Factory was a band from

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, active between 1978 and 1982, scoring chart successes in Sweden during the late 1970s and 1980s.Swedish album chart
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'' 1978. The single was followed up by the album ''

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''. The band toured the

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in the late 1970s and early 1980s and also released the 1980 album '' Factory II''. After Factory broke up, bassist Siewertson joined the Swedish hair metal band Treat and played on their early albums before leaving in 1989. During the 1990s, the band was reunited temporary touring with, among others,

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, Attack and

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Members

* Mats Carinder, vocals * Ted Leinsköld, guitar * Lars-Olof Larsson, keyboard * Ken Siewertson, bass * Mats Söderberg, drums

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1979) * '' Factory II'' (1980)

Compilation albums

* ''

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'' (1989)

Singles

* '' Lumpna funderingar'' (1978) * ''

'' (1978) * '' Kuddsnack'' (1979) * ''Face to Face'' (1981) * ''Jag ställer inte upp'' (1981) * ''Hårt mot hårt'' (1982) * ''

Ooa hela natten "Ooa hela natten" is a song written by Åke Eriksson and Björn Uhr. It was recorded, and released as a single in 1981, by Swedish pop group Attack. The song is also on the album '' Rätt stuk'', released the same year. The song was written in ...

'' (with Attack och Magnum Bonum) (1992)

Maxisingles 12"

* ''

'' (1989)

References

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