John Steen aka Vocalo - Guitars, Vocals
Ulrik Bostedt aka Animalizer - Bass Guitar
Tony Samuelsson aka The Ambassador - Drums, Percussion
Influences
60s Pop, 70s Rock, 80s Hard Rock, Northern Soul, Soul, Powerpop, Punk, Reggae, Country in other words bands such as:
Kiss, Freda Payne, Turbonegro, Dio, Rainbow, Iron Maiden, The Beat, Hellacopters, Motley Crue, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Thor, Gluecifer, Mc5, The Stooges, Big Star, Danko Jones, Etiquette Mona, The Clash, O´Jays, Devo, Talking Heads, Mathew Sweet, Brendan Benson, Edwin Starr, Hellacopters, Townes Van Zandt, Ozzy, The Supremes, Fu Manchu, 100 Proof, Chairmen Of The Board, Laura Lee, Freda Payne, Jimmy Cliff, The Maytals, Dexys,Fu Manchu, Eagles Of Death Metal, Entombed, Bettey Swann, Denise La Salle, Tony Joe White, Stones, Saxon, Penetrations, The Nerve, Jim Ford, Holland-Dozier-Holland, James Brown, Mountain, Sonic´s Rendevouz Band, Roky, Wasp, Honeycone, The Members, Magnetic Fields, Magic Numbers, Ken Boothe, Buzzcocks, Thin Lizzy, Candi Staton, Bruce Springsteen, Derrick Harriot, Uriah Heep, The Housemartins, Chosen Few, Jacob Miller, JD Martin, The Invitations, Isley Brothers, Ike Turner, The Essex Green, Alice Cooper, Wilson Pickett, Lee Dorsey, Andrew Bird, Bonnie Prince Billy, Gene Chandler, Mel Wynn, The Esquires, The Sewergrooves, The Vaselines, etc etc.
Sounds Like
High Energy Rock N Roll!
PAST SHOWS
2009
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2009-08-29
Rostock, Germany
Mau Club
2009-08-28
Ludwigsfelde, Germany
NVA Club
2009-08-27
Halle, Germany
Café & Bar Unikum
2009-08-26
Berlin, Germany
Wild At Heart
2009-08-25
Köln, Germany
Underground
2009-08-24
Dortmund, Germany
Bakuda Klub
2009-08-23
Kiel, Germany
Schaubude
2009-08-22
Marl, Germany
HOT Hagenbusch
2009-08-21
Hattingen, Germany
Haus Der Jugend
2009-08-20
Hamburg, Germany
Markthalle
2009-08-19
Bielefeld, Germany
Kanal 21
2009-04-16
Linköping, Sweden
L'Orient
Release for single!
2008
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2008-11-08
Germany
Viersen
Watt Jeht Festival
2008-11-01
Sweden
Västerås
Venue: Sigurdsgatan 25
2008-09-05
Denmark
Helsingoer
Henning Jörgenssen's 25 Year Anniversary Party
2008-08-16
Sweden
Linköping
Nykvarnsfestivalen
2008-05-15
Sweden
Jönköping
Venue: Dreamhack
2008-03-23
Germany
Vechta
Venue: Gulfhaus
2008-03-22
Germany
Rostock
Venue: JAZ Catering
2008-03-21
The Netherlands
Coevorden
Venue: Metal Front
2008-03-20
The Netherlands
Rotterdam
Venue: Poortgebouw
2008-03-19
Germany
Hildesheim
Venue: VEB
2008-03-18
Germany
Freiburg
Venue: My Way
2008-03-16
Germany
Tübingen
Venue: Epple Haus
2008-03-15
Germany
Darmstadt
Venue: Krone
2008-03-14
Germany
Karlsruhe
Venue: Alte Hackerei
2008-03-13
CH
Zürich
Venue: Hive Club
2008-03-11
CZ
Litomerice
Venue: Hospoda U Letniho
2008-03-10
Germany
Halle
Venue: Unikum
2008-03-09
Germany
Chemnitz
Venue: Subway To Peter
2008-03-08
Germany
Berlin
Venue: Wild At Heart
2008-03-07
Germany
Neubrandenburg
Venue: Tabulos
2008-03-01 23:00
Sweden
Stockholm
Venue: DeBaser, Medis
2007
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2007-12-20
Sweden
Stockholm
P3 Live at Alcazar in Nalenhuset
2007-11-29
Sweden
Stockholm
"Killer Cobra Night" at KGB Bar
2007-09-29
Sweden
Vännäs
Venue: Marias Krog
2007-09-28
Sweden
Örnsköldsvik
Venue: Musikhuset-Klubb DDR
2007-09-26
Sweden
Umeå
Venue: Scharinska
2007-05-31
Sweden
Karlstad
Venue: Club Venue
2007-05-11
Sweden
Örebro
Venue: Satin-Klubb Idiot
2007-04-27
Sweden
Sandviken
Venue: Kungen
2007-03-03
Country: Sweden
Venue: Club Showdown
Göteborg
Below is the video for I Wanna Know You - just a little bit better. We..re still bruised after that savge night. Papa Bear..s teeth got knocked out. We crashed a car. We set off the firealarm. Not kidding here. It was fun!
MÄRVEL consists of the three super heroes Vocalo, Animalizer and The Ambassador. From their headquarters, located in Brooklyn, NYC, they struggle hard to put an end to organized crime and the evil organization SACO led by Dr Spats.
Behind this power trio we find three young guys from Linköping, Sweden; John Steen, Ulrik Bostedt and Tony Samuelsson who founded the band Marvel during their high school exchange year in Colorado, USA., 2002.
After three celebrated vinyl singles (“Marvellous”, New York Power Hitters, 2002; “Heroine Tracks”, New York Power Hitters/Black JuJu/Evergreen Terrace, 2003; “Bedlam At The Embassy”, Black JuJu, 2004) MARVEL released their album Five Smell City early summer 2005 also on Black JuJu. And following up the kind reviews they released their CD EP “Unleashed” in february 2006.
“Five Smell City” shows off the high energy rock ‘n’ roll that has already become Marvel’s trademark. Guided by bands such as Kiss and The Stooges, this young bunch of untamed riff masters with a genuine feel for the groove have already managed to manifest their world domination program. Marvel carelessly avoids all rock clichés known to man so you won’t find any songs about cars, beer and babes. Instead you’ll get to know super heroes with broken hearts, a weather goddess and how small town madness influences the success of a young hungry rock band stuck in a city of five smells. And of course a song about a Swedish tennis star that has had problems finding a decent occupation since he put his racket to rest.
On “UNLEASHED” Marvel have devoted themself to render six brilliant yet wildly diverse songs by other artists (aka covers) into their trademark style of rock 'n roll.
Apparently the biggest radio network in Sweden like these superheroes too since no less than three songs from the debute album have been playlisted so far. “Now I Believe It” was the latest one during late summer 2005. “Now I Believe It” was also noticed by the Swedish TV-show Musikbyrån which is the one show with most influence and “strength” in Sweden. They showed MARVELs “Now I Believe It”-video on their website during a three week period.
The trio left Keith, their previous manager, in the end of a long and moderately warm summer 2005 due to strange and abnormal eating habits and they turned to Papa Bear at HOMBRE Productions Inc. for spiritual guidance and Tattoo Powers and Original Outlaw Advertising. The rest my friends is history.
Less than a day after the release of UNLEASHED!, the web version (P3 Rock) of P3 aired the first track from it and kept doing so. The radioshow Rundgång also at the same time celebrated the band as "the pride of Östgötaslätten". Not bad.
Our heroes spend their days playing videogames and helping old ladies across the street awaiting world domination and a lifelong quest of fighting evil and the henchmen that follows in the shadows. And once in a while they drop what they do to enter the recording studio, sometimes naked, to get the work done.
The video for "I Wanna Know You (just a little bit better)" has been showing itself regularly on MTV (the videoshoot got a lot of attention in media due to crazed wrestlers, carcrash and a sudden visit from the local firebrigade) and the single "Thunderblood Heart" is right now on rotation on national Swedish radio P3.
The new album "Thunderblood Heart" was released digitally the 29:th of October 2007 and the physical release in Sweden took place the 29:th of November. The album will be released in Germany and the rest of the world the 29:th of February 2008, just in time for MÄRVEL's tour in Germany and surrounding countries that goes on between the 6:th and 23:rd of March.
Jetzt wird’s „KRANK“ !!! „Different Experience“ zu Gast auf meiner Seite!!! Free-Jazz meets Rock meets Blues meets Alternative meets Hard-Core meets Psycho meets Indiependent meets irgendwat… Die wohl mit Abstand durchgedrehteste Combo der 90er… Fünf Musiker aus den verschiedensten Sparten (Free-Jazz - 70erRock - Pop – Indiependent - Rock…) treffen (ursprünglich geplant als Cover-Bespaßelungs-Band!!!) aufeinander… Das Ergebnis: Fliegende Gitarren, geworfene Becken, zerstörte Mikrofone… Leider existieren nur einige, hier vorgestellte Proberaum-Tapes die seinerzeit mit Tapedeck und zwei Mikrofonen für die Nachwelt festgehalten wurden… Die es aber durchaus verdienen gehört zu werden… Ist das Kunst??? Ist es eine Explosion tiefgründiger Emotionen??? Oder ist es einfach nur… …“krank“… ? ? ?
Viel Vergnügen, Kraft und Ausdauer wünscht Euch euer Bernd
PLEASURE ADDICTION Usa tour in november with Terry Ilous from XYZ on vocals !
08 NOVEMBER - THE VIPER ROOM, West Hollywood, CA 11 NOVEMBER - BLUE CAFE, Huntington Beach, CA 12 NOVEMBER - PALADINOS, Tarzana, CA 13 NOVEMBER - CHEYENNE SALOON, Las Vegas, NV
Tjenare, vi lirar på stars and bars i Göteborg nästa lördag (7:e november) tillsammans med Burn Vore grymt om ni kom och spanade in oss, kommer bli en riktig höjdarkväll i rockens tecken. /The Cryptonics
31 oct Netherlands - Vlissingen 1st nov Germany - Bremen 2 nov Denmark - Fredericia 3 nov Germany - Rostock 4 nov BERLIN BOOK US !!! 5 nov BERLIN BOOK US !!! 6 nov Germany - Kassel
We thank you for the add. We’re just a small band, but we’d be delighted if you listened to our Garage Rock songs and you sent us any kind of comment!! If u couldn’t we’ll be happy if you just let this comment be shown, so that ur fans & friends get to know us. ☠
Tack för att du vill vara vän med oss! Rockstad: Falun kommer att äga rum 28-29/5 2010 & alltså utökas till en 2-dagars festival & just nu har vi massor med kul band på G! Sabaton kommer att göra en rejäl show, det är allt som är bekräftat just nu, men mycket mer tillkommer! Massor med nyheter finns redan nu på www.rockstadfalun.se om du vill läsa mera. :) Hoppas Du kommer, det blir en höjdare...
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