10 Punk, Rock And Metal Bands You Need To Hear Right Now

4. Viagra Boys

Viagra Boys are an anarchic and satirical post-punk band from Stockholm, Sweden. Sonically they combine grunting bass lines, stabbing guitar licks and shuddering drum rattles with violent bursts of untamed saxophone.

There's a real drive and groove to Viagra Boys' sound. When coupled with extensively tattooed frontman Sebastian Murphy's lurching on-stage persona, it reaches just the right level of chaos, with Seb's hilarious, surrealist lyrics delivered in a style akin to a drunken Southern drawl.

Debut album "Street Worms" is a darkly comic triumph, covering themes such as life, death, sexual deviancy, psychosis and undercover amphibians. If you want to know if Viagra Boys are for you, put on the video for "Sports" and you'll likely make your mind up pretty quickly.

In 2020 the band released their excellent "Common Sense" EP and their sophomore full-length "Welfare Jazz" is set to be released in January 2021. If lead singles "Ain't Nice" and "Creatures" are anything to go by, it's sure to be another genre classic.

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Christopher is a freelance pop culture writer, podcaster and self-confessed nerd from Scotland. He's also the owner, founder and editor at "The Head Scratcher" and a host of "The Scratch Cast" podcast. Visit www.theheadscratcher.com to find out more.