Demon Cleaner was a Swedish

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band formed in the late 1990s as an

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trio by Kimmo Holappa, Martin Stangefelt and

Daniel Lidén Karl Daniel Lidén is a Swedish drummer and music producer. He was the drummer for rock bands Dozer, Demon Cleaner and Greenleaf. He currently has a solo project called Vaka. Career Demon Cleaner Lidén was a founding member of Demon Cleane ...

. They named the band after a

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song. Daniel Söderholm joined as singer soon after and after a few split singles with

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they recorded their first full-length album, ''The Freeflight'', which was released in 2000. Söderholm left soon after the recording. Stangefelt took over vocals and Snicken and Ville Astrand joined the band. Daniel Jansson soon took over at bass from Astrand. Their second album ''Demon Cleaner'' was released in 2002. Daniel Lidén left after its release and the band broke up after a last tour with Mr Pillow on drums.Monolith
Interview with STONEWALL NOISE ORCHESTRA (Snicken and Pillow) After Demon Cleaner broke up Daniel Lidén joined

while Daniel Jansson and Snicken created Stonewall Noise Orchestra. Daniel Lidén and Daniel Jansson were also members of Greenleaf.

Members

Early members *Daniel Lidén – drums *Kimmo Holappa – guitar *Martin Stangefelt – bass, vocals *Daniel Söderholm – vocals, guitar (left after ''The Freeflight'') Later members *Daniel Jansson – bass on ''Demon Cleaner'' *Rickard "Snicken" Ny – guitar on ''Demon Cleaner'' *Ville Astrand – bass (live) *Mr Pillow – drums (live)

Discography

Split singles with Dozer * ''Demon Cleaner vs Dozer'' (1998) – Molten Universe (Single of the Week in the 707th issue of

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) * ''Hawaiian Cottage'' (1999) – Molten Universe * ''Domestic Dudes'' (1999) – Molten Universe Albums * ''The Freeflight'' (2000) – Molten Universe * ''Demon Cleaner'' (2002) – Molten Universe Compilations * ''A Fist Full of Freebird'' (1998) – Freebird Records * ''Welcome to MeteorCity'' (1998) –

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* ''Molten Universe Volume One'' – Molten Universe * ''Graven Images, a Tribute to the Misfits'' (1999) – Freebird Records * ''Molten Universe Volume Two'' – Molten Universe

References

External links

Review of Hawaiian Cottage - Highbeam

Review of Demon Cleaner - Stonerrock.com

Review of The Freeflight - CMJ online (amy sciarretto)

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