Vigilante Carlstroem

Infobox musical artist
Name = Vigilante Carlstroem
Background = solo_singer
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Alias = Vigilante Carlstroem Pig Champion Jr
Born = 1978
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Genre = Alternative rock
Garage punk
Garage rock revival
Punk
Indie rock
Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 1981 - present
Instrument = Guitar
Label = A&M/Octone
Interscope
Epitaph Records
Associated_acts = The Hives
URL = [http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com/ The Hives Broadcastingservice]

Mikael Karlsson Åström or Vigilante Carlstroem as he is better known as is the guitarist in the Swedish rock band The Hives which were formed in 1993 and is one of the most important bands in the garage rock revival. Vigilante started playing guitar at the age of ten and was influenced by bands such as the Sex Pistols, The Dead Kennedys and local swedish punk bands. Vigilante usually plays Epiphone Crestwood guitars and uses Hi-Watt amplifiers as the rest of his bandmates.

External links

* [http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com/ Offical Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thehives Offical MySpace]

References

* [http://www.livedaily.com/news/6885.html Live Daily Interview]
* [http://www.punktv.ca/?c=105&a=2910 Punk TV Interview]
* [http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?articleid=21746&pagename=article The Wawe Mag Interview]