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Gabba is a London-based British tribute band performing ABBA songs in the stripped down punk style of the Ramones, a style of pop punk they dubbed discopunk and claim to have invented. [1] They formed in 1996 and took their name in 1999. They have released one album as of 2006 [update] .
Gabba was informally formed in 1996 [2] by Stig Honda, alleged "professor at the Osaka Rock 'n' Roll High School", who enrolled five students from all over the world to fuse the disco-pop of Abba and the punk rock of the Ramones, creating "disco-punk".
In 1999, the band took its name of "GABBA, The Discopunk Sensation". The name is an acrostic on the members' nicknames, echoing both the "gabba gabba hey!" chorus from the Ramones' song "Pinhead" and the name of ABBA.
Their second recording and official debut album, the CD Leave Stockholm (1999), was produced by Stigma Records (UK) and sub-distributed by Rough Trade Records.
According to a band statement, " [In 2001] GABBA release their complex 3rd album, the Spanish language "Tijuana Dance". However, the album was banned and withdrawn from sale after just 1 week for being "Anti-Establishment", due to some confusion over Bee Bee's appalling Spanish translations which inadvertently accused the Queen of England[ sic ] of being a Nazi Stormtrouper (in a stupor, no less). It is unclear if the album will ever be released again. " [3]
Some of the facts on their Internet Website are similar to real facts of ABBA and Ramones:
They have been aired mostly in the UK, [1] [4] on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 1 The Evening Session, [5] on BBC Television's The Beat Room, [6] on BBC Radio Scotland's The Beat Patrol, [7] and webcast on Virtue TV [8] (now Interoute TV).
They have been written about in magazines such as Mojo , [9] Melody Maker , [10] NME , [11] Time Out , Music365.com, [12] CMJ New Music Monthly , [13] The Ramones UK Fan Club Newsletter, [14] and the London Evening Standard .
They have played along bands such as Negativland, The Rezillos, and Chicks on Speed, in various outlets in London, and at the 1999 Christmas parties of Rough Trade Records [15] and Fierce Panda Records. [16]
In related media, their autobiographical musical short film "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" (written and directed by Cliff Homow, [17] alias "Cliffy Hormone", and Midge Devitt) won the 2003 "Special Independent Film Award" at London's counterculture Portobello Film Festival. [18]
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On stage, acrostically
Backstage
(The countries of origin are alleged by the members, who could possibly be all British.)
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