For over 35 years, Bad Liver has been diving deep into the strange, smoky world of Tom Waits, but always through a Swedish lens. Every concert is a new experiment: fresh translations, fresh angles, and a deep curiosity for how this music still resonates, surprises, and heals.
On stage, sorrowful tales crash into wild improvisations. Melancholy meets mischief. Backed by a semi-chaotic ensemble that knows exactly when to derail and how to find its way back, Bad Liver keeps discovering new paths through Waits’ peculiar universe.
As founders Gerhard Hoberstorfer and Leif Jordansson put it:
“It feels like our shows have become a kind of church – a place where people gather to hear our (and Tom’s) words as comfort in a dark world. A portrait of Sweden, from idyll to madness. We play like musical circus performers – always open to sudden detours, but always anchored in that unmistakable Bad Liver sound. And anyone who’s been there before knows exactly what we mean.”
Line up
Gerhard Hoberstorfer – vocals
Leif Jordansson – vocals, guitar & banjo
Arvid Pettersson – keys & bass
Lars Ydgren – woodwinds
Erik Nilsson – drums
