Swan Lee is a Danish
band
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featuring
Pernille Rosendahl
Pernille Rosendahl (born 22 March 1972) is a Danish singer, who besides her solo career was lead singer of the Danish band Swan Lee and now is lead vocalist for the Danish rock band The Storm.
Rosendahl was born in Aalborg and started music a ...
on vocals. It was formed in 1996 by Rosendahl with guitarist Jonas Struck, drummer Emil Jørgensen and keyboardist
Tim Christensen
Tim Christensen (born 2 July 1974 in Copenhagen) is a Danish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is known both as the singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Danish alternative rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy (1988–1998, 2010, 2014–cu ...
, who was her boyfriend at the time.
[Elsnab, Peter (2000)]
"Guldfuglen er landet på begge fødder"
(Golden bird has landed on both feet). '' GAFFA'', 2000(10), 19–20. [Tuxen, Henrik (1999)]
"Fremadpegende retrohjerte"
(Progressive retro heart). '' GAFFA'', 1999(11), 4. The name was taken from a
Syd Barrett song.
History
Early years
Although Christensen was enjoying great successes as frontman of the band
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy is an alternative rock band from Denmark formed in 1988. The power trio consists of Tim Christensen (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Martin Nielsen (bass guitar) and Søren Friis (drums). Between 1994 and 1997, they were highly su ...
at the time, struggles surrounding the recording of their 1996 album ''
Rotator'' caused him to turn to Rosendahl in and out of the studio.
[Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (6 November 2015)]
"Grundig Dizzy Mizz Lizzy-biografi byder på flere afsløringer"
(Thorough Dizzy Mizz Lizzy biography offers more insights). '' GAFFA''. Although Rosendahl was a major support for him during this time, his absence also further added to the crisis and caused Christensen to become increasingly estranged from the other two band members, who even went as far as labeling the couple as "John and Yoko", referring to the supposed detrimental influence of
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono ( ; ja, 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.
Ono grew up i ...
on
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
that contributed to the
break-up of the Beatles
From August 1962 to September 1969, the Beatles had a lineup that consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their break-up was a cumulative process attributed to numerous factors. These include the strain of the ...
.
When Dizzy Mizz Lizzy ultimately broke up in 1998, Christensen became even more introverted, and his crisis was too much for Rosendahl to handle,
[Kentorp, Maria (25 April 2016)]
"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Den lille løgn med den lange hale er tilbage"
'' Børsen Pleasure''. resulting in the couple to break up after five years and causing Christensen to depart the band in 1999.
Enter (2001)
The remaining trio renamed the band Swan Lee, and bassist Frederik Damsgaard joined the group.
An entire album was recorded with Cannibal Records, but never released because of musical differences with the record label director Kim Hyttel, followed by lawsuits. Other record companies rejected them seeing a potential only in Rosendahl.
The band eventually decided to establish their own record label, named GoGo Records, and in February 2001 released their debut album ''Enter'', which sold 20,000 copies and peaked at position 27 in the Danish charts.
Christensen, who had also
produced Rosendahl's 1997 demo ''Dream Away'', wrote
arrangements for and played several instruments on some of Swan Lee's early songs.
"Tomorrow Never Dies"
Christensen and Rosendahl entered into the
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...
''
Tomorrow Never Dies soundtrack'' contest by co-writing a song of the same name.
Their submission was rejected,
in favour of the song submitted by
Sheryl Crow. The song "Tomorrow Never Dies" that was previously submitted to the contest, was released as a single. ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' was featured in Danish
IO Interactive
IO Interactive A/S (IOI) is a Danish video game developer based in Copenhagen, best known for creating and developing the ''Hitman'' and '' Kane and Lynch'' franchises. IO Interactive's most recent game is '' Hitman 3'', which was released in J ...
's videogame ''
Hitman: Blood Money''.
Swan Lee (2004)
In 2004, the band released the self-titled ''Swan Lee'', which reached number one in the charts.
The single "I Don't Mind" peaked at position three.
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Disbanding
Swan Lee disbanded in September 2005.
Discography
Albums
Single
References
External links
Swan Lee websiteGogo Records website
Danish musical groups
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