Karl Backman

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Karl Backman

| image = Karl_backman_2.jpg

| birth_name =

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|10|27}}{{cite web | title=Art and Artist art magazine; Sex and Conspiracy; Karl Backman | url = http://www.myspace.com/artandartist/blog/394782150 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}

| birth_place = Umeå, Sweden

| death_date =

| origin =

| instrument = Guitar, Vocals,

| genre = Punk rock, hardcore punk

| occupation = Artist, musician, songwriter, writer

| years_active = 1982–present

| label = Deathwish Inc.
Ny Våg
Busted Heads Records
Shock Entertainment

| associated_acts = AC4
Acid Blood
The Vectors
The T-55's

| website = http://karlbackman.com

}}

Karl Backman, (born 27 October 1970, Umeå) is a Swedish artist and musician.{{cite web | title = Mung Being #36; Karl Backman | url = http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_36.html?page=32#2678 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 | archive-date = 12 January 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140112091412/http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_36.html?page=32#2678 | url-status = dead }}

Music

File:Karl Backman 2011-2.jpg

File:13-04-27 Groezrock AC4 02.jpg in Belgium, April 2013]]

Backman became involved in Punk rock in 1980 and started his first punk band the Boredom Brothers in 1982 when he was squatting in Umeå.{{cite web | title=Idioteq; AC4: Stay Wild! | url = http://www.idioteq.com/ac4-stay-wild-exclusive-interview/ | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}{{cite web | title= INTERVIEW: AC4 Push To Fire | url = http://pushtofire.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/interview-ac4/ | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}{{cite web | title=Facebook; AC4 – About | url = https://www.facebook.com/AC4official/info | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}{{cite web | title=PlugInMusic.com AC4's Karl Backman | url = http://www.pluginmusic.com/interviews.php?page=ac4 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}

He formed the punk band The Vectors in 1990, with whom he was the lead guitarist and part vocalist throughout their career.{{cite web | title=Vectors, The (3) Discography at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vectors%2C+The+%283%29 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }} The Vectors split up in 2008.

Backman was also the lead guitarist and the main songwriter in AC4, a hardcore punk band he started in 2008 with ex-Refused members Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström.{{cite web | title= Bombshellzine.com; On The Record – AC4 | url = http://www.bombshellzine.com/blog/2013/02/on-the-record-ac4/ | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}

Sometime in the late summer of 2013 Backman formed a band called The T-55's, as AC4 was on a break,{{cite web | title = Bombshellzine.com; The T-55's form after AC4 take a break | url = http://www.bombshellzine.com/blog/2013/09/the-t-55s-form-after-ac4-take-a-break/ | accessdate = 29 September 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104220223/http://www.bombshellzine.com/blog/2013/09/the-t-55s-form-after-ac4-take-a-break/ | archivedate = 4 November 2013 | df = dmy-all }} and in late 2016 he started his current band Acid Blood.

He is interviewed about his views on artistic expression in the Australian documentary film A few minutes with AC4.{{cite web | title=A few minutes with AC4 documentary | url = http://vimeo.com/23899692 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}

Art

Backman's paintings are often colourful and large in scale, covering political, religious and sexual themes and is inspired by the Punk aesthetic.{{cite web | title=Broken aestetic sense; Karl Backman Interview | url = http://degeneratedpointofview.blogspot.com/2009/12/karl-backman-interview.html | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }} He has designed covers for many records and is also a prolific member of the international art project Artmoney.{{cite web|title=Artmoney Karl Backman |url=http://www.artmoney.org/user/2045 |accessdate=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730113611/http://www.artmoney.org/user/2045 |archivedate=30 July 2010 }}

Backman has worked internationally with many pornographic actresses including Satine Phoenix, Ashley Blue, Layla Rivera, Summer Luv, Drew Allen, Barbii Bucxxx and May Ling Su for noted exhibitions at The Museum of Porn in Art in Zurich, 2011 and 2012.{{cite web | title= The Museum of Porn in Art presents an exhibition by KARL BACKMAN | url = http://www.porninart.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=70 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}{{cite web|title=May Ling Su and Karl Backman |url=http://maylingsu.com/2011/06/swastika/ |accessdate=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002212244/http://maylingsu.com/2011/06/swastika/ |archivedate= 2 October 2013 }}

Backman and his girlfriend visited the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in 2010 with a documentary news team from AFP. As of 2013, he was working on an exhibition of paintings based on the photographs he took there.{{cite web | title=karlbackman.com | url = http://karlbackman.com | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}

Discography

;Acid Blood

2017: Dagger Eyes (JanML Records, Germany){{cite web | title= Acid Blood – Dagger Eyes EP at Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/Acid-Blood-Dagger-Eyes-EP/master/1228964 | accessdate = 6 February 2018 }}
2019: Acid Blood (JanML Records, Germany){{cite web | title= Acid Blood – Acid Blood at Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/Acid-Blood-Acid-Blood/master/1563874 | accessdate = 20 June 2019 }}

;The T-55's

2014: Power Up (JanML Records, Germany){{cite web | title= T-55’s, The – Power Up at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/T-55s-Power-Up/master/652080 | accessdate = 31 May 2014 }}
2014: Split with Mary's Kids (Strange Magic Records/AM Records, USA){{cite web | title= Mary's Kids, T-55’s, The – Mary's Kids/The T-55's at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/Marys-Kids-T-55s-Marys-KidsThe-T-55s/master/681045 | accessdate = 31 May 2014 }}

;AC4

2009: AC4 (Ny Våg, Scandinavia / Deranged, USA 2010 / Shock Entertainment, Australia 2011){{cite web | title=AC4 – AC4 at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/AC4-AC4/master/284234 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}
2010: AC4 / SSA (Aniseed, Australia){{cite web | title=AC4 / Surprise Sex Attack – Aniseed 001 (Vinyl) at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/AC4Surprise-Sex-Attack-Aniseed-001/release/3173711 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}
2010: Umeå Hardcore (P.Trash)
2013: Burn The World (Ny Våg, Scandinavia / Deathwish Inc., USA){{cite web|title=AC4 "Burn The World" LP out soon from a partnership of Deathwish & Ny Vag |url=http://deathwishinc.com/news/778/ |accessdate=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318054334/http://www.deathwishinc.com/news/778/ |archivedate=18 March 2013 }}