April Divine (formerly Starfuck and Bloody April) is a
Swedish rock band. They are currently signed t
Asom Records(AD III). Previous albums are released on the labels:
Supernova Records/Bonnier Amigo Music Group (Redemption) an
Ninetone records(Chapter one).
History
April Divine was founded in 1996 under the name Starfuck. They played all around Sweden got signed for their first album - Chapter one in 2006. Due to international marketing they had to change the band name.
In January 2006, they were signed to Swedish indie-label Ninetone Records.
Union Entertainment Group was willing to distribute their album ''
Chapter One'', released on 29 January, in 2007. In January 2007, they opened for the band
Staind
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at
Nalen in
Stockholm
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. Due to the success of this concert,
Ema Telstar /
Live Nation
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, a booking company, started a relationship with the band. This relationship led to a tour across Sweden.
2007 Andreas (Ante) Lundqvist left the band for personal reasons. He was replaced by Peter Uvén. 2008 April Divine recorded a new album in Atlanta. The mission to produce it went to
Rick Beato (
Vince Neil
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,
Bullet for my valentine,
Shinedown).
26 February 2010, the band announced a new record deal with Supernova Records/Bonnier Amigo Music Group. On March 3 April Divine opened for Australian band
Karnivool, together with Swedish band
Librah at Debaser Medis in Stockholm. Their new single “Redemption” was released for purchase at iTunes and CDON in SwedenOn Mars 22nd and the new album ''Redemption'' was released on 19 May.
In October 2010 April divine was to be the supporting act for American rock band
Alter Bridge for the band's three performances in Sweden in November 2010.
April divine also went over seas and toured
Costa Rica
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with Costa Rican rockband
Akasha
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. They also did the music video for the song ″
Faced Down″ in Costa, with their newfound friends in Akasha and
Brian Marshall (The location of the video is shot in the bay of Brian's house/hotel).
April divine also did some shows in the US,
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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and
Los Angeles
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where their former manager David Brown helped them. They played
Muse Expo in LA.
April Divine have been opening for American rock band
Staind
Staind ( ) is an American rock band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The original lineup consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist and backing vocalist Johnny April, and dr ...
two times in Sweden. Good relations lead to that April Divine was to be the opening act for the full European tour with Staind in 2011.
2012 was calm year and Peter and Per left the band, and in 2013 April Divine announced the new drummer Emil and bass player Elmer.
In April 2013 April Divine released the album ''AD III'' on the labe
Asom Records and was supposed to follow up with a tour in Europe which was canceled due to bass player Elmer left the band due to moving, and Emil left the band due to committing for his other band.
In 2013 the label Asom Records did some groundbreaking distribution - they created an iOS app for the band “April Divine iOS” where some extra songs on top of ''AD III'' was released.
In 2014 they released a single “We Are Rangers”
During search of a new bass player April Divine went back to the studio and created ''AD IV'' and announced release date in 2015, on their own label, Asom records, World Wide.
Current members
* Joakim Åström - guitar, vocals (1996–present)
* Johnny Johansson - guitar (2009–present)
* Elias Ortis - drums (2014–present)
* - bass
Former members
* Lars Sjödin - guitar (1996–1997)
* Jan Karlsson - guitar (1997–1998)
* Mikael Hållander- bass (1996–1998)
* P-O (Per-Olof) Sedin - bass (1998–2006)
* Ante (Andreas) Lundqvist - bass (2006–2007)
* Nicke (Niklas) Westberg - guitar (1998–2009)
* Peter Uvén - bass (2007–2012)
* Per Karlsson - drums (1998–2012)
* Emil Holmgren - drums (2013-2014)
* Elmer Hallsby - bass (2013–2014)
Discography
* Chapter One (2007)
* Redemption (2010)
* AD III (2013)
External links
April Divine Official SiteApril Divine iOS app
SpotifyiTunes
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Musical groups established in 1996
Swedish rock music groups