Teddybears (formerly Teddybears STHLM) are a Swedish

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band formed in 1991, known for mixing pop,

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History

Teddybears began as a grindcore group called Skull. As for the name Teddybears, Joakim Åhlund says, "If you're familiar with the Swedish or Norwegian black metal scene, you know back then every band was called things like 'Corpse Grinder From Hell'. So we called ourselves the Teddybears as an 'anti' thing. We were the hardest rocking

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in Sweden and we're calling ourselves the Teddybears." The band members started to wear large bear masks in album art and promotional photographs sometime after 2006; before that, they appeared in concert and on photos without disguises. The band initially consisted of Patrik Arve and brothers Joakim and Klas Åhlund, before drummer Olsson joined them. They released their debut album '' You Are Teddybears'' in 1993, and their second album, titled '' I Can't Believe It's Teddybears STHLM'' followed in 1996. Their third album ''

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'' came out in 2000 and consisted of electronic elements, which were a departure from the band's previous

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sound. A fourth album, ''

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'', was released in 2005 and included the singles " Cobrastyle" and " Hey Boy". Joakim Åhlund is also the

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ist and songwriter for the band Caesars, who are best known for their hit single " Jerk It Out". Klas Åhlund has produced most of the Caesars' albums and also produced

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's 2005 self-titled album. The two brothers also direct television adverts and music videos. Their song "Cobrastyle" is featured on the soundtrack of the ''

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'' as well. A part from their song "Move Over", from the album ''

'', was used in the 2004 video game ''

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'' as the main menu music. In a recent commercial, Intel had used a sample of the band's song "Different Sound", to promote their new

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used the track "Ahead of My Time" in their 'Downtime' TV advertisement. Their song "Devil's Music" was featured in the 2010 video game '' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit''. Their song "Next to You" an early version of the song, "Get Fresh With You" without vocalist

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was featured on the soundtrack for ''

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Season 3 Episode 4, "The Mole". They also made a remix of "

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. They have signed to Atlantic Records and Big Beat/Atlantic Records released their first North American album, '' Soft Machine'' on 12 September 2006, under the shortened moniker Teddybears. The album includes appearances from Iggy Pop, Annie,

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, and Neneh Cherry. In an interview with Scandinavian news agency TT Spectra, Joakim Åhlund states that he is working on a new Teddybears album. Two tracks are already recorded with rapper

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and Coco Sumner, the daughter of Sting. He explained that the album would be a party album but one track would be more political and criticize the American religious right. In the summer of 2009, they released the track "Get Mama a House" as part of the advertising campaign for a Swedish real estate company. The album ''

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's sponsor party in the upcoming neighborhood of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The band played "Ahead of My Time" and "Punkrocker" while distributing Vans shoes and socks to the audience. In September 2018, Teddybears played a hometown show with Rodrigo "Rodde" Pencheff from

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Members

* Patrik Arve – vocals, synthesizer, vocoder, bass, programming, percussion, keyboards * Joakim Åhlund – bass guitar, programming, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals, guitar *

Klas Åhlund Klas Frans Åhlund (born 11 April 1972) is a Swedish songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. He is the founding member of the Swedish rock band Teddybears. As a songwriter and producer, he has worked with artists such as Robyn, Sugababes, J ...

– guitar, bass, programming, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals

Former members

* Erik Olsson – drums, vibraphone * Glenn Sundell – drums

Discography

Albums

EPs

*''Women in Pain'' (1991) *''Extra Pleasure'' (1993) *''Step on It (We Are The Best!)'' (German release only) (1994) *''No More Michael Jackson'' (2011)

Singles

*"Purple Rain" (1995) *"Magic Finger" (1996) *"Kanzi" (1996) *"Ahead of My Time" featuring Daddy Boastin' (1999) *" Yours to Keep" featuring Paola (2000) *"Automatic Lover" (2000) *"Hiphopper" featuring

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(2000) *"Rock 'n' Roll Highschool" featuring Thomas Rusiak (2000) *" Cobrastyle" featuring

(2004, US release: 2006) *" Hey Boy" featuring Swing-Fly (2004) *"Little Stereo" featuring Daddy Boastin' (2005) *“Young, handsome, & fast” featuring Rigo and Rakel (2019) *" Punkrocker" featuring Iggy Pop (2006) *"Yours to Keep" featuring Neneh Cherry (2006) *"Get Mama A House" featuring B.o.B. (2009) *"Rocket Scientist" featuring

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(2010) *"No More Michael Jackson" (2011) *"Sunshine" featuring Malte Holmberg & Natalie Storm (2014) *"Shimmy Shimmy Style" (2014, re-released 2018 ft. Petite Meller) *"What's Your Problem?" featuring Baby Trish (2015) *"Broken Heartbeat" featuring Beenie Man (2015)

Guests

– '' Magic Villa'' (2000), appears on "Hiphopper" & "STHLM's Finest" *Daddy Boastin' – ''Efterlyst'' (2002), co-writers & producers of 4 tracks *

– ''

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'' (2006), co-writers & producers of "Cobrastyle" *Robyn – ''

'' (2007, international edition), co-writers & producers of "Cobrastyle"

Appearances

*"Different Sound (feat. Malte)" has been used in the following places: ** On the Sci Fi series '
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'' ** On an Intel Core Duo TV advertisement ** In the 2007 romantic comedy '' Music and Lyrics'' ** On episode 41 "The Mole" of ''

'' ** On episode 4.11 ("Everything In Its Right Place") of ''

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'' ** In the 2007 movie ''

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'' starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, and Katie Holmes *"Move Over" has been used in: ** The soundtrack of the 2004 video game ''

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'' (2007) ** A series of

commercials, Canada-Wide, spring 2009 ** The TV series ''

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'' season 1 episode 11 (2007) * Axe Dandruff commercial has "Hey Boy" playing in the club * "Rocket Scientist" has been used in: ** The opening scenes of episode " Moving the Chains" of '' House'' ** The 5th episode of the 3rd season of '' Breaking Bad'' during the strip club scene ** The 1st episode "A New Day" of the 3rd season of ''

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'' ** The trailer for the movie ''

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.'' * "Cobrastyle" has been used in: ** The trailer for the movie ''

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'' ** The trailer for the movie ''

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'' ** The 2006 film '' Employee of the Month'' ** The pilot episodes of ''

'' and ''

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'' ** The 2006 film "

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" ** The 2010 film " Diary of a Wimpy Kid (film)" ** The thirteenth episode of the first season of ''90210'' * "Devil's Music" in '' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit'' * "Get Fresh With You" in the second episode of the fourth season of ''90210'' * "Sunshine" has been used in: ** The third official theme song of '' SummerSlam 2014''. ** FIFA 15 Soundtrack featuring Natalie Storm ** The 2015 Peugeot 208 European commercial ** Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack ** The Royal Caribbean sponsorship idents for '' The Masked Singer UK''

Remixes

* Lisa Miskovsky — ''Still Alive'' (Teddybears Remix) * Marilyn Manson — ''

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'' (Teddybears Remix) * Daft Punk — ''Adagio for TRON'' (Teddybears Remix) * Bee Gees — ''

'' (Teddybears Remix)

References

External links

* Lars Lovén, AllMusicbr>Facebook
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