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THE BOMBDOLLS started in Tranas, Sweden, back in the early 1999. Jonasty and Boxy (the singer in the beginning) worked together at a local advertising agency. A boring day at work Boxy came up with the idea to start a band. Boxy had just quit his old punk-band BARFLIES and Jonasty had for a couple of years played in different combos. KB a friend of Jonasty, and Cal a friend of Boxy were asked and also ready to join the band. Boxy was into glam-rock at that moment so at the beginning the band tried to play (and failed totally!!!) glam-rock. After just a few rehearsals the band decided to play what they were learned to play. In other words punkrock!
Another funny thing is the story about the name. A short story but very odd. Boxy just took the names of two bands he listened to back then and put them together. NEW BOMB TURKS and NEW YORK DOLLS became - THE BOMBDOLLS.
After a while (The late summer) Boxy found out that he wasn..t able to play the guitar and booze at the same time so he decided to drop the guitar and just do the singing (and the drinking!). Now Dissen was introduced to the band. Dissen, a Punk-Rock legend who knew (and knows!) how to play real Punk-rock music, was a perfect solution for Boxy and the band. Dissen had earlier played with bands such as DISFORNICATE, F.U.C.T, BARFLIES and TURKISH REVENGE. He also played (and plays) with STRIKER.
In the beginning of the year 2000 the band got into the studio for the first time. A 6 track debut-CD was created wich was called Riot never goes out of style. This recording turned out to be the only one with Boxy singing. The release-party that followed was really something to remember! STRIKER played also that late Friday night and even if the crowd wasn..t big we had such a great time!
Later that year Boxy had some problems with hearing. He decided to leave the band and the natural solution was to let Dissen do the singing. The band played some gigs and was working on the next recording. This time the band decided to make a real punky recording. The most of the recording that became Use your brain! was made in the kitchen in Nasty..s apartment. Some neighbours wondered if there was some very bad crime taking place at Nasty..s that winter the year of 2000. It wasn..t, but it was the last recording there Cal pained the drums for THE BOMBDOLLS.
Cal went on a trip abroad and therefore he quit the band. Evil, a very experienced drummer and a friend of Dissen, was asked to take his place. Evil jumped on the punk-rock train. Back then he had been playing drums in RÖVSVETT for some years and he still does. THE BOMBDOLLS hasn..t changed members since then so the setup is: Dissen-song and guitar, Jonasty-guitar and song, KB-Bass, Evil-Drums. Since then the band have played several gigs, made 5 recordings and been on some compilation-CD..s.More is to come.../Jonasty
Update:
During 2005 The Bombdolls did their first tour outside Sweden. Invited by the German label CITYRAT RECORDS. Partners on the tour was HUDSON FALCONS, great band! A deal with the label was also made for a fullength-CD. It will be released spring 2006. It will also be followed by a new tour in Easter, April. /dissen
Update2:
The fullength CD "Explosive Lullabies" was released April 14th -06 and the releaseparty was taken place at Pub Babar in Tranås. It was followed by tour 16 gigs in 17 days in Sweden and mainly Germany. It was organized by CITY-RAT RECORDS who released the album. /dissen
Update3:
A new tour in Europe took place during late spring. The band played gigs in Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, U.K. and France. The band did open for HUDSON FALCONS and BORN TO LOSE. Two great bands and really nice people! To be continued.../dissen
GET VEGAS: Av "Classic Rock Magazine" tippade som Englands nya stjärnor på rockhimlen.
Ständigt jämnförs dessa ungtuppar med gamla rävar som Free och Led Zeppelin.
Grabbarna gör bara två stopp i Sverige denna gång, Stockholm och Tranås, så missa inte chansen att se dom på en schysst pub-scen, rykten gör gällande att arenorna väntar..
THE SOULSHAKE EXPRESS: Karlstad baserade hardsoul orkestern har gått från klarhet till klarhet.
Deras debutalbum, "Heavy Music", släpptes '07 och har blivit kritikerrosat i alla stora musiktidningar, och ett fullspäckat spelschema är frukten av detta.
Med sitt finslipade retrorock-sound, är detta hårt arbetande band på god väg att ta över tronen efter snart pensionerade Hellacopters.
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