Artist History The Story - So Far... 1998 in the dusky, small industrial town of Motala, three friends had a dilemma. Anders was moving to Lund to study. Martin and Sinisa had together with Anders played in various bands for a few years but now it seems as things were over. Just a few weeks after Anders had moved to Lund and moved in with his older brother Fredrik, he got a phone call. About a month later both Martin and Sinisa had moved to Lund as well. It didn’t take long before they found a place to rehearse, not the greatest place in the world considering the recurrent flooding after a heavy rain. At this time, the band consisted of Anders on guitar and vocals, Martin on drums, Sinisa on bass and Mats on guitar. Pretty soon Anders’ older brother, who also had played together with Sinisa as far back as in 1991, started to hang around, listening in as they rehearsed. Soon the group had its 5th member, Fredrik, on keyboards. Spending endless nights rehearsing in that flooded basement the band slowly started to come together, creating a sound that felt comfortable. After a year or so, the group started to rehearse in Malmö since most of the members had moved there. Under the name Hype, the band played at Malmöfestivalen 2000 in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Fabian, the younger brother of Martin, had now replaced Mats on guitar. Pretty soon a new studio was found at Kajplats 305 which the band shared with Smartalec. Finally, a place of their own where they could create and play their own music. The rumour started spreading about a good band rehearsing in one of the many studios at Kajplats 305 and the manager who claimed to have walked by when the band played and thought that it sounded awesome, asked if they wanted a gig. LeGrand played at Kajplats together with among others, Sugarpaved Honeys. During the summer of 2002, LeGrand was asked to fill the slot of The Models at Kverrestad Open, a very alternative music festival arranged in the midst of the beautiful landscape in the south of Sweden. Outside the small town of Tomelilla in front of about 30 people and, as rumour has it, a few cows, LeGrand blasted the open countryside with their music. It was simply one of those breath-taking Swedish summer nights. You should have been there. Under strange circumstances or a twist of fate, call it what you like, one of the band’s demos came into the hands of Anders “Theoâ€� Theander, the owner of the recording studio and management company Roasting House who really liked what he heard. After a meeting with representatives of Roasting House, the song Calling You was put on their compilation disc and spread to record companies worldwide. Similar strange circumstances occurred again when LeGrand got asked if they wanted to play at KB, the best rock club around. Based on what other people had to say about the band, the gig was booked. Together with Quit Your Dayjob, Sponk, Bont Allstars and Hank, LeGrand spent Valentine’s Day 2003 playing at KB. LeGrand have now signed a management contract with Roasting House for two years, which will enable LeGrand to fulfill the dream of any band. Starting in June 2003, LeGrand will go into the studio and start to record their debut album, which will be completed sometime in the autumn of 2003.

Group Members Martin Lundgren - Drums, Fabian Lundgren - Guitar, Sinisa Krnjaic - Bas, Fredrik Tillaeus - Keyboard, Anders Tillaeus - Vocals, guitar

Location Malmö, Skåne - Sweden

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