Road Ratt
Encyclopedia
Road Ratt was a Swedish
rockband in the vein of Kiss
, Van Halen
, Aerosmith
etc.
as Icewind in 1988 by members Christer Örtefors (vocals/guitar), Alban Herlitz (lead guitar), Casper Janebrink (bass) and Tommy Carlsson (drums). All the money earned from gigs went into a recording of their first demo. Produced by John Ballard
in TUFF Studios, the tape gained some recognition locally but record companies were not yet willing to sign them to a serious contract. In 1990 Casper and Tommy, encouraged by their musician-fathers, abandoned ship to form what was to become the famous danceband Arvingarna
.
and Göteborgs-Posten
.
As it was a local thing the band decided it was a good opportunity to test the new material, and agreed to participate.
As 138 bands were reduced to 20 during the course of the competition, Road Ratt started to look like clear favourites. To further enhance the show Christer Örtefors decided to lose the guitar and concentrate on the singing. Fredrik Stenberg, Patrik Herrström's childhood friend, was called in, and the band became a 5-piece in time for the semi-finals.
Together with eight other bands they reached the finals and went into the studio to record two songs for the album that showcased the finalists. The songs were Money and Bad Girls, and the studio was once again TUFF Studios.
The finals took place at Liseberg
's main stage, and the audience was estimated to be about 14.000. Being huge favorites, and with a large crowd of fans up front, they were declared winners at the end of the evening.
with ambition to shop around for a deal. But because of the media attention offers already came pouring in from various record companies and the evening tabloids speculated in what label would finally get their signatures. The band brought their new producer and settled with MNW
- at the time home to Imperiet
, Peter LeMarc, Wannadies, Nationalteatern
, Thomas Di Leva
, Wilmer X
etc.
in the fall of -91 and continued at Sveriges Radio
(Gothenburg
) in the spring of -92. 11 songs made it to the final mix that was done at Mistlur Studios by Stefan Glauman (later producing for Rammstein
, Bon Jovi
, Def Leppard
etc.). The songs were:
The album was released October 14th -92 and the Swedish state television SVT
broadcast a 30min. TV special from the release party. Sponsored by Pizza Hut
and held at the club Gamle Port a record number of 900-1000 guests attended. A Gamle Port-all time high that stands to this day.
RESURRECTION
ITSYPOOKED
. The first one was Rag Man City. That video won national first prize for best new director. The second one was Shake It Up, shot at a live performance in the club White Corner.
When the album was released MNW
again turned to Patric Ullaeus
to direct a video for the Bon Jovi
esque ballad Itsypooked.
, SVT2
, TV3
, ZTV
, Kanal 5
and MTV
. They also hosted a short lived 1 hour radio show on Swedish Radio P3 called unplugged where they played acoustic for half an hour followed by phone calls from the fans and DJing their own favorite songs. Others sharing that honor were Roxette
and Lisa Nilsson
.
, Candlemass
and Sator
losing out to Sator
. The televised gala was one for the historybooks as it was the last time alcohol was served to the artists during broadcasting. A scandal erupted as Popsicle
received their prize for Best rockband wishing death-by-tour-bus-accident onto Arvingarna
, the danceband once sprung from Road Ratt who collected their prize for Best danceband that evening.
1993 Nominated for Best newcomer and Best Album at Swedish Zeppelin-awards. Losing out to Clawfinger in both cases. Road Ratt However performed live at the event broadcast by MTV
s Headbangers Ball
. The Headbangers Ball-episode hosted by Vanessa Warwick featured a lengthy interview with the band and the international premiere for the Itsypooked video.
who at the time had tremendous success with his work on Swedish sensation Ace of Base
. Together later wrote the theme for the Swedish soap-opera Vita lögner
. The song Bara Vi Är Vänner reached the top of the charts. Alban was replaced by Håkan Svensson
who at the same time toured with Louise Hoffsten
on her Rhythm & Blonde-tour.
Road Ratt toured all over Sweden but failed to climb the charts and record sales did not live up to the hause and critic acclaim that surrounded the band. The single most memorable moment of the tour occurred August 8th 1993. Road Ratt was playing in front of about 25.000 people at Stockholm Water Festival
. Headlining together with Louise Hoffsten
(Håkan had a busy day), Sven Ingvars and Carola Häggkvist
(with Pär Edwardson on guitar) when the new Swedish fighter aircraft
JAS 39 Gripen
came crashing down during a display. Despite the large crowd attending the festival no one was hurt.
After the tour work began on a second album but the grunge
scene was taking over and the bandmembers started on side projects resulting in lack of commitment. The album with the working title Young Nurses In Love never made the finish line, and the saga was over.
to release the demos for the previously unreleased "Young Nurses In Love". With the new name "You Love Us" the CD was released in December of 2008.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
rockband in the vein of Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
, Van Halen
Van Halen
Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...
, Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
etc.
Early years
The band formed in GothenburgGothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
as Icewind in 1988 by members Christer Örtefors (vocals/guitar), Alban Herlitz (lead guitar), Casper Janebrink (bass) and Tommy Carlsson (drums). All the money earned from gigs went into a recording of their first demo. Produced by John Ballard
John Ballard
John Ballard was an English Jesuit priest executed for being involved in an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England in the Babington Plot.John Ballard was the son of William Ballard of Wratting, Suffolk...
in TUFF Studios, the tape gained some recognition locally but record companies were not yet willing to sign them to a serious contract. In 1990 Casper and Tommy, encouraged by their musician-fathers, abandoned ship to form what was to become the famous danceband Arvingarna
Arvingarna
Arvingarna is a Swedish dansband, which was formed in 1989 and which competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002. In 1993 they won with the song '"Eloise" and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, where the song finished 7th.The band's name refers to...
.
Becoming Road Ratt
The name Icewind briefly changed to Hot n'Spicy before a British biker gang inspired the permanent change to Road Ratt. They added the extra "t" in Ratt to have equal amount of letters in both words for the logo to look balanced.Road to stardom
With Ola Johansson (bass) and Patrik Herrström (drums) as replacements the band participated in an international band contest called Band Explotion. Out of 800 Scandinavian contenders they reached top 4, and the local press started to take notice. Determined not to be a talent show phenomenon the band now focused on their live act and on writing new material for a second demo. Alban Herlitz however sneaked one more tape away to Rockslaget, a local competition arranged by ABFArbetarnas Bildningsförbund
Arbetarnas bildningsförbund is the educational section of the Swedish labour movement. ABF conducts seminars, classes and study circles on all kinds of subjects, including workshops, languages and music....
and Göteborgs-Posten
Göteborgs-Posten
Göteborgs-Posten is a major daily newspaper in Sweden. It is published in Gothenburg, with containing coverage of local, regional, national and international issues. It is chiefly distributed in western Götaland. It has the second largest national circulation, after Dagens Nyheter and before...
.
As it was a local thing the band decided it was a good opportunity to test the new material, and agreed to participate.
As 138 bands were reduced to 20 during the course of the competition, Road Ratt started to look like clear favourites. To further enhance the show Christer Örtefors decided to lose the guitar and concentrate on the singing. Fredrik Stenberg, Patrik Herrström's childhood friend, was called in, and the band became a 5-piece in time for the semi-finals.
Together with eight other bands they reached the finals and went into the studio to record two songs for the album that showcased the finalists. The songs were Money and Bad Girls, and the studio was once again TUFF Studios.
The finals took place at Liseberg
Liseberg
Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, the park opened in 1923. Liseberg is one of the most visited amusement parks in Scandinavia, attracting around 3 million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaster Balder, voted twice as the Best...
's main stage, and the audience was estimated to be about 14.000. Being huge favorites, and with a large crowd of fans up front, they were declared winners at the end of the evening.
Record deal
The prize for winning was the recording of a single but the band instead took the money and cut a 6-song demo with producer Pär EdwardsonPär Edwardson
Pär Edwardson, born 29. January 1963 in Västra Frölunda in Gothenburg, is a Swedish musician, songwriter and producer. He has worked as musician and producer with, among others, Carola Häggkvist, Max Martin, Road Ratt, Biscaya, Mattias Eklundh, Kee Marcello, Jenny Willén, Lasse Kronér, Peter...
with ambition to shop around for a deal. But because of the media attention offers already came pouring in from various record companies and the evening tabloids speculated in what label would finally get their signatures. The band brought their new producer and settled with 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...
- at the time home to Imperiet
Imperiet
' were a Swedish 1980s rock band from Stockholm, that existed from 1983 to 1988. They were arguably the most influential band in Sweden of the period, but definitely dominated the new wave scene, which at the time was seen as the same as the punk rock scene....
, Peter LeMarc, Wannadies, Nationalteatern
Nationalteatern
Nationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably Ulf Dageby, Anders Melander, Totta Näslund, Nikke Ström, Hans Mosesson and Pale Olofsson.-History:Initially formed as a...
, Thomas Di Leva
Thomas Di Leva
Thomas di Leva, birth name Sven Thomas Magnusson, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and a New Age-spokesman.-Biography:Sven Thomas Magnusson was born 1963 in Gävle...
, Wilmer X
Wilmer X
Wilmer X is a Swedish rock band. Originally formed in 1977-1978 as Wilmer Pitt in Malmö, Sweden by Nisse Hellberg and Jalle Lorensson , the band was rebranded as Wilmer X at the time of the first recording.-Career:...
etc.
The album
Recording sessions started at Decibel Studios in StockholmStockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
in the fall of -91 and continued at Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
(Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
) in the spring of -92. 11 songs made it to the final mix that was done at Mistlur Studios by Stefan Glauman (later producing for Rammstein
Rammstein
Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...
, Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
, Def Leppard
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...
etc.). The songs were:
- 1. Ragman City
- 2. Use The Lighter
- 3. Resurrection
- 4. Itsypooked
- 5. Mr Preacher
- 6. C'mon And Do Me
- 7. Beggar's Day
- 8. Funny People
- 9. I Wish
- 10. Shake It Up
- 11. Turn Me On
The album was released October 14th -92 and the Swedish state television SVT
Sveriges Television
Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
broadcast a 30min. TV special from the release party. Sponsored by Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise that offers different styles of pizza along with side dishes including pasta, buffalo wings, breadsticks, and garlic bread....
and held at the club Gamle Port a record number of 900-1000 guests attended. A Gamle Port-all time high that stands to this day.
The singles
Two singles were released from the album:RESURRECTION
- 1. Resurrection
- 2. I Wish
- 3. Use The Lighter
ITSYPOOKED
- 1. Itsypooked
- 2. Funny People
- 3. Itsypooked (Acoustic Version)
The videos
Because the work on the album took so long two videos were made from the previous demos to keep the interest up. Both directed by Patric UllaeusPatric Ullaeus
Patric Ullaeus is an award winning director, photographer and artist. He is the founder of Revolver Film Company which is based in Sweden.-Videography:2011Patric Ullaeus is an award winning director, photographer and artist...
. The first one was Rag Man City. That video won national first prize for best new director. The second one was Shake It Up, shot at a live performance in the club White Corner.
When the album was released 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...
again turned to Patric Ullaeus
Patric Ullaeus
Patric Ullaeus is an award winning director, photographer and artist. He is the founder of Revolver Film Company which is based in Sweden.-Videography:2011Patric Ullaeus is an award winning director, photographer and artist...
to direct a video for the Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
esque ballad Itsypooked.
TV and radio appearances
Except for the 30min TV-special from the release party Road Ratt appeared as guests in music programs on SVT1SVT1
SVT1 is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.-History:The channel began broadcasting in 1956 and was known as Radiotjänst TV, A year later, it was renamed Sveriges Radio TV. In 1969, the second television station TV2 was launched and...
, SVT2
SVT2
SVT2, until 1996 TV2, is one of two television channels broadcast by Sveriges Television in Sweden. It was started by Sveriges Radio in 1969. SVT2 is generally more specialist, compared to SVT1.-History:...
, TV3
TV3 (Sweden)
TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...
, ZTV
ZTV
-History:The channel started in Sweden as a daily afternoon show in TV3 and TV4 in February 1991. The channel got its name as it was a simulcast version of the radio station Z Radio. There was also a Z magazine available for some time....
, Kanal 5
Kanal 5 (Sweden)
Kanal 5 is a Swedish commercial television channel established in 1989. It is owned by the media corporation ProSiebenSat.1 Media.After a troublesome 1990s, Kanal 5 launched new strategies in the early 2000s that established it as a popular entertainment channel targeting young people...
and MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. They also hosted a short lived 1 hour radio show on Swedish Radio P3 called unplugged where they played acoustic for half an hour followed by phone calls from the fans and DJing their own favorite songs. Others sharing that honor were Roxette
Roxette
Roxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...
and Lisa Nilsson
Lisa Nilsson
Lisa Nilsson is a Swedish singer. She was discovered by the legendary producer William Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, Himlen runt hörnet, witten by Mauro Scocco and Johan Ekelund. It was released in English in 1995, titled Ticket to Heaven...
.
Awards and nominations
1992 Road Ratt were nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the category Best hardrock along with Electric BoysElectric Boys
The Electric Boys are a funk metal band founded in Sweden in 1988, which enjoyed a cult status in Europe at the end of the decade.They were formed by Conny Bloom and Andy Christell . Originally a duo, they signed for Polygram and scored a local Swedish hit with the single "All Lips and Hips" in...
, Candlemass
Candlemass
Candlemass are an influential Swedish doom metal band established in 1984 by Leif Edling , their leader and songwriter. The band is originally from Stockholm. After releasing five full-length albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Candlemass disbanded in 1994, but...
and Sator
Sator
The genus Sator contains two species of spiny lizards endemic to Baja California, Mexico.-Species:*Sator angustus Dickerson, 1919*Sator grandaevus Dickerson, 1919-Taxonomy:...
losing out to Sator
Sator
The genus Sator contains two species of spiny lizards endemic to Baja California, Mexico.-Species:*Sator angustus Dickerson, 1919*Sator grandaevus Dickerson, 1919-Taxonomy:...
. The televised gala was one for the historybooks as it was the last time alcohol was served to the artists during broadcasting. A scandal erupted as Popsicle
Popsicle
Popsicle is the most popular brand of ice pop in the United States and Canada. The first ice pop was created by accident in 1905 when 11-year-old Frank Epperson left a cup of soda on his porch in cold weather overnight. The next morning he went to go get the soda and it was frozen, so he put two...
received their prize for Best rockband wishing death-by-tour-bus-accident onto Arvingarna
Arvingarna
Arvingarna is a Swedish dansband, which was formed in 1989 and which competed in the Swedish Melodifestivalen in 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002. In 1993 they won with the song '"Eloise" and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, where the song finished 7th.The band's name refers to...
, the danceband once sprung from Road Ratt who collected their prize for Best danceband that evening.
1993 Nominated for Best newcomer and Best Album at Swedish Zeppelin-awards. Losing out to Clawfinger in both cases. Road Ratt However performed live at the event broadcast by MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
s Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...
. The Headbangers Ball-episode hosted by Vanessa Warwick featured a lengthy interview with the band and the international premiere for the Itsypooked video.
Rise and fall
Immediately after the album-release Alban Herlitz left the band as his songwriting contributions were rejected by the rest of the band. He went on to create the pop-trio Together and renewed his collaboration with John BallardJohn Ballard
John Ballard was an English Jesuit priest executed for being involved in an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England in the Babington Plot.John Ballard was the son of William Ballard of Wratting, Suffolk...
who at the time had tremendous success with his work on Swedish sensation Ace of Base
Ace of Base
Ace of Base is a pop band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its original lineup consisted of Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg, and three siblings, Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Malin "Linn" Berggren and Jenny Berggren...
. Together later wrote the theme for the Swedish soap-opera Vita lögner
Vita lögner
Vita lögner is a Swedish soap opera that aired on TV3, . The plot focused on the social life of the hospital staff and families in the fictional town of Strömsvik....
. The song Bara Vi Är Vänner reached the top of the charts. Alban was replaced by Håkan Svensson
Håkan Svensson
Håkan Svensson is a former professional football goalkeeper, who currently is assistant manager at Falkenbergs FF in Superettan-Career:...
who at the same time toured with Louise Hoffsten
Louise Hoffsten
Louise Hoffsten is a Swedish song writer, musician and singer spanning several genres, notably rock, blues and pop.Louise was born in Linköping...
on her Rhythm & Blonde-tour.
Road Ratt toured all over Sweden but failed to climb the charts and record sales did not live up to the hause and critic acclaim that surrounded the band. The single most memorable moment of the tour occurred August 8th 1993. Road Ratt was playing in front of about 25.000 people at Stockholm Water Festival
Stockholm Water Festival
The Stockholm Water Festival was an annual street festival held in Stockholm, Sweden, in August from 1991 to 1999. The festival featured many activities in central Stockholm, but was eventually cancelled after the 1999 festival due to lack of funds....
. Headlining together with Louise Hoffsten
Louise Hoffsten
Louise Hoffsten is a Swedish song writer, musician and singer spanning several genres, notably rock, blues and pop.Louise was born in Linköping...
(Håkan had a busy day), Sven Ingvars and Carola Häggkvist
Carola Häggkvist
Carola Maria Häggkvist , better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music...
(with Pär Edwardson on guitar) when the new Swedish fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
JAS 39 Gripen
JAS 39 Gripen
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen is a lightweight single-engine multirole fighter manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. It was designed to replace the Saab 35 Draken and 37 Viggen in the Swedish Air Force...
came crashing down during a display. Despite the large crowd attending the festival no one was hurt.
After the tour work began on a second album but the grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
scene was taking over and the bandmembers started on side projects resulting in lack of commitment. The album with the working title Young Nurses In Love never made the finish line, and the saga was over.
Leftovers
In 2007 a myspace-site was launched in memory of the band. Before long various record companies contacted the site and a deal was made with Australian based Suncity RecordsSuncity Records
Suncity Records is an Australian record label that specialized in releasing melodic rock and hard rock CDs. The label mostly focused on previously recorded, but unreleased, material...
to release the demos for the previously unreleased "Young Nurses In Love". With the new name "You Love Us" the CD was released in December of 2008.
What the band members are doing today
- Christer Örtefors now plays the bass in Freak KitchenFreak KitchenFreak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. Because of the high technical level of their compositions people sometimes refer to their style as progressive metal or progressive rock.-History:...
where he is known as Capman. He also runs a sideproject called Eaglestrike.
- Patrik Herrström runs various clubs in GothenburgGothenburgGothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
like Playground and Slippery People. He also plays drums with Timo RäisänenTimo RäisänenTimo Räisänen is a Anglo-Indian Swede Indie pop musician, born in Gothenburg on 25 July 1979. He was previously part of Håkan Hellström's band, and has played in the band Her Majesty. In 2004 he started his own career....
as well as being a member of the rockgroup C.Armée. Patrik was previously a member of Her Majesty and Transport League.
- Fredrik Stenberg is head of the guitar department at YamahaYamahaYamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
Scandinavia and plays the guitar with God's FavoriteGod's FavoriteGod's Favorite is a play by Neil Simon, loosely based on the Biblical Book of Job. It was produced on Broadway by Emanuel Azenberg in 1974....
. He also work on Swedish commercial radio - Bandit RockBandit RockBandit Rock is a Swedish radio station which plays rock, punk and heavy metal. The station, now a part of the Modern Times Group, was originally founded by American ex-pat Thomas McAlevey and began broadcasting in Stockholm in 1994....
.
- Ola left the music scene and is now a renowned fashionFashionFashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
/commercialAdvertisingAdvertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
photographer. He also directs music videos and commercials for TV. He is a recurring guest in various radio-panels at Mix MegapolMix MegapolMix Megapol is a private Swedish radio network controlled by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. It launched in 1993 under the name Skärgårdsradion . Later that year the name was changed to Radio Megapol when the broadcasting permissions were auctioned out. In 1997 the word "Mix" was added and their slogan...
.
- Alban Herliz has made a name for himself as a producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
/songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
as well as for managing pop acts like BubblesBubbles (band)Bubbles is a Swedish girl group, also known as Bless. The group's original lineup consisted of lead singer Mari Caroline Ljungström , twin sisters Patricia and Sandra Joxelius , Jenny Andersén , and Hannah Steffenburg .-Beginning:The five girls of Bubbles met while attending dance classes a...
.
- Håkan Svensson is now playing with NationalteaternNationalteaternNationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably Ulf Dageby, Anders Melander, Totta Näslund, Nikke Ström, Hans Mosesson and Pale Olofsson.-History:Initially formed as a...
and Stefan Andersson. He also runs a recording studio together with the old Road Ratt-producer Pär EdwardsonPär EdwardsonPär Edwardson, born 29. January 1963 in Västra Frölunda in Gothenburg, is a Swedish musician, songwriter and producer. He has worked as musician and producer with, among others, Carola Häggkvist, Max Martin, Road Ratt, Biscaya, Mattias Eklundh, Kee Marcello, Jenny Willén, Lasse Kronér, Peter...
. The most well known records to come out of there are the ones released by Björn Rosenström.