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'The Drowners' are a Swedish indie pop band active in the 1990s powerpop scene. They had a successful indie single with "Is there something on your mind" in 2000. [1]
July 1993: Band play their first gig (Trastockfestivalen Sweden).
Jan 1996: First single "Teenager" Substantial airplay in Sweden.
Feb 1996: First album "Destroyer" Released in Sweden, Brazil, most of Asia and Germany.
May 1997: The single "Summer Break My Fall" is released to radio, and achieves chart placement in Aug, become their labels first charting record.
Sep 1997: 2nd album "World Record Player" released in most of Europe.
May 1998: First US gig in NYC.
Dec 1998: Signs with Wind-up in NYC.
Jun 1999: Move to LA and records an album with Producer Matt Hyde in Sound City Studios.
Jun 2000: Is There Something On Your Mind? album featuring re-recorded versions of songs from the previous two albums is released in America and becomes new and active on Billboard.
Oct 2002: "Muted to a Whisper" is released. Touring and festivals in USA.
July 2007: "Cease to Be" is released on CDBaby!
May 2008: Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited is released including a track from The Drowners.
Dec 2008: X-mas single "My Candle" is released on band's original Swedish Label.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.
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