In the late 1980s, Mathias Carlsson and Stefan Jonsson, both just thirteen years old at the time, formed the band Jawbation with school friends.
Jawbation slowly disintegrated and morphed into a new band in 1994, which they named "Demons" on the advice of Lux Interior and Poison Ivy from The Cramps.
The album was recorded in Sunlight Studio with Tomas Skogsberg (known for his work with The Hellacopters as well as several notable Swedish death metal bands such as Entombed).
They began recording their follow up album Stockholm Slump with Tomas Skogsberg shortly after the tour ended.
Before the album was mixed, "Demons" headed out to play the Scandinavian Gearfests (music festival coordinated by Gearhead Records) held in Stockholm, Helsinki and Oslo.
After the album's release, they embarked on another coast-to-coast US tour, with the New Bomb Turks, co headlining the American Gearfest festival in Austin, Texas.
They toured the US again in 2004 after the release of Demonology – If You Can't Join Us Beat Us, a collection of tracks from compilations and other rare recordings.
After this the band took a four-year break and resurfaced with a show, the reissue of Electrocute and the new singles Kids are Gonna Cry, "DEMONS"/The Hip Priests and ... Was Here as well as a collaboration album, On the Streets and In Our Hearts with punk rock legend Jeff Dahl.
The magazine Classic Rock gave the album eight out of ten and called it "a veritable orgy of hard core rock'n'roll".
They announced their 25th anniversary starting with a couple of archival releases including a live album called No Loitering - Burn Down the Club!
Mathias Carlsson and Stefan Jonsson's first band, Rabieshundarna was formed on a rooftop by high school friends in the late 80s.
Jawbation never released anything but are now featured with the song Defacer on one volume of Sal Canzoineri's (of Electric Frankenstein) A Fistful More of Rock & Roll.
Inspired by street music, primitive folk music, rhythm and blues and artists such as Dr John, they used a one-string acoustic guitar and homemade instruments to achieve a sound that mixed blues, gospel and country-inspired acoustic punk.
[1] Later additions to the group were Joakim Ericson from The Nomads, Anders Graham Paulsson formerly with Atomic Swing, and Gustav Bendt from Monster and Moneybrother on saxophone.
As a six-piece, they have released two singles,[citation needed] and evolved a unique style, with Ahlgren as a confrontational front man and the band performing their street corner brand of voodoo blues.
In the late 1990s, Carlsson formed the garage band Matching Numbers with Odd Ahlgren (The Robots), Jocke Ericson (The Nomads), and Björn Grunner.
Matching Numbers also appeared on the Spanish compilation Riot On The Rocks Vol 2 released by Safety Pin Records, and a split single with The Immortal Lee County Killers before disbanding in the early 2000s (decade).