Interview: Dan Maynard
MILLENCOLIN may have been started by a group of goofy teenagers singing about overeating and playing video games, but for over 25 years, the Swedish punk pillars have perfected their ever-evolving brand of melodic punk, continuously achieving global success, and also shaping skate punk in the 1990s and 2000s in the process.
Now nine albums in, with thousands of shows and a lineup that has survived and thrived the entire time, MILLENCOLIN have toured the globe both as headliners as well as alongside the likes of The Offspring, Bad Religion and countless others. And most recently, the group released their 2019 album SOS which saw them stretch into new sonic and lyrical territory, praised by The AU Review for “its punchy punk rock beat, mixed with the relatable and at times cheeky lyrics the band have produced in the past”.
MILLENCOLIN will touch down in Australia later this year after previously electrifying crowds down under with Pennywise in 2025, and delighting Good Things Festival crowds in 2022. And as an extra icing on top this year, MILLENCOLIN will perform their groundbreaking and platinum-certified 2000 album Pennybridge Pioneers in full at the festival this December.
The Everblack Podcast caught up with Erik Ohlsson from Swedish skate punk legends Millencolin to chat about their upcoming return to Australia for Good Things Festival and their headline sideshows, alongside celebrating 25 years of Pennybridge Pioneers and how their iconic track “No Cigar” landed in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2.
Watch/listen to the interview here:
MILLENCOLIN
‘PERFORMING PENNYBRIDGE PIONEERS IN FULL’
WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER – NORTHCOTE THEATRE, MELBOURNE
TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER – TIVOLI, BRISBANE
GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL LINE UP:
Limp Bizkit
Simple Plan | Spiritbox
Polaris | The All-American Rejects | Bad Religion (45 + 1 Anniversary)
Alexisonfire (Performing ‘Crisis’ In Full) | Grinspoon
Millencolin (Performing ‘Pennybridge Pioneers’ In Full) | Bilmuri
Ministry (Farewell Australia) | Chad Gray (30 Years Of Madnesss. Performing Mudvayne & Hellyeah)
MxPx | Neck Deep
Speed | Slowly Slowly | P.O.D. | The Devil Wears Prada | Choirboys
In Alphabetical Order:
All Them Witches | The Black Queen | Future Palace | Headwreck | The Home Team
House Of Protection | ivri | Kami Kehoe | Locked Shut | LØLØ
vianova | Voice Of Baceprot | Plus The Chaos Of Stage 666!
DATES AND VENUES:
Friday 4 December – Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne (16+)
Saturday 5 December – Sydney Showground, Sydney (16+)
Sunday 6 December – Brisbane Showgrounds, Brisbane (16+)
General Public tickets
https://www.oztix.com.au/
