Anders Lindström, or Boba Fett, as he is often called, is a Swedish rock musician most known for being the organist and pianist of the Swedish rock band

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and co-founder and guitarist of

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Life and career

Lindström founded The Diamond Dogs along with vocalist Sören 'Sulo' Karlsson in the early 1990s; Lindström was the band's guitarist and released four albums with the band. During this time he also worked as a recording engineer for various bands including some early Hellacopters recordings. Lindström later joined The Hellacopters after the band's

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award-winning debut album ''

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'' to play the organ and piano. After the departure of guitarist Dregen, vocalist and guitarist

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handled lead guitar while Lindström temporarily played rhythm guitar during the recording of '' Grande Rock'' before Robert Dahlqvist joined as their full-time guitarist. During the band's hiatus after the release of the album ''

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'', Lindström rejoined his old band Diamond Dogs to record ''Black River Road'' in 2004. In 2005, The Hellacopters returned with '' Rock & Roll Is Dead'' which would become their last full-length album of their own material. Lindström also formed The Bitter Twins along with former bandmate Sulo to celebrate their 20th anniversary of playing music together. The initial idea was to play the depressive type of music they originally played 20 years ago, but the music sounded more like

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in the late 70s and early 80s. The duo also called in guest musicians such as Papa Dee, Magnus Carlson from the Weeping Willows, Mattias Bärjed from

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and Stefan Björk formerly of Wilmer X. In late 2007, The Hellacopters announced that they would be breaking up after the release of their cover album '' Head Off'' and the following "Tour Before the Fall", which ended with four gigs in two days in late October 2008. After The Hellacopters' break-up Lindström worked with front man

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's new band Imperial State Electric. Lindström is also a recreational fisher and together with bands such as

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, Weeping Willows, Randy he and The Hellacopters contributed with music for the charity album ''Ge Fan i Våra Vatten'' to raise money to help save the

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and the Atlantic salmon.Sportfiskarna - Ge fan i våra vatten
/ref> Recently Lindström worked with Weeping Willows front man Magnus Carlson on soundtracks for several Swedish film projects that have not yet been released.

Selected discography

*1993 ''Blue Eyes Shouldn't be Cryin'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar) *1994 ''Honked'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar) *1995 ''Good Time Girl'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar) *1996 ''

'' - The Hellacopters (lead guitar) *1996 ''Smock'n Roll'' - Svart Snö *1996 ''Hour of the Gate'' - Bloodstone (producer) *1996 ''Need of Ammunition'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar) *1997 ''Necrophobic'' - Darkside (engineer) *1997 ''

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'' - The Hellacopters (guitar) *1997 '' Vibrion'' - Closed Frontiers (engineer) *1997 ''Knockouts!'' - Backyard Babies (producer) *1997 '' Ridin' The Tiger'' - Gluecifer (recording engineer) *1999 '' Grande Rock'' - The Hellacopters (guitar, keyboards, organ) *2000 '' High Visibility'' - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ) *2002 ''

'' - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ) *2003 ''Adult World'' - Wayne Kramer (keyboards) *2004 ''Black River Road'' - The Diamond Dogs (organ, keyboards, guitar) *2005 '' Rock & Roll Is Dead'' - The Hellacopters (organ, keyboards) *2008 '' Head Off'' - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ) *2008 '' Communion'' - The Soundtrack of Our Lives (songwriting) *2009 ''Global Panic'' - The Bitter Twins (guitar, organ, backing vocals) *2010 '' Imperial State Electric'' - Imperial State Electric (guitar, keyboards) *2010 ''The Gloria Story'' - Ohno (production) *2010 '' En plats i solen'' - Kent (backing vocals) *2010 ''Death Metal'' - Dismember (drum recording) *(TBA) Upcoming live album - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ, percussion)

References

External links

Official Hellacopters websiteOfficial Hellacopters MySpaceOfficial Diamond Dogs MySpaceGe Fan i Våra Vatten websiteGe Fan i Våra Vatten MySpace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindstrom, Anders 1969 births Living people Swedish keyboardists Swedish guitarists Male guitarists The Hellacopters members Diamond Dogs (band) members Swedish male musicians The Bitter Twins members