Sune Rose Wagner (born 24 July 1973,

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, guitarist, and

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, best known for playing in the

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The Raveonettes The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner on guitar, instruments and vocals, and Sharin Foo on bass, guitar and vocals. Their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Br ...

. In addition to his own bands, Wagner has produced, recorded, and mixed

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s by acts such as

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, and

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Biography

Wagner formed the group Western Front in Sønderborg in August 1989; by 1992, the band had relocated to

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and evolved into Psyched Up Janis,Psyched Up Janis Biography
,

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, retrieved 2012-06-12 with whom he recorded five albums. The band eventually moved to Brighton, and then to the

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, then split up in 1999 after playing a farewell

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at the Roskilde Festival. He had formed The Tremolo Beer Gut in 1998, and then formed his most successful band, The Raveonettes, with

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after settling in

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.Williamson, John (2003) "Adventurous style wins rave reviews; When Sune Rose Wagner started writing tracks for The Raveonettes, he had no band members and little to go on. Four years later, his originality has won an army of fans", ''

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'', 18 October 2003, p. 19, retrieved 2012-06-12 During 1999 to 2000, he also worked as an assistant for

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Søren Solkær Starbird. Wagner released his first (self-titled)

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in 2008 (also his first album sung in Danish), followed by live performances in 2009.Crawford, Matt (2009)
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, a reworking of Falch's song "Nu Rider Vi Stormen Af".Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (2010)
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Solo discography

Albums

*''Sune Rose Wagner'' (2008, Auditorium)

Singles

*"Hvad Der Sker" (2008, Auditorium) *"Nu Rider Vi Stormen Af" with

(2010, KrebsFalch) *"Ambush" (2018, Juvenile Delinquent Music) *"After All" (2018, Juvenile Delinquent Music)

Soundtrack appearances

*" When Will I Be Loved" (with Steen Jørgensen) and "Sleepwalk" on ''Songs for a Soundtrack - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Simon & Malou'' (2009,

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) *"Let My Baby Ride" and "

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" on ''Altered Carbon'' (2018, Lakeshore Records)

Production

*Dum Dum Girls, ''Only in Dreams'' LP (2011, Sub Pop) *Dum Dum Girls, ''He Gets Me High'' EP (2011, Sub Pop) *Dum Dum Girls, ''End of Daze'' EP (2012, Sub Pop) *Louise Burns, ''The Midnight Mass'' LP (2013,

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) *Crocodiles, ''Crimes of Passion'' LP (2013,

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) *Dum Dum Girls, ''Too True'' LP (2014, Sub Pop)

References

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