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Swedish punks Viagra Boys: ‘It’s freeing for people to see a dude let his gut hang out’
They’ve hauled themselves from the toilet circuit to arenas, as frontman Sebastian Murphy has got over drug addiction – but, he says, they’re still letting their freak flag fly
Slouched on a sofa in a former cement factory in Stockholm, Viagra Boys’ Swedish-American frontman and lyricist Sebastian Murphy is recalling a low point in his life, several years ago. We’re in the lair of Shrimptech Enterprises, the independent label and umbrella company for the Swedish band’s increasingly hectic operations: they’ve gradually climbed out of the toilet circuit over the last decade, and business is booming. The other Viagra Boys, Stockholm punk scene veterans, recruited Murphy after seeing him sing a Mariah Carey song drunk at karaoke.
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