Samla Mammas Manna was a Swedish progressive rock band, often characterized by its virtuoso musicianship, circus references and silly humour, similar in many ways to the song-writing styles of Frank Zappa. They were one of the founding members of the Rock in Opposition (RIO) movement in the late 1970s. In 1979 they were Fred Frith's backing band on his solo album, Gravity (1980). They were part of the Swedish political progg movement, although their lyrics are humorous and never explicitly deal with politics. The title of the album Klossa Knapitatet is apparently a play on the Swedish krossa kapitalet, a common slogan in the 1970s which literally means "crush the capital". The band underwent several line-up changes, as well as a few name changes over the years (they released albums as Zamla Mammaz Manna and Von Zamla), re-inventing their sound each time. In 1999, the band reformed under

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