Outtrigger was a Swedish metal group from

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established by Timmy Andersson and Simon Peyron in 2009 when they were classmates. In 2010, three other members joined in, Joakim Agnemyr, Adam Axelsson and John Lofgren, making it a 5-piece band. Originally lead vocals was Oliver Buvac, until he left and lead vocals was taken over by co-founder Simon Peyron. The band played live concerts and in 2012 came second in the music competition Rockkarusellen and again second in 2013 in Popkorn, Skåne's largest music competition. The band's breakthrough came with a metal cover of

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's song "

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" the day after the song won the

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. In November 2013, it was announced that Outtriger was taking part in

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in a bid to represent Sweden in the

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.Rocknytt: Outtrigger och Ammotrack klare för Melodifestivalen
Singing their song "Echo" on February 15 preliminary semi-finals, they were given a Second Chance, with a duel against

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with Paparizou qualifying and Outtrigger failing to reach the Melodifestivalen final. In 2018 Adam, Outrigger's lead guitar has officially announced that the band is no longer active.

Members

*Simon Peyron - vocals (formerly also guitar) *Joakim Agnemyr - bass *Adam Axelsson - guitar *John Lofgren - drums ;Previous members *Oliver Buvac - vocals *Timmy Andersson - guitar

Discography

EPs

*2010: ''Untestified Revolution'' (EP) *2014: ''Echo'' (EP) *2014: ''The Last of Us''

Singles

References

External links

Official website
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