After touring in support of the album, the trio recorded an EP, For Funerals to Come… , which was released in early 1995. However, Le Huche left the band shortly after, and issues finding a replacement resulted in the band breaking up for a year, while Renkse and Nystrom worked…
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Millencolin continued to tour and in 1995 brought out their second full-length album, Life on a Plate . This coincided with Millencolin beginning to tour outside of Scandinavia . At the end of 1995, the US record company Epitaph wanted to release Life on a Plate in the US, and…
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The music label Jimmy Fun Music, owned by Roxette member Per Gessle , picked up the band and promoted them until they signed with EMI Music Sweden . In 1995, the band released their debut album, Saturday Night Engine , which was characterized by simple songs and a relatively low…
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Cherry’s father died in 1995. He returned to Stockholm to focus on his music rather than an acting career. He began writing and recording his debut album, Desireless , in his bedroom studio on an acoustic guitar. According to manager Tommy Manzi, Cherry’s perfectionism made him keep the recordings under…
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On 26 June Kent’s first record contract was signed. They went to Silence Studios in Koppom, Värmland, to record their first album.
In April Per Lindholm, A&R at RCA/BMG, heard the band for the first time and was immediately interested.
In March 1994 Kent recorded a 10-track demo under very simple conditions in an 8-track studio at Nytorpsskolan near Blåsut in Stockholm. They gave the demo to Peter Ejheden at Pet Sounds who was working as a booker for a club (Pet Sounds Bar). In the same chain of events…
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Blindside was formed in 1994.
“Love in June”, the only song to be completed with Micke Herrström, was released as a single while the band tried again to record Be a Girl , this time with producer Nille Perned. The album was finally finished by late 1994 and was released along with second single, ”…
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The band’s first recording was a 1994 demo titled Sounds Like Sushi . In 1995, the band signed with Burning Heart Records , a Swedish independent record label . The following year they released their debut EP Oh Lord! When? How? In 1997, the band released their debut studio album,…
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