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Swedish
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synthpop band during the 1980s.
History
Fake was formed when two Swedish musicians, Erik Strömblad and
Stefan Bogstedt
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, founded their own band, then called Size 46, in 1977. The band grew over the next few years, with metal drummer Stefan Sverin and singers Tony Wilhelmsson and Ulrika Örn being added to the lineup, and with more
synthesizers added to their
rock music
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sound. Stefan Sverin moved on as a session drummer for various acts such as American actor Cliff Taylor and Claes Muncktell from Dave and the Mistakes. He has since gave up drumming and is now working as an Art Director in Stockholm.
The group's second single, "Donna Rouge", was a major hit in
Italy
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and the remix became a disco classic. The band performed on the ''
Discoring
''Discoring'' was a music show broadcast by Rai 1 from 1977 to 1989, created by Gianni Boncompagni, aired mainly on Sunday. The program could be considered analogous to the English show ''Top of the Pops''.
History
The first episode was broadc ...
'' television show in 1985 and
Festivalbar
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in 1985. An album, ''New Art'', was released in 1984. Another single, "Brick", was released a year later and was also a big success internationally, reaching #1 in Italy and #6 in
France
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.
After the recording of "Brick", the band split up, but in 2001, plans were made for a reformation.
Discography
Album
*''New Art'' (1984)
Singles
*"Dreamgirl"/"Warlord" (1981)
*"Donna Rouge" (1983)
*"Right" (1984)
*"Memories of Pan"/"Frogs in Spain" (1984)
*"Arabian Toys" (1984)
*"Brick" (1985)
References
External links
Video clip of "Another Brick" 1985 (YouTube)Fake unofficial site
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Swedish new wave musical groups
Swedish electronic music groups