shop in Stockholm and she said to the man in the shop, "I cannot get horny," and he said, "Take four of these before the act." But I had no idea. I have just been eating these for two years now for the studies. It's great to study on this. Do you want one? You should have one! You will get filled of lust!

ANGIE NERVER
Dungen's Ta Det Lugnt is out now on Subliminal Sounds.



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Comments:

Subject: hehu. try this stupid.
Date: Jan 12 2006 06:19:25 AM
Author: Dresna

Okej, Dungen är bra. amerikaner är korkade.



Subject: Dungen
Date: Aug 10 2005 06:48:40 AM
Author: Daniel

Vilka jävla idioter alla människor är. Dungens musik är skön dock.



Subject: hurriperkele
Date: Jun 27 2005 07:09:42 PM
Author: yo

Sweden is deep from ass



Subject: Hey!
Date: Apr 14 2005 11:51:38 AM
Author: Guess what!

Swedes really little gnomes in disguise!

With growth hormones!

Hooray! (Or as they say in Sweden...)



Subject: ojoj
Date: Mar 21 2005 08:31:41 AM
Author: svensk

fan, jag visste inte att amerikanare var så jävla ointelligenta. Trodde bara de var lite bakom flötet. Men men, man lär sig nya saker varje dag. Stackarna.



Subject: and now, in swedish
Date: Feb 03 2005 03:32:25 PM
Author: pillan

full av lust alltså. trevligt



Subject: Citodon
Date: Feb 01 2005 12:40:20 PM
Author: Survival Unit

This is codeine pills.... Fuel for many artists in Sweden. SURVIVAL UNIT begin every morning with 120 mg of treo comp with a cup of coffee and snus.



Subject: cambodian drugs
Date: Jan 31 2005 04:38:50 PM
Author: emillia

you can buy morphine sulphate over the counter in cambodia and probably any other drug that you can think of.... but why the fascination with drugs? And why the war on drugs?
If you're after something a little more interesting, go to Peru and find some ayahuasca.



Subject: Things to do.
Date: Jan 26 2005 06:50:53 PM
Author: Jeremy Irony

Fuckin hell, macauley, you spend a lot of time on the internet.

As Dionne Warwick once said, a house is not a home if there's no one there.



Subject: '
Date: Jan 26 2005 01:03:27 AM
Author: ,

neoconservative death sounds fucktarded



Subject: I want, want, want, want.
Date: Jan 25 2005 11:18:11 PM
Author: The Drugly American

Pills. Psychotrippical music. Cute Longhaired Boy. Mmmmmmmm. All three to go, please!

Must...check out this band, it is so 'me' it's ridiculous.

(Bonus points for just being European, i.e. not from my 'homeland' the United States of Neoconservative Death!)



Subject: Parts...
Date: Jan 25 2005 03:31:48 PM
Author: Macaulay Culkin



Arnold's.



Subject: Macaulay Culkin
Date: Jan 24 2005 06:32:43 PM
Author: Nope

What parts?

PS - P - Nice rhyme. One thinks of Bierce.



Subject: Dyslexia
Date: Jan 24 2005 05:20:17 PM
Author: Macaulay Culkin

I have often said it to Henry Winkler.

Such studied "witty sarcasm" never fails to raise a titter around these parts.






Subject: H
Date: Jan 24 2005 12:00:20 PM
Author: P

We can only hate the things we love:
And we truly hate the things we truly love.
And we truly love the things we truly hate:
And that's the reason why we masturbate.



Subject: macaulay culkin
Date: Jan 24 2005 11:58:08 AM
Author: Not telling you

Who have you often said that to?



Subject: why do i read them?!
Date: Jan 22 2005 04:44:01 AM
Author: H

Oh my god I hate reader comments. The obvious care these people put into the "witty sarcasm" makes me realize how many truly lonely people there are out there.

I guess this makes me kinda hypocritical.



Subject: Gratitude
Date: Jan 20 2005 04:02:28 PM
Author: macaulay culkin

Thankyou "verry" much.

I've often said there's no excuse for bad spelling.

Apart from dyslexia.



Subject: What
Date: Jan 19 2005 01:56:49 AM
Author: MikeSnake

The chick from The Cardigans is madd hott. I want to kill her and wear her skin because she is so hott. Love me love me say that ;you'll love me foool me fool me s



Subject: nothing happening here
Date: Jan 17 2005 07:18:59 PM
Author: Nobody

Verry interresting.
macaulay culkin is (sic).



Subject: so then
Date: Jan 17 2005 03:18:34 PM
Author: heynanner

this was the coolest precursor to a groupie gangbang i've read this month.



Subject: that hair
Date: Jan 16 2005 11:01:41 PM
Author: wangjojo

is unworthy of being called Robert Plant hair. there's just not enough curl or volume....



Subject: To:- Rocotta
Date: Jan 16 2005 09:13:05 PM
Author: macaulay culkin

"Interresting" (sic) has one 'r', not two.



Subject: vice
Date: Jan 15 2005 09:06:58 AM
Author: rocotta

robert plant is english , not from the USA. I thought these comments would make for interresting reading, but obviously it's just about who's the baddest and how nasty you can be. I don't think alot of thought goes into most of these comments...it's just...dumb.
Sorry vice, I think you have a bullshit target audience



Subject: To: Whatevs
Date: Jan 14 2005 05:17:26 PM
Author: Mungo Jerry

Dear Whatevs,

You're the inbred mongoloid. You parasite scum...What is wrong with these sepctacularly dull swede's and their obsession with 70's American rock music. They all act like they're the only ones who APPRECIATE the REAL music...listen to some new stuff you dorks.



Subject: How Swede It Is
Date: Jan 12 2005 04:54:12 AM
Author: Zakalwe

This just goes to prove how cool swedish people are. "You will get filled of lust!"? That's hilarious. You can't make stuff like that up... ho ho ho, all foreigners speak in genius.



Subject: On topic about this stupid fat band
Date: Jan 11 2005 05:46:15 PM
Author: Johnny Dogooder

You wish you were American like Robert Plant you fucking wannabe-pat girl.. why don't you take some real drugs and quit singing about your dark lord of the woods and start rocking about fucking and banging some heads. The lead singer of this band can't get it up and it's obvious as your grandmas knee titties when she hugs you and they're on your member. A flute. Really? A flute?



Subject: whatevs
Date: Jan 11 2005 04:41:38 PM
Author: whatevs

i read this article and it was "like" "whatevs""dude". im "so out" "homo". speak english you inbred yankee fuckheads



Subject: this article
Date: Jan 08 2005 09:17:56 PM
Author: gaylords

worst ever. nothing in there. maybe the mom intro then it's like whatever



Subject: RE: Music Pills
Date: Jan 08 2005 05:10:18 PM
Author: fucking swede

No you're not supposed to be impressed by their drug/pill habits. They know perfectly well that their drug habits are minor. In fact the whole drug thing in that article is meant to be ironic since drugs aren't that widely used in sweden.



Subject: the cardigans
Date: Jan 08 2005 04:28:52 PM
Author: patois do'hurtee

what about the cardigans? they're from sweden and i don't see anyone talking about them. how about an article on the cardigans? when will vice learn?



Subject: HAHAHA - FUNNY TIME
Date: Jan 07 2005 03:23:47 PM
Author: DAN

FUNNY TIME READING THIS GREAT ARTICLE!



Subject: My Thumb
Date: Jan 07 2005 01:16:22 PM
Author: Tom

Oh..... I've got a hard-on.



Subject: hooray
Date: Jan 07 2005 02:44:53 AM
Author: jello

this is one of the funniest articles i've read in a long time!



Subject: Citodon?
Date: Jan 05 2005 06:23:31 PM
Author: Tess T. Tortion

Hey Swede,
I can't even get constipated off of a couple of Citodon. Try washing 10 of 'em down with Cuervo Gold. At least then you'll have a good article.
I am sooooooo out.
Moi



Subject: Christopher Guest
Date: Jan 04 2005 11:57:50 PM
Author: Mungo Jerry

Oh my god, that is priceless!! Bands like that actually have nice little trips over to NYC - they get laid by fat, smelly, die hard rock chicks who think they are sophisticated and exotic rock stars. I dearly hope they aren't being subjected to horrendous molestation by sweaty, fat old men...



Subject: dassspapir
Date: Jan 01 2005 02:36:07 PM
Author: wanker

dull



Subject: boring
Date: Jan 01 2005 11:19:10 AM
Author: c

the greatest band. but this article was kinda uninteresting.



Subject: lutkefisk
Date: Dec 31 2004 10:47:34 PM
Author: terje vladsven

i like dungen, personally. remenicant of jethro tull in some ways.



Subject: Sorry Shit...
Date: Dec 31 2004 04:49:43 PM
Author: MikeSnake

I heard these guys on the "internet" and they suck.



Subject: u suck
Date: Dec 31 2004 12:45:20 AM
Author: dc

Dirty hippies can lick the sweat of my crusty ball sack for a dime bag and a jelly doughnut. Fucken losers.



Subject: homeless cop
Date: Dec 30 2004 08:46:25 PM
Author: officers with homes

this picture is good. if you can do better falling over a table in a dark room, please let me touch you



Subject: help ma boab!
Date: Dec 30 2004 05:18:27 PM
Author: pa broon

This article's jobbies. The band have nothing of interest to say and its written in such a bullshit style. Its about as edgy as Q.



Subject: Citodon - Pleeaase
Date: Dec 30 2004 08:33:44 AM
Author: PharmaMan

Citodon is fucking child's play. Codeine and acetaminophen (Tylenol Codeine). Shit, it's practically over the Counter. If these guys were hammerin' OC-80s then we'd have something to talk about.



Subject: yawn
Date: Dec 30 2004 07:45:47 AM
Author: me

Another fucking 60's revival? At least we've only been reheating the 80's since 2001.



Subject: SWEDEN SUCKS
Date: Dec 30 2004 12:28:05 AM
Author: 3507321C

SWEDEN SUCKS NORWAYS BETTER AND FINLANDS BEST.


COOOOOOOOOOOOOME OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON !!!!!



Subject: vice
Date: Dec 29 2004 10:08:41 AM
Author: pee pee

the whole reason i like vices music stories is cos they dont sit there and fart around about music. i know what this band sounds like pretty well from the article, i dont need huge detailing on their technique. this isnt mojo magazine
i'd rather read little anecdotes then hear some new band get treated ike the return of christ



Subject: Music Pills
Date: Dec 29 2004 09:40:10 AM
Author: Homeless Cop

1.So am I supposed to be impressed that they take pills, or should this article be more informative about the music they play?

2.As a musician myself, I'm more interested in the sound of the band and what they're up to than I am about hairstyles. Does he sing like Robert Plant?

3.I could take a better photo even if I was falling over a table in a dark room.

4.More music, less posing....More rock, less cock. When will Vice grow up? When will I be able to turn water into gasoline? My bet is on me to come through first.



Subject: TURBONEGRO
Date: Dec 29 2004 04:10:27 AM
Author: 3507321C

BAD MONGO IS THE NUMBER ONE FOR INFINITY MOST INCREDIBLY SMASH YOU IN THE FACE WITH A TIRE IRON SONG EVER........BAD MONGO IS A FUCKIN RETARDED MONGOLOID THATS KILLING PEOPLE WITH HIS SHITTY GENETIX........................I MEAN...........................................C'MON !!!!!!!!!



Subject: shop til you drop
Date: Dec 27 2004 04:10:53 PM
Author: moped

"was at the sex shop in Stockholm"

pffft!

there is a lot of sex shops in Stockholm!



Subject: dungen of fish ooh yeah
Date: Dec 27 2004 02:20:15 PM
Author: Swede Vagina

Swedenam has excellent rock music. sure pitchfork recommended this album about 6 months ago but the tradeoff is that all the guys over there have vaginas and the girls are homely like mom's house at christmas.

when your eating mushrooms and your sounds of skye swedenam mix tape is unspooling Firmament Vacation then Midnight N.A.M.B.L.A. then S.O.S then It Must Have Been Love then B is for Brutus then Let's Go To Hell then Does Your Mother Know? then Trouble Loves Me then Blow Your Cool then Born Broke then Never Recover then Sell Your Body (To The Night) then Main Offender then by the time Du E For Fin For Mig comes on you won't need the shrooms to unenglish it because it's sung in a beautiful pure white and yet alien language



Subject: it means shit
Date: Dec 27 2004 10:38:16 AM
Author: jkoff

Looks like someone read Pitchfork's top albums of 2004 list. Good work, guys. All you need to do now is sign The Panthers to Vice Records.



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