Carl-Johan Peter Crispin Fogelklou (born 15 August 1980, in

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, Sweden) is a Swedish musician (bass, vocals). He is bass player of the Swedish band

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Biography

Carl-Johan Peter Crispin Fogelklou, bass player of Swedish rock band

was born on 15 August 1980 in Uppsala (Sweden) to Peter and Gunnel Fogelklou and is known to his fans as CJ. He has a sister called Lotta. When CJ was two, his family moved to Sigtuna near Stockholm. He was interested in playing the guitar from early years; his source of inspiration was the rock band Guns N' Roses. After he received his first instrument as a birthday present, he played in various bands and at school performances. A teacher in the local school, who gave him guitar lessons, encouraged him. After high school CJ studied music in Falun and there at a party he met Mando Diao drummer

Samuel Giers Mando Diao is an alternative rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album ''Hurricane Bar''. Their main fan base is in Sweden, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan. Band members are Björn Di ...

who at once wanted him to become part of the band. CJ agreed and became a full-time musician instead of visiting one of the best music schools in Sweden where he had been accepted. CJ, an ardent vegetarian, who likes to cook and loves good wine, got on well with his new friends immediately. According to Gustaf Norén, he was accepted because he looked like John Lennon and played the guitar like Paul McCartney. In 2000, Mando Diao had the composition under which it became known: Gustaf Norén and Björn Dixgård playing the guitars and singing, Daniel Haglund on the keyboard, Carl-Johan Fogelklou on the bass, Samuel Giers on the drums. Daniel Haglund left the band in 2004 and was replaced by

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. Touring bars and small locations all over Sweden was soon followed by performances in Central Europe; the USA and Japan. Each of Mando Diao´s album releases became more successful; today they are one of Sweden´s best known bands. Mando Diao´s biggest success in their home country Sweden was achieved with the sixth studio album '' Infruset'', were ten poems of the Swedish poet

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were set to music in 2012. Carl-Johan Fogelklou first appearance as songwriter was made on Mando Diao´s album ''Good Times'' (2017), the first album released after the break-up with Gustaf Norén. In April 2018, he released the album '' The Story Of Life'' on Spotify, having founded a duo with Hanna Dahlberg Leuhusen: Hanna&CJ.

Discography

Mando Diao

*2002: '' Bring 'Em In'' *2004: ''

Hurricane Bar ''Hurricane Bar'' is the second album from the Sweden, Swedish band Mando Diao, released in 2004. The album was chosen as No. 92 of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. The tracks for the limited edition's bonus disc were reco ...

'' *2006: ''

Ode to Ochrasy ''Ode to Ochrasy'' is the third studio album by Mando Diao. The first single to be from the album was "Long Before Rock 'n' Roll"; the second was "Good Morning, Herr Horst". "The Wildfire (If It Was True)" appears in the video game ''NHL 08''. T ...

'' *2007: ''

Never Seen the Light of Day Never Seen the Light of Day is the fourth studio album by Swedish band Mando Diao. The album was produced by Björn Olsson and engineered by Patrik Heikinpieti. It was recorded in 2007 while the band were on an exhaustive tour of the world. Fro ...

'' *2009: ''

Give Me Fire! ''Give Me Fire!'' is the fifth studio album by Sweden, Swedish band Mando Diao, produced by Salla Salazar of hip hop group The Latin Kings (hip hop group), The Latin Kings and his brother Masse. The album was released in Sweden on 13 February 2009 ...

'' *2012: '' Infruset'' *2014: ''

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'' *2009: ''Good Times''

References

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