# Karl Backman

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{{short description|Swedish artist and musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Karl Backman
| image           = Karl_backman_2.jpg
| caption         = Backman in 2009
| birth_name      =
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|10|27}}<ref name=artandartist>{{cite web | title=Art and Artist art magazine; Sex and Conspiracy; Karl Backman | url = http://www.myspace.com/artandartist/blog/394782150 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref>
| birth_place     = [Umeå](/source/Ume%C3%A5), Sweden
| death_date      =
| origin          =
| instrument      = Guitar, Vocals,
| genre           = [Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock), [hardcore punk](/source/hardcore_punk)
| occupation      = Artist, musician, songwriter, writer
| years_active    = 1982–present
| label           = [Deathwish Inc.](/source/Deathwish_Inc.)<br/>[Ny Våg](/source/Ny_V%C3%A5g)<br/>[Busted Heads Records](/source/Busted_Heads_Records)<br/>[Shock Entertainment](/source/Shock_Records)
| associated_acts = [AC4](/source/AC4_(band))<br/>[Acid Blood](/source/Acid_Blood)<br/>The Vectors <br/>The T-55's
| website         = http://karlbackman.com
}}

'''Karl Backman''', (born 27 October 1970, [Umeå](/source/Ume%C3%A5)) is a [Swedish](/source/Swedes) artist and musician.<ref name=artandartist/><ref name=mungbeing>{{cite web | title = Mung Being #36; Karl Backman | url = http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_36.html?page=32#2678 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 | archive-date = 12 January 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140112091412/http://www.mungbeing.com/issue_36.html?page=32#2678 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Music==
left|thumb|Karl Backman performing with AC4 at ''The Zoo'' in Brisbane, Australia, April 2011
[[File:13-04-27 Groezrock AC4 02.jpg|left|thumb|Karl Backman performing with AC4 at [Groezrock](/source/Groezrock) in Belgium, April 2013]]

Backman became involved in [Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock) in 1980 and started his first punk band the Boredom Brothers in 1982 when he was squatting in Umeå.<ref name=idioteq>{{cite web | title=Idioteq; AC4: Stay Wild! | url = http://www.idioteq.com/ac4-stay-wild-exclusive-interview/  | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref><ref name=pushtofire>{{cite web | title= INTERVIEW: AC4 Push To Fire | url = http://pushtofire.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/interview-ac4/ | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref><ref name=ac4facebook>{{cite web | title=Facebook; AC4 – About | url = https://www.facebook.com/AC4official/info | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref><ref name=plugin>{{cite web | title=PlugInMusic.com AC4's Karl Backman | url = http://www.pluginmusic.com/interviews.php?page=ac4 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref>

He formed the punk band The Vectors in 1990, with whom he was the lead guitarist and part vocalist throughout their career.<ref name=ac4facebook/><ref name=plugin/><ref name=vectorsdiscogs>{{cite web | title=Vectors, The (3) Discography at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vectors%2C+The+%283%29 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref> The Vectors split up in 2008.

Backman was also the lead guitarist and the main songwriter in [AC4](/source/AC4_(band)), a hardcore punk band he started in 2008 with ex-[Refused](/source/Refused) members [Dennis Lyxzén](/source/Dennis_Lyxz%C3%A9n) and [David Sandström](/source/David_Sandstr%C3%B6m).<ref name=idioteq/><ref name=pushtofire/><ref name=plugin/><ref name=bombshell>{{cite web | title= Bombshellzine.com; On The Record – AC4 | url = http://www.bombshellzine.com/blog/2013/02/on-the-record-ac4/ | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref>

Sometime in the late summer of 2013 Backman formed a band called The T-55's, as AC4 was on a break,<ref name=bombshell2>{{cite web | title = Bombshellzine.com; The T-55's form after AC4 take a break | url = http://www.bombshellzine.com/blog/2013/09/the-t-55s-form-after-ac4-take-a-break/ | accessdate = 29 September 2013 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131104220223/http://www.bombshellzine.com/blog/2013/09/the-t-55s-form-after-ac4-take-a-break/ | archivedate = 4 November 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> and in late 2016 he started his current band [Acid Blood](/source/Acid_Blood).

He is interviewed about his views on artistic expression in the Australian documentary film ''A few minutes with AC4''.<ref name=afew>{{cite web | title=A few minutes with AC4 documentary | url = http://vimeo.com/23899692 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref>

==Art==

Backman's paintings are often colourful and large in scale, covering political, religious and sexual themes and is inspired by the [Punk aesthetic](/source/Punk_visual_art).<ref name=artandartist/><ref name=mungbeing/><ref name=broken>{{cite web | title=Broken aestetic sense; Karl Backman Interview | url = https://degeneratedpointofview.blogspot.com/2009/12/karl-backman-interview.html | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref> He has designed covers for many records and is also a prolific member of the international art project ''[Artmoney](/source/Artmoney)''.<ref name=artmoney>{{cite web|title=Artmoney Karl Backman |url=http://www.artmoney.org/user/2045 |accessdate=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730113611/http://www.artmoney.org/user/2045 |archivedate=30 July 2010 }}</ref>

Backman has worked internationally with many pornographic actresses including [Satine Phoenix](/source/Satine_Phoenix), [Ashley Blue](/source/Ashley_Blue), Layla Rivera, Summer Luv, Drew Allen, Barbii Bucxxx and [May Ling Su](/source/May_Ling_Su) for noted exhibitions at ''The Museum of Porn in Art'' in [Zurich](/source/Zurich), 2011 and 2012.<ref name=museum11>{{cite web | title= The Museum of Porn in Art presents an exhibition by KARL BACKMAN | url = http://www.porninart.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=70 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref><ref name=subackman>{{cite web|title=May Ling Su and Karl Backman |url=http://maylingsu.com/2011/06/swastika/ |accessdate=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002212244/http://maylingsu.com/2011/06/swastika/ |archivedate= 2 October 2013 }}</ref>

Backman and his girlfriend visited the [Chernobyl nuclear disaster](/source/Chernobyl_nuclear_disaster) site in 2010 with a documentary news team from [AFP](/source/Agence_France-Presse). As of 2013, he was working on an exhibition of paintings based on the photographs he took there.<ref name=idioteq/><ref name=mung>{{cite web | title=karlbackman.com | url = http://karlbackman.com | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref>

==Discography==
;[Acid Blood](/source/Acid_Blood) 
*2017: ''Dagger Eyes'' (JanML Records, Germany)<ref>{{cite web | title= Acid Blood – Dagger Eyes EP at Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/Acid-Blood-Dagger-Eyes-EP/master/1228964 | accessdate = 6 February 2018 }}</ref>
*2019: ''Acid Blood'' (JanML Records, Germany)<ref>{{cite web | title= Acid Blood – Acid Blood at Discogs | url = https://www.discogs.com/Acid-Blood-Acid-Blood/master/1563874 | accessdate = 20 June 2019 }}</ref>

;The T-55's 
*2014: ''Power Up'' (JanML Records, Germany)<ref>{{cite web | title= T-55’s, The – Power Up at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/T-55s-Power-Up/master/652080 | accessdate = 31 May 2014 }}</ref>
*2014: ''Split with Mary's Kids'' (Strange Magic Records/AM Records, USA)<ref>{{cite web | title= Mary's Kids, T-55’s, The – Mary's Kids/The T-55's  at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/Marys-Kids-T-55s-Marys-KidsThe-T-55s/master/681045 | accessdate = 31 May 2014 }}</ref>

;[AC4](/source/AC4_(band))
*2009: ''[AC4](/source/AC4_(album))'' ([Ny Våg](/source/Ny_V%C3%A5g), Scandinavia / Deranged, USA 2010 / [Shock Entertainment](/source/Shock_Records), Australia 2011)<ref>{{cite web | title=AC4 – AC4 at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/AC4-AC4/master/284234 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref>
*2010: ''AC4 / SSA'' (Aniseed, Australia)<ref>{{cite web | title=AC4 / Surprise Sex Attack – Aniseed 001 (Vinyl) at Discogs | url = http://www.discogs.com/AC4Surprise-Sex-Attack-Aniseed-001/release/3173711 | accessdate = 18 March 2013 }}</ref>
*2010: ''Umeå Hardcore'' (P.Trash)
*2013: ''[Burn The World](/source/Burn_The_World)'' (Ny Våg, Scandinavia / [Deathwish Inc.](/source/Deathwish_Inc.), USA)<ref name=deathwish>{{cite web|title=AC4 "Burn The World" LP out soon from a partnership of Deathwish & Ny Vag |url=http://deathwishinc.com/news/778/ |accessdate=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318054334/http://www.deathwishinc.com/news/778/ |archivedate=18 March 2013 }}</ref>

;The Vectors
*1996: ''Fuck MTV'' (New Lifeshark) 
*1998: ''The Vectors'' (New Lifeshark) 
*2000: ''Rape the Pope'' (Rabid Alligator) 
*2003: ''Still Ill'' ([Busted Heads Records](/source/Busted_Heads_Records)) 
*2011: ''Pigs and Parasites'' (SIK Records)<ref name=vectorsdiscogs/>

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://karlbackman.com}}
* [http://www.facebook.com/karlbackman.art Official Facebook]
* [http://www.facebook.com/AC4official Official AC4 Facebook]

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