Whipped Cream was a
rock
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band from
Gothenburg,
Sweden, formed in 1989.
History
Whipped Cream formed in 1989 with an initial line-up of Elisabeth Punzi (vocals), Jörgen Cremonese (vocals, guitars), Jonas Sonesson (bass), and Lars Erik Grimelund (drums).
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Whipped Cream", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ] With a sound heavily influenced by late 1960s/early 1970s psychedelic rock, and gaining comparisons to
My Bloody Valentine,
[Whipped Cream]
, ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', Muze UK Ltd["Whipped Cream & Other Delights" (review), ''Lime Lizard'', October 1991, p. 53] they released their debut album, ''...and Other Delights'', in 1990.
The album was well received, and the band was invited to record a session for
John Peel's
BBC Radio 1
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show in 1991. The 1992 follow-up, ''Tune In the Century'', received widespread critical acclaim, with one Swedish reviewer calling it "a milestone in Swedish recording history",
and featured a
cover version
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of
Captain Beefheart's "Observatory Crest", which was issued as a single the same year.
The band's third album, the much more heavy-rock sounding ''Horse Mountain'' (1994), by now with Fredrik Sandsten (later of
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, often abbreviated T.S.O.O.L., was a Swedish rock band that formed in Gothenburg in 1995 and disbanded in 2012. The band's style draws heavily from sixties and seventies rock and punk, such as Rolling Stones and Igg ...
) on drums, was followed by a split in the band, with Sandsten and Sonesson leaving.
[Whipped Cream]
, ''MusicMight''
Cremonese and Punzi worked on a proposed 1996 album ''Possessed'', with musicians including
King Diamond
Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto ...
drummer Snowy Shaw,
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with Satan and the occult, Mercyful Fat ...
bassist Sharlee D'Angelo and keyboard player Charlie Storm, although the album was never recorded
Cremonese went on working as a producer and in several projects with musicians such as Michael Lohse of Atomic Swing. As the music business declined Cremoneses music he turned to do art and noise music without releasing anything of his own for a long time. The number of albums released with Cremonese on both electric and acoustic guitars and backing vocals is vast, and in all genres.
Hugely acclaimed Swedish acts as alternative Silverbullit and melodic metal act Beesech has Cremonese as guest guitarist on their albums and live.
Cremonese refused to return to the music industry but rumour says that he has worked for a few years in a solo project - Farmer In The City with influences from psychedelia, shoegaze and folk.
In 2016 Cremonese engineered and co-produced the comeback album of Kai Martin & Stick!
TAN TITEL the first professional band he joined at 19. The music is post-punk inspired and shows another side of Cremonese and his songwriting.
Also in 2016 Cremonese participated with mega-noise guitars on The Leather Nun live album.
Punzi later worked with
The Mole Session.
, ''Rockomondo''
Discography
Albums
*''...and Other Delights'' (1990) Snap/Chameleon
*''Tune in the Century'' (1992) Snap
*''Horse Mountain'' (1994) Snap
Singles, EPs
*"Come Together" (1991) Snap
*"Observatory Crest" (1992) Snap
*"Wait For a Minute" (1992) Snap
*"You and I" (1994) Snap
References
Swedish musical groups
Musical groups established in 1989
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