The Tages

Tages were, without a doubt, the best Swedish band of the 1960s and one of the best '60s rock acts of any sort from a non-English-speaking country. Although the group's first recordings were pretty weak Merseybeat derivations, in the mid-'60s they developed a tough, mod-influenced sound that echoed the Who and the Kinks, and they recorded quite a few originals, making the Swedish Top Ten over a dozen times in all. More than any other continental group, Tages could have passed for a genuine British band, following the U.K. acts that served as their obvious inspirations into har...