Tages was a Swedish pop band formed in 1963 in Gothenburg. The group initially consisted of Tommy Blom, Göran Lagerberg, Danne Larsson, Anders Töpel and Freddie Skantze. Although hugely successful in Sweden and where they achieved thirteen top-20 singles on Kvällstoppen, the band failed to garner any major attention outside of Scandinavia, despite several attempts by the band members. Initially led by lead vocalist Tommy Blom, for much of their career the band was led by bassist and vocalist Göran Lagerberg, who wrote a large amount of the group's material. Although the primary vocalist was Blom, Lagerberg also sang on a large chunk of their output. Rhythm guitarist Danne Larsson would also occasionally sing on certain tracks while lead guitarist Anders Töpel and the drummers generally being confined to an album track.
Consisting of a core line-up of Lagerberg, Larsson and Töpel, Tages initially were a Beat band, heavily influenced and inspired by the Beatles, which is heavily reflected on their earlier singles. The group garnered much criticism from other musicians, who considered them inexperienced. This led to them quickly developing as a group, and drew influences from British mod artists, specifically the Small Faces, and like them, were the center of Swedish male fashion from 1965 onwards. The band would cover songs from virtually unknown artists in Sweden, such as John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters, but also from competitors, such as the Everly Brothers, the Easybeats and the Small Faces, something reflected on their later singles.
Between 1965 and 1967, Tages managed to record five studio albums, including Extra Extra, which was amongst the first psychedelic rock albums recorded. During the later part of their career, Tages pioneered a genre of music, combining elements of Swedish folk music with contemporary rock music, specifically psychedelic rock. In doing so, the group recorded their final studio album, simply titled Studio in 1967. The album solely contains original material, and has often times been considered among the best Swedish albums of the 1960s. Blom departed the band in mid-late 1968, after which the band renamed themselves into Blond. After a line-up change leaving Lagerberg the only original member left, they released one album, The Lilac Years (titled Blond in the US), on the Fontana label in 1969.