Vacum

One of the early and influential punk band of the northern industrial city of Sundsvall active 1979-1985. Their legacy also includes their still active label - Massproduktion.

Vacum formed in January 1979 when Mats Hammerman and Stephan Segermark met with drummer Cathrine Fandén. During more than six intense years Vacum would do over 150 gigs all over Scandinavia, record three albums, four singles and numerous other tracks on all kinds of compilations. The recordings would take the band from short, quirky punk songs inspired by Wire and The Fall to more straightforward punk with Cathrine and Mats sharing vocals to more experimental electronic postpunk.

Most of the material on the first two album was based on ideas of Cathrine and Stephan that all the others contributed to. After the recordings of the second album - Den Sista Vintern - Cathrine and Sank left the band and Magnus Lindh (former Rasta Hunden) and Patrik Högl joined in. Cathrine formed synthpioneers Dockhuset and Sank went to USA to become a drummer for Richard Lloyd and later a well-known producer for Thåström and Paradise Lost.

The single Dagar i Morgon was the late version of the band at its best. The constant touring resulted in the third album -Flugor och Rosor – being recorded at extreme speed in 1984.

Vacum broke up in June 1985. The band has been resurrected several times and released a new album in 2020 - Korståg - where they explored their punk roots. A new single in 2023. Expect new stuff in 2025!