ZC3rr0r , 1 year ago

Yeah, that’s stretching it a little (probably based off the Cracked article from a while back). Ace of Base was named after Ace of Spades (a song by Motorhead) as a reference/homage, anything beyond that is purely speculation as the band have categorically denied it.

And yes, Ulf was indeed in a band that wrote some pretty heinous stuff but he has both repeatedly apologised for that, made clear he no longer believes in any of this, and made explicitly clear that Ace of Base never shared these ideas.

Sources for those wanting to read up on it: Original article in Vice: www.vice.com/en/…/ace-of-bases-secret-nazi-pastSpeculation laden clickbait Cracked article that spawned a bunch of unfounded and unconfirmed theories about the origins of the band’s name, meaning/readings of their lyrics, etc: cracked.com/…/how-90s-pop-band-secretly-sold-nazi…Follow-up in Huffington post: huffpost.com/…/ace-of-base-nazi-past-lyrics_n_314… and huffingtonpost.co.uk/…/ace-of-bases-ulf-ekberg-ad…