Whipped Cream (band)

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Whipped Cream
Origin Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres Alternative rock
Psychedelic rock
Years active 1989–mid-1990s
Labels Snap
Past members Elisabeth Punzi
Jörgen Cremonese
Jonas Sonesson
Lars Erik Grimelund
Fredrik Sandsten

Whipped Cream was a rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1989.

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style which drew heavily on the genres of blues, rhythm and blues, and from country music. Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical and other musical styles. Musically, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse–chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political.

Gothenburg City in Västergötland and Bohuslän, Sweden

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city center and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.

Sweden constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.5 million have a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

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History

Whipped Cream formed in 1989 with an initial line-up of Elisabeth Punzi (vocals), Jörgen Cremonese (vocals, guitars), Jonas Sonesson (bass), and Lars Erik Grimelund (drums). [1] With a sound heavily influenced by late 1960s/early 1970s psychedelic rock, [2] and gaining comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, [3] [4] they released their debut album, ...and Other Delights, in 1990. [1] The album was well received, and the band was invited to record a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in 1991. [5] The 1992 follow-up, Tune In the Century, received widespread critical acclaim, with one Swedish reviewer calling it "a milestone in Swedish recording history", [3] and featured a cover version of Captain Beefheart's "Observatory Crest", which was issued as a single the same year. [1] The band's third album, the much more heavy-rock sounding Horse Mountain (1994), by now with Fredrik Sandsten (later of The Soundtrack of Our Lives) on drums, was followed by a split in the band, with Sandsten and Sonesson leaving. [6]

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Cremonese and Punzi worked on a proposed 1996 album Possessed, with musicians including King Diamond drummer Snowy Shaw, Mercyful Fate bassist Sharlee D'Angelo and keyboard player Charlie Storm, although the album was never recorded [6] Cremonese went on working as a producer and in several projects with musicians such as Michael Lohse of Atomic Swing. As the music business declined Cremoneses music he turned to do art and noise music without releasing anything of his own for a long time. The number of albums released with Cremonese on both electric and acoustic guitars and backing vocals is vast, and in all genres. Hugely acclaimed Swedish acts as alternative Silverbullit and melodic metal act Beesech has Cremonese as guest guitarist on their albums and live. Cremonese refused to return to the music industry but rumour says that he has worked for a few years in a solo project - Farmer In The City with influences from psychedelia, shoegaze and folk. In 2016 Cremonese engineered and co-produced the comeback album of Kai Martin & Stick! [UTAN TITEL], the first professional band he joined at 19. The music is post-punk inspired and shows another side of Cremonese and his songwriting. Also in 2016 Cremonese participated with mega-noise guitars on The Leather Nun live album. Punzi later worked with The Mole Session. [6] [7]

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Discography

Albums

Singles, EPs

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Whipped Cream", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN   1-84195-335-0
  2. ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh "...and Other Delights Review", Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation
  3. 1 2 "Whipped Cream", The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Muze UK Ltd
  4. ↑ "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" (review), Lime Lizard, October 1991, p. 53
  5. ↑ Whipped Cream at the BBC's Keeping It Peel site
  6. 1 2 3 "Whipped Cream", MusicMight
  7. ↑ "Album of the Month: December 1998 - The Mole Session Late Show", Rockomondo


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