The Hives are a Swedish rock band that formed in 1993 in Fagersta. After gaining traction in their home country through the 1990s, they rose to prominence internationally in the early 2000s during the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of their second album Veni Vidi Vicious – which contained their breakthrough single and signature song, "Hate to Say I Told You So". The band is especially well known for their high-energy and eccentric live shows, with music critics having hailed them as amongst the best live rock bands of the last two decades.
Robertsfors is a locality and the seat of Robertsfors Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 2,004 inhabitants in 2010.
Per "Pelle" Almqvist, also known as Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer of garage rock band The Hives.
The Hellacopters are a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson, Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums). Andersson had been the drummer for death metal band Entombed and Dregen was taking a break from his full-time band Backyard Babies. Dregen and Eriksson had been roadies for Entombed, while Håkansson was a childhood friend of Andersson's. The Hellacopters were initially conceived as a side project for Andersson and Dregen, but it eventually became the main songwriting and performance vehicle for Andersson. The band, together with The Hives, is considered one of the most important Swedish bands in the garage rock revival and one of the most influential rock bands in Sweden.
Frida Hyvönen is a Swedish singer-songwriter.
Welfare Problems is an album by Randy, released in 2003 by Burning Heart Records. It contains twelve tracks, including the single "X-Ray Eyes," which, alongside the closing track "Dirty and Cheap," also appears on the soundtrack of the Swedish black comedy Smala Sussie.
Jennie Bomb is the second album from the all-girl Swedish rock band, Sahara Hotnights. It was released in 2001. The album is named after band member Jennie Asplund.
C'mon Let's Pretend is the debut studio album of Swedish rock group Sahara Hotnights, originally released in 1999. It went on to win two Grammis.
Herr Jimsons äventyr is the ninth studio album by Swedish pop music artist Mauro Scocco. It was released in 2005 through Scocco's record label Diesel Music. The title is an injoke, referencing an incident when Swedish evening newspaper Aftonbladet reported that Scocco was living together with a woman named "Annelie Jimson"; this, however, was made up by Scocco.
What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing is the fourth studio album by Swedish band Sahara Hotnights, released through their own record company Stand By Your Band.
Josephine Forsman is a Swedish drummer. She is one of the four founders of the rock band Sahara Hotnights.
Björn Daniel Arne Yttling is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and musician. His production and songwriting credits include Lykke Li, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream, Franz Ferdinand, Sahara Hotnights, Anna Ternheim. Yttling is the bassist of the indie rock trio Peter Bjorn and John. He is also a co-founder of the label and artist collective INGRID and a member of the band LIV.
Fredag Hela Veckan is a Swedish TV show on TV4, a Swedish version of Saturday Night Live. It was first broadcast on 5 October 2007. while the final episode aired on 12 December 2008.
Asplund is a Swedish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Chips Kiesbye is the guitarist and vocalist for the Swedish rock band Sator formed in the late 1980s in Borlänge. Kiesbye is also successful music producer and has worked with several of Sweden's most successful rock bands and artists such as The Hellacopters, The Nomads, Millencolin, Thåström, Sahara Hotnights, Wilmer X and many others.
Sparks is the fifth studio album by Swedish band Sahara Hotnights, released on 25 February 2009 through their own record company Stand By Your Band. The album consists of covers of songs by artists such as Foo Fighters, Cass McCombs, Dusty Springfield, and Aneka.
Kiss & Tell is the third studio album by the Swedish rock band Sahara Hotnights.
Johan Forsman or Johan Forsman Löwenström is a Swedish musician, singer, record producer, songwriter, music arranger and engineer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was a member krautrock band Hübrizine in the late eighties and psychedelic rock band The Bad Karma and The Simpkins in the early nineties. Forsman has worked with musical acts such as the Soundtrack of our lives, Caesars, Weeping Willows, Håkan Hellström, Karin Dreijers early band Honey is Cool, Jens Lekman, Thåström, among others. Johan Forsman is still active as a record producer/engineer and is currently a member of Tapefly.
"Visit to Vienna" is a song recorded by Sahara Hotnights on their 2007 studio album What If Leaving Is a Loving Thing (2007). Released as the second single from the album, it peaked at 49th position at the Swedish singles chart. The song was written by bandmembers Maria Andersson and Josephine Forsman, and was produced while collaboration with Björn Yttling.
Casablanca is a Swedish rock band with members from several other notable groups: Josephine Forsman from the Sahara Hotnights (drums), Erik Stenemo from Melody Club (guitar), Anders Ljung from Space Age Baby Jane (vocals), Ryan Roxie from Roxy 77 (guitar), Mats Rubarth who previously played football professionally for AIK (bass), and Erik Almström from Bullet (guitar).
