Check out this lot and you begin to appreciate what paragons of style and good taste Abba really were (via Metafilter).
Thanks to the miracle of YouTube it's possible to check out what some of these bands actually sounded like. This is from some circle of rock'n'roll hell that Dante could never have dreamed of.
Ah but this, this, is another level altogether. It's Lars & Gert Jonnys Band. Here are the original Gert Jonnys Band in their glorious heyday:
Now the one on the left has departed: dismissed, perhaps, for looking too normal. With what I can only describe as one of the most remarkable vocal performances I've ever heard – from his replacement Lars I presume – they're performing Forever Young. No, not the Dylan song: I believe it's their own composition. It's something special, and I recommend it for your listening pleasure.
Mick Hartley 
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