More Info on Bob HundSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
DISPLAYTITLE:bob hundInfobox musical artist | name = bob hund| image = bobhund.jpg| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Sweden | genre = Rock music|Rock , indie pop|Indie | years_active = 1991–present| label = Silence Records| associated_acts = Bergman Rock , Sci-Fi SKANE | website = http://www.bobhund.se// bobhund.se| current_members = Conny Nimmersjö Johnny Essing Jonas Jonasson Mats Andersson Mats Hellqvist Thomas Öberg Christian Gabel| past_members = bob hund ( Swedish language|Swedish for "bob dog") is a seven-piece indie rock band from Sweden . Their music , hard to classify, has been described as "what you might expect if you managed to merge Pere Ubu (band)|Pere Ubu and Pixies with a touch of Kraftwerk ".cite web | author=Kristoffer Noheden | title=Bergman Rock review | url= http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orbergmanrockbr.htm | work=On Record | date=2004-01-06 | accessdate=2009-04-12 bob hund have performed mostly in Scandinavia as well as in Poland and England . Some of their performances include Roskilde Festival|Roskilde , Hultsfred Festival|Hultsfred , Ruisrock and Quart Festival|Quart music festival s.
History
bob hund was formed in 1991 by Jonas Jonasson (keyboards) and Thomas Öberg (singer)|Thomas Öberg (vocals) after meeting in high school. After six formative months the bands line-up was finished, with Conny Nimmersjö and Johnny Essing on guitar, Mats Hellqvist on bass and Mats Andersson on drums. http://www.bobhund.nu/bob-hund bob hund Official Web Site Legend has it that Essing joined rehearsals to pay off a 100 SEK debt to Hellqvist, and just kept coming back. http://hem.passagen.se/redrum/bobhund.html Interview with Thomas Öberg, 4 juli 1998.
The band was signed to Silence Records in 1993, and that same year released their debut EP, bob hund . http://www.silence.se/artister/bobhund.htm Silence Records Official Web Site The following year they released their first album, also called bob hund , and won Rock Band of the Year at the Swedish Grammy Awards, Grammisgalan . (They won another Grammis for Best Lyrics in 1996.) http://www.grammis.se/ Grammisgalan. Official Web Site. See, History.
In 1995, after extensive touring, the band went on hiatus as the members worked on new material, which would later make up the foundations for Omslag: Martin Kann (1996) - named after a friend of the band, who've done most of the bands graphics work over the years. The album broke the top 10, http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp? interpret=Bob+Hund SwedishCharts.com bob hund Discography but singles I stället för musik, förvirring ("Instead of music, confusion") and Düsseldorf would both fail to break the singles top 10 - peaking at 13 and 28 respectively.
Though exclusively singing in Swedish, they started to gain attention outside of Sweden and Scandinavia. The band claimed in a press release that Graham Coxon - who has voiced his admiration of the band in interviews - asked to play with them, but that the band declined the offer. http://www.groove.se/site/artikel.asp? artId=526 Groove - Interview with Graham Coxon http://www.silence.se/bobhund/press/pressrelease.asp? m1=read& m2=press& skiva=19& latar=11 Press release for Helgen v.48
bob hund once again toured extensively, and was awarded Live Band of the Year by Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet . In December 1998 Jag rear ut min själ& #33; Allt skall bort!!! ("I'm Selling Off My Soul& #33; Everything Must Go!!!") was released followed by the live album bob hund sover aldrig ("bob hund Never Sleeps").
At the start of the new millennium, when equipment worth 115,000 SEK was stolen from their van. http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/0002/16/hund.html Aftonbladet February 16, 2000 During this time, the band members had slowed down the activity of bob hund to concentrate on side projects - among others Bergman Rock , a rock band consisting of all bob hund members, but where Öberg sang in English rather than Swedish. New bob hund material would not surface until single Ska du hänga med? Nä!! ("Are you tagging along? Nah!!") and album Stenåldern kan börja ("Let the Stone Age Begin") was released in early 2001. The album would be the band's first, and as of August 2010 only, to chart at number one.
2002 saw the release of Ingenting ("Nothing"), a compilation album containing old demos from 1992–1993, a limited vinyl pressing of 1000 copies only, single Den lilla planeten ("The Small Planet"). The two CD 10 år tillbaka och 100 år framåt ("10 Years Back and 100 Years Forward") was also released this year. The first disc being a singles compilation, and the second disc contained a live performance recorded in London 2001. During the performance Öberg can be heard explaining, in English, that he'll only speak Swedish to the crowd so they'll know they've paid for the real deal. 10 år tillbaka och 100 år framåt - disc 2
After the release of Det där nya som skulle vara så bra ("That New Thing That's Supposed To Be Really Good") the band went on an extended hiatus to concentrate on Bergman Rock and the dance side project Sci-Fi SKANE . The band started touring as bob hund again in late 2006, but would not release any new material until 2008s single Tinnitus i hjärtat ("Tinnitus of the Heart") http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/07/06/vilket-bob-hund-kalas-med-2-nya-latar/ SVT - Sveriges Television, September 2008 and album Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk ("Folk music for folk who can't behave like folk").
On June 16, 2009, Christian Gabel officially joined as the seventh member of the band, filling in on drums. http://www.bobhund.nu/christian-gabel-ny-medlem-i-bob-hund In the following year the new lineup released the four-track EP "Stumfilm".
The group released their latest album on the 16th of March "Det överexponerade gömstället". As a form of commemoration of their 20th anniversary, a second album is expected to be released sometime in late 2011.
Discography
Studio releases
bob hund (1993 album)|bob hund (1) , 1993 (EP)
bob hund (1994 album)|bob hund (2) , 1994 (Album)
Omslag: Martin Kann ( Cover Art: Martin Kann ), 1996 (Album)
Jag rear ut min själ& #33; Allt skall bort!!! (''I'm Selling Out My Soul& #33; Everything Must Go!!! ), 1998 (Album)
Stenåldern kan börja ( The Stone Age May Begin ), 2001 (Album)
Det där nya som skulle vara så bra (''That New Thing That's Supposed To Be Really Good ), 2003 (EP) - Limited to 500 copies on vinyl
Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk (''Folk music for folk who can't behave like folk ), 2009 (Album)
Stumfilm ( Silent Film ), 2010 (EP)
Det överexponerade gömstället ( The overexposed hideout ), 2011 (Album)
Låter som miljarder ( Sounds like billions ), 2012 (Album)
Compilations
Ingenting (bob hund album)|Ingenting ( Nothing ), 2002 - Demos from 1992/1993, limited to 1003 copies on vinyl, and made available as free digital downloads on the band's web site http://www.silence.se/bobhund//ljud/ingenting/default.asp? m1=& m2=download& typ=256 Silence Records
10 år bakåt & 100 år framåt ( 10 Years Back & 100 Years Forward ), 2002 - A collection of single and EP tracks, where the second disc contains a live recording from London, 2001.
Awards
1994 in music|1994 – Swedish Grammy "Best Live Band"
1996 in music|1996 – Swedish Grammy "Best Lyrics"
1999 in music|1999 – Guldägget (The Golden Egg) for "Best Packaging" on Jag rear ut min själ& #33; Allt skall bort!!!
Notes
reflist
External links
http://www.bobhund.se/ bobhund.se – Official website
http://hem.bredband.net/robcum/Musik/Bobhund/ bob hund in English – English translations of song lyrics
bob hund Category:Swedish indie rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 1991
