Sällskapet is a Swedish rock band formed by

Pelle Ossler Pelle Ossler (born 1962 in Bjuv) is a Swedish rock musician and singer, most known for his collaboration with Joakim Thåström, both on Thåström's solo releases and their industrial project Sällskapet. Recording career Ossler was the guit ...

Joakim Thåström Sven Joakim Eriksson Thåström (born 20 March 1957), better known as Thåström, is a Swedish singer and songwriter, mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet. He has moved between a number of genres, from punk to rock, industrial and ...

and

Niklas Hellberg Niklas Hellberg (born 1964) is a Swedish musician and producer, most known for his collaborations with punk rocker Thåström. Biography Hellberg was during the late 1980s a member of the post-punk band All That Jazz until its breakup in 1990. ...

History

Sällskapet is a Swedish electronic post- industrial rock band that appeared in 2007 and is headed by the rock legend Thåström. Other band members include Pelle Ossler and Niklas Hellberg. The band existed as a secret hobby band for three years before appearing publicly in 2007 with the release of their first, self-titled, album. The album contained ten songs and a bonus DVD with music videos for five songs and the bonus track "Nattportiern". Sällskapets music is described as

industrial Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city dominate ...

dystopian A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493). ...

and with

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influences. Jan Gradvall of Dagens Industri described it as what

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

would have sounded like if it would have its roots in

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instead of Memphis. Half the songs are completely instrumental. On 10 April 2013, the band released their new album ''Nowy Port''.

Band members

– lead vocals, guitar *

– keyboards, synthesizers, programming, sound effects, loops,

scrap Scrap consists of Recycling, recyclable materials, usually metals, left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials. Unlike waste, scrap Waste valorization, has monetary ...

– electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

* Susanna Bergströ
Sällskapet – Hellberg, Ossler, Thåström
dagensarbete.se Retrieved: 2009-08-04 * Fredrik Welande
En livboj av cement, pt. III
dagensskiva.com Retrieved: 2009-08-04 * Göran Holmqvis
Ossler och Thåström har ett sällskap ihop
hd.se Retrieved: 2009-08-04 * Maria K. Broma
Thåströms nya band släpper cd
expressen.se Retrieved: 2009-08-04 * Lasse Frac
Omslaget mest spännande i Sällskapet
fria.nu Retrieved: 2009-08-04 * David Borgeriu
Thåström släpper nytt - i gott sällskap
tv4.se Retrieved: 2009-08-04

References

External links

Official Homepage

MySpace
(not active) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sallskapet Swedish musical groups