History Funny / Sabaton

* During a show in London, Joakim claimed that over the years, the band was told that their music was, quote, "never gonna work in the UK", which led to most of the crowd booing in response. One person, however, gained the upper hand and gave his own response: [[TakeThat "People are c**ts"]]. Joakim's answer to that - [[BrutalHonesty "My sentiments exactly."]]

* The video for The Unkillable Soldier features Indy Neidel as Adrian Carton de Wiart, the titular soldier, and the band as increasingly frustrated German soldiers who keep trying and failing to kill him.

* The album booklets often contain amusing images of the band. The one from ''Coat of Arms'' includes a picture of Joakim wearing a shirt that says "Cover me in chocolate and [[GirlOnGirlIsHot show me to the lesbians]]."

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* I had the chance to speak with some of the band members, and they have several amusing stories about their lives.

** The deluxe version of ''The Last Stand'' includes a DVD of a show in France from the previous year's tour. Between "Midway" and "Gott Mit Uns", Joakim tries to borrow Thobbe's guitar to play "Resist and Bite" and Thobbe drives him off the stage.

** Considering it's a Swedish cruise, Joakim introduces all of the songs in Swedish instead of English. The only thing he says in English during the show is "For those of you who don't speak Swedish, welcome to the Sabaton Cruise. And if you want to know what I'm saying, [[TakeThatAudience you better fucking learn Swedish!]]"

* Joakim treating "Swedish Pagans" as his personal BerserkButton, which leads to [[TheGadfly Tommy Johansson]] sometimes playing a bar from the opening and Jocke threatening severe bodily harm.

** Joakim arguing with the audience about when in the set he's supposed to sing "Swedish Pagans" after they keep randomly breaking out into a "ohh-ohh-ohh" chant that mimics the opening of the song.

** "For those of you who don't​ speak Swedish, welcome to the Sabaton Cruise, and if you want to know what I'm saying, [[TakeThatAudience you better fucking learn Swedish!]]"

** Joakim arguing with the audience about when in the set he's supposed to sing "Swedish Pagans" after they keep randomly breaking out into the "ohh-ohh-ohh" chant.

** Joakim teaching Poles to speak Swedish and vice versa.

* Sometimes during their concerts, there will be military-style crates lying on stage with humorous labels like ''7.62 caliber microphone stand'' and ''Hannes machine gun''

** Joakim arguing with the audience about when in the set he's supposed to sing "Swedish Pagans" after they keep randomly breaking out into the "ohh-ohh-ohh" chant.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2kjFsnz5DM A recent trend among the Dutch crowds]] is to yell the lines ''Broek uit op je hoofd!'' (literally ''take your pants off and put them on your head''), from a fairly obscure Dutch party song. It has since reached memetic status to the point where the frontman rarely ends a Dutch show with his pants on. During a 2016 gig, Joakim took his pants off only to reveal a second pair, which was taken off at the end of the show.

* Joakim losing a drunken bet and, as a result, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_DC5QBmJQ having to walk 342 miles to the band's next show in Norway.]]

* Joakim losing a drunken bet and, as a result, having to walk 342 miles to the band's next show in Norway.

* Joakim losing a drunken bet and, as a result, having to walk ''342 miles'' to the band's next show in Norway.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQva6Vy1WqI All their songs are about Joakim's penis.]]

-->'''Joakim:''' Look, I have broken zipper in my trousers, but it's ok, it's for easier access for the [insert nationality] girls! So, the next song is going to be about my penis, all right? RISE OF EVIL!

** Jocke has an anecdote about how an obnoxious kid kept kicking his seat, so he turned around and said "Santa and I are both from Sweden. If you don't stop kicking my seat, I'm going to go kill Santa."

** Apparantly, they have a DVD player that is constantly running porn, and they will hide it in random places. Sometimes they even bring it on stage with them and wait to see if anyone notices.

* "A Secret", the not-at-all-secret joke track on ''The Art of War''.

* This troper had the chance to speak with some of the band members, and they have several amusing stories about their lives.

* "A Secret", the not-at-all-secret joke track on ''The Art of War''.

* The album booklets often contain amusing images of the band. The one from ''Coat of Arms'' includes a picture of Joakim wearing a shirt that says "Cover me in chocolate and [[GirlOnGirlIsHot show me to the lesbians]]."