Stefan Sundström

Maybe Stefan Sundström was too unsophisticated and coarse to ever reach a big audience and, sure, he couldn't sing. But he was still the most influential Swedish singer/songwriter in the '90s, together with Lars Demian. Sundström's style had its roots in an old Swedish ballad tradition, going back to Evert Taube and even 18th century poet Carl Michael Bellman, but also contained straightforward rock & roll. It was copied by numerous aspiring bands and became sort of an informal standard against which younger singer/songwriters, like Lars Winnerbäck, had to be tested. Sundströ...