Rod Stephen

In 1988 at 29 years of age Rod was at something of a cross-roads with his music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Celebrity Talent International |title=Bjorn Again (Tribute To Abba) Booking Agency Profile |url=https://www.celebritytalent.net/sampletalent/3806/bjorn-again-(tribute-to-abba)/ |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Celebrity Talent International}}</ref> The Crows had disbanded only weeks before. Whilst enjoying his work at CRC he still wanted to be involved with something musical that would have an impact on the Australian music Industry. A great show with popular music combined with fun onstage antics and to be in demand to be offered a lucrative New Years Eve show. NYE had always been the show when you could double your fee (but NYE 1988 was less than three months away).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Martine |date=2012-01-15 |title=Abba Tribute Band Björn Again founder Rod Stephen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXP4qYeUpGY |website=Sotogrande Television}}</ref>

In 1988 at 29 years of age Rod was at something of a cross-roads with his music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Celebrity Talent International |title=Bjorn Again (Tribute To Abba) Booking Agency Profile |url=https://www.celebritytalent.net/sampletalent/3806/bjorn-again-(tribute-to-abba)/ |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Celebrity Talent International}}</ref> The Crows had disbanded only weeks before. Whilst enjoying his work at CRC he still wanted to be involved with something musical that would have an impact on the Australian music Industry. A great show with popular music combined with fun onstage antics and to be in demand to be offered a lucrative New Years Eve show. NYE had always been the show when you could double your fee (but NYE 1988 was less than three months away).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Martine |date=2012-01-15 |title=Abba Tribute Band Björn Again founder Rod Stephen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXP4qYeUpGY |website=Sotogrande Television}}</ref>

[[The Beatles]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]] and ABBA and [[Bay City Rollers|The Bay City Rollers]] were all intital considerations They all had many hits. ABBA had more intrigue as they were Scandinavians singing in English and were once married (which gave scope for some onstage parody) ABBA’s music could be ocked up a bit (which they did live themselves anyway).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Björn |first=Again |date=2017 |title=ABBA / BJÖRN AGAIN – Chronology |url=https://bjornagain.com/history/ |website=Hyperlinckx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mark Savage & Steven McIntosh |date=2018-04-28 |title=SOS! Will Abba’s new music live up to their legacy? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43925749 |journal=BBC News and Entertainment}}</ref>

[[The Beatles]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]] and ABBA and [[Bay City Rollers|The Bay City Rollers]] were all considerations They all had many hits. ABBA had more intrigue as they were Scandinavians singing in English and were once married (which gave scope for some onstage parody) ABBA’s music could be ocked up a bit (which they did live themselves anyway).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Björn |first=Again |date=2017 |title=ABBA / BJÖRN AGAIN – Chronology |url=https://bjornagain.com/history/ |website=Hyperlinckx}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mark Savage & Steven McIntosh |date=2018-04-28 |title=SOS! Will Abba’s new music live up to their legacy? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43925749 |journal=BBC News and Entertainment}}</ref>

ABBA’s costumes were already genious works of art – so costumes based on ABBA white kimonos would clearly have the most appeal (not so much Queen / Beatles) The last piece of this jigsaw puzzle was a name. Rod had no names for Beatles / Queen. He did have the name he used for skiing Björn Again. Along with 50 other names for an ABBA tribute band were written down including ABBA-solutely and ABBA-riginal and so on. By sunrise on the Saturday morning Rod had decided that Björn Again was the perfect name for his new rocked up satirical ABBA revival show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephen |first=Rod |title=Biography |url=https://musicandbands.co.uk/booking-agent/bjorn-again |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Champions Music & Entertainment}}</ref>

ABBA’s costumes were already genious works of art – so costumes based on ABBA white kimonos would clearly have the most appeal (not so much Queen / Beatles) The last piece of this jigsaw puzzle was a name. Rod had no names for Beatles / Queen. He did have the name he used for skiing Björn Again. Along with 50 other names for an ABBA tribute band were written down including ABBA-solutely and ABBA-riginal and so on. By sunrise on the Saturday morning Rod had decided that Björn Again was the perfect name for his new rocked up satirical ABBA revival show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephen |first=Rod |title=Biography |url=https://musicandbands.co.uk/booking-agent/bjorn-again |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=Champions Music & Entertainment}}</ref>