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The Hellacopters are a
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, active between 1994 and 2008 and again since 2016. The band was formed by vocalist and guitarist Nicke Andersson, guitarist Dregen, bassist
Kenny Håkansson Kenny Håkansson is a Swedish musician, best known as the bassist for the Hellacopters. The Hellacopters were founded by Håkansson's childhood friend Nicke Andersson as a side project to his role as a drummer in the heavy metal band Entombed. ...
and drummer Robban Eriksson, later
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Anders Lindström Anders Lindström, or Boba Fett, as he is often called, is a Swedish rock musician most known for being the organist and pianist of the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters and co-founder and guitarist of The Diamond Dogs. Life and career Lindstr ...
joined the band. In 1997 guitarist Dregen left the band in order to focus fully on his other band
The Backyard Babies Backyard Babies are a Swedish rock band originally from Nässjö and currently based in Stockholm. The band was formed in 1989 and over the years they have released seven studio albums and won two Swedish Grammy Awards. They are largely attr ...
, the band quickly recruited Danne Andersson and later Mattias Hellberg as temporary replacements in order to complete the band's European and American tour. After recording the band's third album
Robert Dahlqvist Robert Dahlqvist (16 April 1976 – 1 February 2017) was a Swedish guitarist and vocalist best known for his nine-year tenure with the rock band The Hellacopters. He was also the lead singer and lead guitarist for Dundertåget (first known as Thu ...
was hired as a full-time replacement for Dregen and solidified the band's line up. Besides recording prolifically with seven studio albums, six Ep's, two compilations of rarities and non album material as well as numerous other releases and collaborations the band's members have been active in various other side projects.


Cold Ethyl

Cold Ethyl was formed during ''The Tour Before the Fall'' by Nicke Andersson along with Thomas Eriksson, Tobias Egge and Dolf De Borst from
The Datsuns The Datsuns are a hard rock band from Cambridge, New Zealand, formed in 1998. Founding mainstays are Rudolf "Dolf" de Borst on vocals and bass guitar, and Christian Livingstone and Phil Somervell, both on guitar. They have released seven albu ...
who opened up for The Hellacopters during the last leg of the tour. The band claims to have no interest in recording or releasing any original material and considers itself to be more of a house band than a recording and touring band. The band played their first show at Debaser
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January 30, 2009, with set consisting mostly of 1970s rock songs. ;Members: *Nicke Andersson - lead vocals, guitar *Tobias Egge - lead vocals, guitar *Dolf De Borst - lead vocals, bass *Thomas Eriksson - drums


Daemon

Daemon was formed by Anders Lundemark of the
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Konkhra Konkhra is a Danish death metal/extreme metal band formed in Køge in 1989. History Konkhra is an extreme metal band from Denmark who blend death metal, groove metal, mid-tempo, and thrash. They are often compared to Machine Head, Entombed, ...
and Nicke Andersson and released their debut album ''Seven Deadly Sins'' in 1996.Daemon - "Seven Deadly Sins" (1996)
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The album was a
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with one song based around the theme of each sins and an eight instrumental song called "Eight Sin" and part of the film
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incorporated into the music. After the release of the band's debut album Andersson left the band to focus fully on The Hellacopters and Entombed which he at that point was still a member in. Since the band has released two more album, ''The Second Coming'' in 1999 and ''Eye for an Eye'' in 2002. ;Members *Anders Lundmark - vocals, guitar *Thomas Fagerlind - bass *Gene Hoglan - drums ;Former members *Nicke Andersson - drums *Frank Hellmet - drums


Death Breath

Death Breath was formed in 2005 by Nicke Andersson and Robert Pehrsson, the band plays what they consider to be old school death metal without modern elements such as
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and seven string guitars. Soon after the band was put together enough material to fill three albums was written, along with Jörgen Sandström, Fred Estby and other friends the band started recording material. The band released a self-titled 7" single in 2006 which was followed by their debut album '' Stinking Up the Night'' the same year and the Ep '' Let It Stink'' the following year. ;Members *Nicke Andersson - drums, guitar, bass *Robert Pehrsson - vocals, guitar ;Other contributors *Fred Estby - vocals *Jörgern Sandström - vocals *Erik Sahlström - vocals *Scott Carlsson - vocals, bass *Erik Wallin - guitar *Mange Hedqvist - bass


Dundertåget Dundertåget, originally known as Thunder Express, was a Swedish rock band formed in 2004 by Robert Dahlqvist. They released a total of four albums before disbanding in 2011. History The band was formed by Dahlqvist in 2004 as a side project to ...

Dunder Tåget was originally formed in 2004 under the name Thunder Express taken from an
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song.Thunder Express - We Play for Pleasure
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The band released two records under that name before changing their name to Dunder Tåget, a rough Swedish translation of Thunder Express. With the help of Swedish singer/songwriter
Stefan Sundström Stefan Sundström is a Swedish singer/songwriter and troubadour. After dropping out of school, he started playing in small bands such as Trots, Läppstars and Apache, which later went on to become Weeping Willows. Sundström's music often refers ...
who wrote the majority of the Swedish lyrics the band released their debut album ''Skaffa Ny Frisyr'' in 2009.Karin Larsso
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April 21, 2010 the band will release their second album ''Dom Feta Åren är Förbi''. ;Members: *Robert Dahlqvist - lead vocals, guitar *Robert Pehrsson - backing vocals, guitar *Jens Lagergren - bass *Jesper karlsson - drums ;Other contributors: *Stefan Sundström - songwriting * Mattias Hellberg - harmonica


Kurt-Sunes med Helveteshundarna

Kurt-Sunes med Helveteshundarna (Kurt-Sunes with the hell hounds) was formed by Nicke Andersson and Johan Johansson from
The Diamond Dogs The Diamond Dogs was a Swedish rock band founded in Katrineholm during the early 1990s, by vocalist Sören 'Sulo' Karlsson and guitarist Anders 'Boba' Lindström. History The line-up has changed several times throughout the band's career and ...
, KSMB and Strindbergs. The band's first and so far only release came in 2004 with the single "(Komma Ut Ur Matchen) NU!", a Swedish version of the '' Supershitty to the Max!'' opening track "(Gotta Get Some Action) NOW". A newly recorded version with new lyrics of the KSMB's song "8 PM" was also included as a b-side to the single. ;Members: *Nicke Andersson - vocals, guitar * Johan Johansson - vocals, bass, drums ;Other contributors: * Sulo - vocals *Dregen - guitar *Anders Lindström - piano *Stefan Björk - bass *Peter Ampull - guitar *Lutten - drums


Supershit 666 Supershit 666 or Super$hit 666 were a European rock supergroup consisting of Ginger from The Wildhearts on vocals and guitar, Nicke Andersson from the Hellacopters on vocals and drums, Dregen from the Backyard Babies on vocals and guitar, and Swed ...

Supershit 666 was a short-lived
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formed by Dregen and Nicke Andersson from The Hellacopters, along with
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Thomas Skogsberg and David "Ginger" Walls from The Wildhearts. The group's only release was their self-titled EP from 1999. While Dregen has expressed interest in recording with the group again, no new material has been written since the EP was released. ;Members: *Ginger - vocals, guitar *Dregen - guitar *Thomas Skogsberg - bass *Nicke Andersson - drums


The Bitter Twins The Bitter Twins is a Swedish rock band composed of Sören 'Sulo' Karlsson and Anders 'Boba' Lindström, the duo released their debut album ''Global Panic!'' in 2009. History Karlsson and Lindström had been long time friends and collaborator ...

The Bitter Twins was formed by Anders Lindström and Sören "Sulo" Karlsson in 2007. The two had previously played together in
The Diamond Dogs The Diamond Dogs was a Swedish rock band founded in Katrineholm during the early 1990s, by vocalist Sören 'Sulo' Karlsson and guitarist Anders 'Boba' Lindström. History The line-up has changed several times throughout the band's career and ...
which Lindström left in 1996 to join The Hellacopters. The original idea for the band was to play the depressive type of rock the two started playing twenty years earlier, but the direction of the music changed to a sound more inspired by The Clash circa 1978 to 1982. The two have also enlisted the help of other high profiled musicians such as Papa Dee, Anders Hernestam, Stefan Björk,
Mattias Bärjed Tore Mattias Bärjed (born 21 May 1973) is a Swedish musician, songwriter and music composer. Between 1997–2012 he was a guitarist for The Soundtrack of Our Lives, co-writing many of their songs, such as "Sister Surround", "Bigtime" and "Second ...
, Brian Robertson and Nicke Andersson to record their debut album ''Global Panic''. ;Members: *Sören " Sulo" Karlsson - vocals *Anders Lindström - guitar, keyboard ;Other contributors *
Papa Dee David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren (born 13 July 1966), better known by the stage name Papa Dee, is a Sweden, Swedish Rapping, rapper. His most commercially successful track is his version of the Cat Stevens song "The First Cut Is the Deepest#Papa ...
- toasting *Nicke Andersson - lead guitar, vocals * Brian Robertson - lead guitar * Stefan Björk - bass *Robert Eriksson - , drums *
Magnus Carlson Magnus Carlson (born 3 August 1968) is a Swedish singer, composer, songwriter, DJ, and record collector. After playing in various cover bands in the nineties he formed the indie group, Weeping Willows. Their 1997 debut album was an instant succ ...
- backing vocals * Ola Nyström - slide guitar *
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- horns * Henrik Widén - moog * Anders Härnestam - drums *Micke Borg - guitar


The Hydromatics The Hydromatics is an American garage rock supergroup formed by Nick Royale, Scott Morgan and Tony Slug as side project to their main bands. History The Hydromatics was formed Nick Royale from The Hellacopters and Tony Slug from Amsterdam pun ...

The Hydromatics was formed by Nicke Andersson and Tony Slug of Amsterdam punk band Nitwitz, the two had long planned to record a number of Sonic's Rendezvous Band covers. During The Hellacopters second visit to Detroit the duo got in contact with original Sonic's Rendezvous Band vocalist Scott Morgan, who accepted the invitation to record with the group. in 1999 the three meet up in Amsterdam and along with Theo Brouwer the group recorded their debut album ''Part Unknown'' and toured through Europe which resulted in the six track live album ''Fluid Drive''. After the tour Andersson left the band due to his commitments with The Hellacopters, the band however has continued to occasionally record and tour to this day. ;Members: *Scott Morgan - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica *Tony Slug - guitar *Ries Doms - drums *Theo Brouwer - bass guitar *Kent Steedman - guitar ;Previous members: *Nicke Andersson - drums, percussion, backing vocals *Laurent Ciron - bass guitar *Andy Frost - drums


The Solution

The Solution was after Nicke Anderssons departure from The Hydromatics, Andersson and Scott Morgan kept in touch and in 2004 Morgan traveled to Sweden to record the debut album of Soulmover, during the recording the name was however changed to The Solution. The band's debut album '' Communicate!'' was released the same year and contained original material written by both Morgan and Andersson as well as covers from Curtis Mayfield, Tony Joe White. The follow-up was released in 2007 and besides original work contained covers of Albert King, Staple Singers and Loretta Lynn. ;Members: *Scott Morgan - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica *Nicke Andersson - drums, percussion, guitar, backing vocals *Henke "The Duke of Honk" Wilden - piano, organ *Jim Heneghan - bass guitar * Mattias Hellberg - rhythm guitar, lead guitar *Linn Segolson - backing vocals *Clarisse Muvemba - backing vocals *Cecilia Gärding - backing vocals *Jennifer Strömberg - backing vocals *Linnea Sporre - backing vocals *Gustav Bendt - saxophone *Emil Strandberg - trumpet ;Other contributors: *Robert Dahlqvist - lead guitar on ''Soulmover''


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Thunder Express was started as a side project by Robert Dahlqvist along with Robert Pehrsson, Jens Langren and Jesper Karlsson. The band describes their music as inspired by The Rolling Stones, Cheap Trick, The Faces and early material from ZZ Top. The band released their debut album ''We Play for Pleasure'' in 2004, which was followed up with ''Republic Disgrace'' in 2007. While Dahlqvist still was playing with The Hellacopters he considered Thunder Express to be a side project, after the breakup of The Hellacopters the Swedish language incarnation of the band - Dunder Tåget - to be his main focus. ;Members: *
Robert Dahlqvist Robert Dahlqvist (16 April 1976 – 1 February 2017) was a Swedish guitarist and vocalist best known for his nine-year tenure with the rock band The Hellacopters. He was also the lead singer and lead guitarist for Dundertåget (first known as Thu ...
- guitar and vocals *Robert Pehrsson - guitar and harmonies *Jens Lagergren - bass *Jesper Karlsson - drums ;Other contributors; * Ebbot Lundberg - songwriting * Nathan Larson - songwriting *Kenny Håkansson - songwriting *Anders Osborne - songwriting * Martin Hederos - piano, organ *Henrik Widen - piano *Magnus Jonsson - trumpet *Mattias Hellberg - harmonica *
Jaqee Jaqueline Nakiri Nalubale (born 1977), also known as Jaqee, is a musician born in Kampala, Uganda. In 1990, she immigrated to Sweden, where she began her musical career. She describes herself as a "musical chameleon", having no single musical sty ...
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Tramp

Tramp was formed by Robban Eriksson along with members from Swedish rock bands Henry Fiats Open Sore and Captain Murphy. The currently unsigned band describes their music as more dramatic than The Hellacopters and more similar to the early works of Alice Cooper.


Urrke T & the Midlife Crisis

Urrke T & the Midlife Crisis is a semiactive punkband formed by Robban Eriksson and Dregen along with Urrke T from Maryslim and Måns P Månsson from the Maggots. The band released a three-song single in 2004 consisting of covers of old punk songs. The single was followed up in 2007 with a 7" vinyl single with another set of punk covers. ;Members: *Urrke T - vocals, bass *Dregen - guitar, backing vocals *Robban Eriksson - drums *Måns P Månsson - guitar


Wild Kings

Wild Kings was formed in 2003 as part of a tribute show held by the record company Wild Kingdom for the Swedish rock band The Nomads. The band has since become that house band consisting of Robban Eriksson,
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Chips Kiesbye Chips Kiesbye is the guitarist and vocalist for the Swedish rock band Sator formed in the late 1980s in Borlänge. Kiesbye is also successful music producer and has worked with several of Sweden's most successful rock bands and artists such as ...
and a revolving line up of other members.Chips Kiesbye interview
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;Members: *Chips Kiesbye - vocals, guitar *Robban Eriksson - drums ;Other contributors: *Nicke Andersson - vocals guitar *Dregen - vocals, guitar *Maria Andersson - vocals, guitar *
Pelle Almqvist Per "Pelle" Almqvist (born 29 May 1978), also known as Howlin' Pelle Almqvist, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer of garage rock band The Hives. Biography Almqvist was born to a doctor father and a teacher mother. Almq ...
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