Johan "Hassel" Barrett,
Baghdad "Henrik" Gellin,
Thomas "Nordan" Norstedt
Andreas "Bronco" Gerhardsson,
Alexander " T-glow" Havelda,
Olof "Oraklet" Svensson,
Marcus " Tom Hagen" Allard,
Mårten " City" Blomberg
Victoria "Losos" Laakso
Gabriella " cerny sobota" Lindau
Influences
Niel Sedaka, Johny Hates Jazz, Gerard Kenny, Philly soul, Ojays, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul, The Intruders, Motown soul, Holland, Doizer Holland, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Brunswick soul, Dexys Midnight Runners, Chairmen Of The Board, Kevin Rowland, The Style Counsil, the Chi-Lites, Andrea Fantuzzi, Garland Greene, The Sisters Of Mercy, Lucky Soul, Burt Bacharach, Jirka Neuman, Radovan Hudecek, Antonín Dvorák, The Jam, Paul Weller, Prefab Sprout, Erik Palmquist, R Kelly, Ne-yo, The Emotions, Geno Washington, Denice Williams, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bruce Springsteen, Evelyn King, Kool And The Gang, Millie Jackson, MIdnight Star, Two Tons Of Fun, Paula Abdul, The Platters, Sam Cooke, Shanice, Tupac, Håkan Hellström, Eldkvarn, Ulf Lundell, the Commodores, Lionell Richie, Tammi Terell, Kim Weston, Mary Wells, Smokie Robinson, Whitney Houson, Sade, the Barrino Bros, Boys 2 Men, Brenda Holloway, Rick James, The Beach Boys, The Specials, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight, Joe Tex, Lou Reed, Madness, Broder daniel, Morrissey, Mauro Scocco, Billy Joel, Elvis Presley, Ayrton Senna, The Smiths, George Benson, Geoffrey Osbourne, Donna Summer, Phil Collins, Cindy Louper, Carol Douglas, Carl Douglas, Ola and the janglers, STAX, Otis Redding, Beach Boys, Phil Spector, Blue Ox Babes, Phoenix, Soulville Uppsala, Ace Of Base, ABBA, Chevy Chase and Pavel Nedved, Hristo Stoichkov
10 members. Average age 22. Hailing from the small town Uppsala in Sweden. Napoleon formed in the spring of 2003. After seeing a Napoleon Bonaparte documentary, songwriter and band leader Alexander “T-Glow” Havelda suggested that a shared goal of world domination meant Napoleon was the perfect name for the band, and so it was.
T-Glow explains the Napoleon sound “There were a lot of long Scandinavian winters hunched over warm stereo speakers and it helped having Daddy Don, a surrogate father to my sister, based in Detroit sending over soul records from the 60’s but we all love Morrissey, The Boss and those whom we get compared to a lot, the criminally underrated, Dexy’s Midnight Runners”.
This smorgasbord of American inner city Soul and British eccentricity, combined with their Nordic pioneering spirit makes Napoleon what they are… Add characters that include a seriously talented Jazz aficionado, the great, great grandson of the man who shot the Swedish King Ankarstrom and the son of the man who was No3 on the KGB’s hit list after Russia invaded the Czech Republic in the 1960’s. This diverse range of factual gems is perfect for a band that is brimming with excitement and surely serves to further the old phrase ‘two heads are better than one and ten heads are better than two.’
Their debut album ‘The Bohemians Won The Series And The Little Guy Joined The Band’ (produced, in part, by Linus Larsson of Peter, Bjorn and John) is set for Swedish release this autumn 2008 and their debut single proved a huge hit notching up 12 weeks on the A-list of national radio.
Their performance is like a stage re-enactment of the best house party you ever went to with all your best friends and some beautiful strangers. It is drama delivered with conviction.
Napoleon play with passion and vigour, and are one of the few bands who have a member who’s dedicated instrument is the glockenspiel.
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