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formed by

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, now a member of The Raveonettes, Martin Bjerregaard, and Jakob Jørgensen.

Biography

Sune Wagner and Jakob Jørgensen played their first concert in Sønderborg under the name of Western Front, in 1989. They recorded their first

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entitled ''I Never Change'' in 1992. That year, the band moved to

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and Martin Bjerregaard joined the band to be a drummer. The trio went to

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to record the self-financed EP, ''I Died in my Teens''. The song by the same name made Single of the Week in

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Psyched up Janis recorded their debut full-length album ''Swell'' in

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with

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. In 1995 the band signed with British record company This Way Up/Universal. The year after, they moved to

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to pursue their career, but without much luck. They opened the largest stage at

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. Martin had just left the band, so

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's drummer was borrowed for the concert. In 1996 the band recorded the album ''Beats Me'' in England which was mixed at

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. Jesper "Yebo" Reginal from the band Thau became the new drummer. In 1998 Psyched Up Janis toured Denmark with the album ''Enter The Super Peppermint Lounge''. Sune played drums on the album himself. In 1999, after moving to the

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, they released the acoustic album ''The Quiet Album'' and played a "last concert" together at the 1999 Roskilde Festival. Some old demos were released that same year under the name ''Hi-Fi Low Life''. The band reformed, briefly in 2009 and again in 2014 playing live concerts and the

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. Jakob Jørgensen later formed the band Knallert. Yet later (in 2015) he played bass in Childrenn. Martin Bjerregaard toured and recorded with

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n punk-band The Saints and later joined the band Racetrack Babies. Sune has played with surf-band The Tremolo Beer Gut and occasionally with

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. In 2002 he presented his new band The Raveonettes with Sharin Foo.

Discography

*1994 ''Swell'' *1997 ''Beats Me'' *1998 ''Enter The Super Peppermint Lounge'' *1999 ''Hi-Fi Low Life'' *1999 ''The Quiet Album'' (Live)

EP

*1996 ''Where The Lights Won't Shine''

Singles

*1995 "I Died in My Teens" *1996 "Vanity" *1997 "Airhead"

References

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