Artist description From Mantovani romance to New Wave. "Please excuse the rather odd mixture of styles, but we refuse to go entirely 'Eloiese'". A lightyears-away-from legendary constellation consisting of Lars Fransson, Sten Strandby, friends, a few keyboards, alcohol and blue moods.

Music Style Amusement-Park-&-Candy-Pop or Mother-in-law music, with moody lyrics that she never listens to, anyway. Program music charcteristics.

Musical Influences Alfvén B-52s Bacharach Benny A. Billy Bolero Bobby Ericson Brian Wilson Bronski Beat Buddy Holly David Sylvian Derek Forbes Devo Elvis Bros. Extra Gene Pitney Hank B. Marvin Hermans Hermits Hollies Honeycombs Ian Curtis Inger Berggren Jet Harris Jigs Kraftwerk Mantovani Mark Hollis Mona Wessman Monty Norman Morrisey Nilfisk Nina Lizell Peter Gabriel Peter Himmelstrand Peterson-Berger Pink Champagne Prefab Sprout Raketerna Rosie Vela Scritti Politti Shriekback Style Council Syd Barrett Tages Taube The Blue Nile The Undertones Torleifs Walker Bros. Visage

Similar Artists Lloyd Cole, L-L, John Barry, Perssons Pack

Artist History ....after 'Hav' the guys started the work of what was to be the next step in the evolution of record production. In October of ’90 the boys were quoted as saying "Our next recording will be better than ‘Hon är hav’. It will be as much as an improvement over Hav that that was over ‘Simple world’". The news from the studio was obviously promising optimistically scheduling ‘Stalin’ for release in December of 1990. But while Strandby and Fransson worked feverishly on what turned out to be more than a records worth of music, their obsessive devotion to "decency" made that December date impossible. It was becoming clear that nobody, including Sten knew when they would finish the ‘Stalin’-record. The boys started to lose their confidence and creative momentum. Nevertheless, in early 1991, even as pressure mounted for them to finish, recording proceeded in a prolific pace. But what had begun as an exciting creative adventure was becoming an unhappy time for the participants; the key relationship with Lars was beginning to deteriorate. For several weeks no recording took place. (Sometimes in the early spring, the all-time collaborator Lars, finding himself in the untenable position of defending his work, left the project.) At a point in rock music history when it was vital to be "first" the "new" sound, work on ‘Stalin’ ground to a halt. Critical weeks slipped by without progress. Those delays would prove to be fatal for the record, why it became the least famous record in rock history, when the remains of the original intentions were released in February 1992. Describing what ‘Stalin’ would have been and then comparing it to the record is unfair. No record could make up for the disappointment that the two devoted fans felt when the record finally was released...

Group Members Lars Fransson: Vocals, synths, programming, editing and saxophone. Sten Strandby: Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, banjo and tin whistle. Nils Nilsson: Drums and drum editing. On occasion: Kristina Svensson: Various vocals Kenneth Lundberg: Backing vocals Per Andersson: Additional guitars Leif Landeman: Sophisticated organs. Bengt Rödström: Harmonica. Lotta Tipsis, Niklas Fröjd, Torbjörn Andersson: Violins

Instruments Juno-106

Albums Hon är hav (1990), Lilla fröken Stalin (1991), Rester (2001)

Press Reviews Swing-O-Plane huserar även de i Shutrick(!)-land och "Lilla fröken Stalin" från debut-EP:n är som gjord för att bli en radiohit - smittande pop och intelligenta texter: "Hon sa att hon för många gånger blivit mat för en karl, och om man tittar lite närmre så är det bara skelettet kvar" SA #17 Aug. -92. Just "Konsultationens pris" tycker jag både är roligare och med en bättre refräng än det som t ex Webstrarna gör (och som ju hyllats oerhört)…..(Trial and error var det….)/ Ola Hermansson

Location Gothenburg - Sweden

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