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Pink Champagne was a Swedish feminist punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band in the 1980s. It consisted of four women, Stina Berge (drums), Ann Carlberger (vocals), Karin Jansson (guitar ) and Gunilla Welin (bass). Kajsa Grytt was briefly a member. They released two full-length albums, Vackra pojke! (Beautiful Boy!, 1981) and Kärlek eller ingenting (Love or Nothing, 1983), before breaking up in 1984.

Karin Jansson and Ann Carlberger went to Australia where Karin dated Steve Kilbey
Steve Kilbey
Steven John Kilbey is the lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for The Church, an Australian rock band. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter....

 of The Church
The Church (band)
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of progressive rock, featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay...

 and co-wrote their hit song Under the Milky Way
Under the Milky Way
"Under the Milky Way" is a single by Australian alternative rock band The Church released in February 1988 with their album, Starfish. The song was written by bass guitarist and vocalist Steve Kilbey and his then-girlfriend, Karin Jansson...

. Ann was with Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper is a guitarist and member of Australian independent rock band The Church.After busking his way around the world, he arrived in Australia...

, the guitarist of the band. Stina Berge started writing children book and released a solo album in 2008. Kajsa Grytt became a leading member of Tant Strul
Tant Strul
Tant Strul was a Swedish punk rock band that most of the time was considered a "girl's band", the leading women punk rock band in Sweden, although they at some time points had one male member...

.

The albums were released under the MNW
MNW
MNW is a Swedish record company. MNW originally stood for Musiknätet Waxholm, but was later changed to Music Network Records Group and is now MNW Music.- Current:*Blå Tåget*Tore Berger*Bosson*Fläskkvartetten*Toni Holgersson*Masayah...

label.
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