Anders Carl Lindström, or Boba Fett, as he is often called (born 19 July 1969), is a Swedish
rock
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musician most known for being the organist and pianist of the Swedish rock band
The Hellacopters
The Hellacopters are a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums). Andersson (sometimes known as Nic ...
and co-founder and guitarist of
The Diamond Dogs.
Life and career
Lindström founded The Diamond Dogs along with vocalist Sören 'Sulo' Karlsson in the early 1990s; Lindström was the band's guitarist and released four albums with the band. During this time he also worked as a recording engineer for various bands including some early Hellacopters recordings. Lindström later joined The Hellacopters after the band's
grammis
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award-winning debut album ''
Supershitty to the Max!'' to play the organ and piano. After the departure of guitarist
Dregen
Dregen (born Andreas Tyrone Svensson; 12 June 1973) is a Swedish musician best known as the guitarist of The Hellacopters, as well as Backyard Babies. As of March 2014, Dregen has also served as the newest member of Michael Monroe's solo band ...
, vocalist and guitarist
Nick Royale handled lead guitar while Lindström temporarily played rhythm guitar during the recording of ''
Grande Rock'' before
Robert Dahlqvist
Robert Dahlqvist (16 April 1976 – 1 February 2017) was a Swedish guitarist and vocalist best known for his nine-year tenure with the rock band The Hellacopters. He was also the lead singer and lead guitarist for Dundertåget (first known as Thu ...
joined as their full-time guitarist. During the band's hiatus after the release of the album ''
By the Grace of God
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'', Lindström rejoined his old band Diamond Dogs to record ''Black River Road'' in 2004.
In 2005, The Hellacopters returned with ''
Rock & Roll Is Dead'' which would become their last full-length album of their own material. Lindström also formed
The Bitter Twins along with former bandmate
Sulo to celebrate their 20th anniversary of playing music together. The initial idea was to play the depressive type of music they originally played 20 years ago, but the music sounded more like
The Clash
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in the late 70s and early 80s. The duo also called in guest musicians such as
Papa Dee
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, Magnus Carlson from the
Weeping Willows,
Mattias Bärjed
Tore Mattias Bärjed (born 21 May 1973) is a Swedish musician, songwriter and music composer. Between 1997–2012 he was a guitarist for The Soundtrack of Our Lives, co-writing many of their songs, such as "Sister Surround", "Bigtime" and "Sec ...
from
The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Stefan Björk formerly of
Wilmer X. In late 2007, The Hellacopters announced that they would be breaking up after the release of their cover album ''
Head Off'' and the following "Tour Before the Fall", which ended with four gigs in two days in late October 2008. After The Hellacopters' break-up Lindström worked with front man
Nicke Andersson's new band
Imperial State Electric.
Lindström is also a recreational fisher and together with bands such as
The Hives
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,
Backyard Babies
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They ...
,
Millencolin,
Weeping Willows,
Randy
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he and The Hellacopters contributed with music for the charity album ''Ge Fan i Våra Vatten'' to raise money to help save the
northern pike
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and the
Atlantic salmon
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.
Sportfiskarna - Ge fan i våra vatten
/ref> Recently Lindström worked with Weeping Willows front man Magnus Carlson
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on soundtracks for several Swedish film projects that have not yet been released.
Selected discography
*1993 ''Blue Eyes Shouldn't be Cryin'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar)
*1994 ''Honked'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar)
*1995 ''Good Time Girl'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar)
*1996 '' Supershitty to the Max!'' - The Hellacopters (lead guitar)
*1996 ''Smock'n Roll'' - Svart Snö
*1996 ''Hour of the Gate'' - Bloodstone (producer)
*1996 ''Need of Ammunition'' - The Diamond Dogs (guitar)
*1997 ''Necrophobic'' - Darkside (engineer)
*1997 ''Payin' the Dues
''Payin' the Dues'' is the second album released by the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters and their last studio album to feature original guitarist Dregen before his departure from the band to focus full-time on his other band Backyard Babies. ...
'' - The Hellacopters (guitar)
*1997 '' Vibrion'' - Closed Frontiers (engineer)
*1997 ''Knockouts!'' - Backyard Babies (producer)
*1997 '' Ridin' The Tiger'' - Gluecifer (recording engineer)
*1999 '' Grande Rock'' - The Hellacopters (guitar, keyboards, organ)
*2000 '' High Visibility'' - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ)
*2002 ''By the Grace of God
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'' - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ)
*2003 ''Adult World'' - Wayne Kramer (keyboards)
*2004 ''Black River Road'' - The Diamond Dogs (organ, keyboards, guitar)
*2005 '' Rock & Roll Is Dead'' - The Hellacopters (organ, keyboards)
*2008 '' Head Off'' - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ)
*2008 '' Communion'' - The Soundtrack of Our Lives (songwriting)
*2009 ''Global Panic'' - The Bitter Twins (guitar, organ, backing vocals)
*2010 '' Imperial State Electric'' - Imperial State Electric (guitar, keyboards)
*2010 ''The Gloria Story'' - Ohno (production)
*2010 '' En plats i solen'' - Kent (backing vocals)
*2010 ''Death Metal'' - Dismember (drum recording)
*(TBA) Upcoming live album - The Hellacopters (keyboards, organ, percussion)
References
External links
Official Hellacopters website
Official Hellacopters MySpace
Official Diamond Dogs MySpace
Ge Fan i Våra Vatten website
Ge Fan i Våra Vatten MySpace
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1969 births
Living people
Swedish keyboardists
Swedish guitarists
Swedish male guitarists
The Hellacopters members
Diamond Dogs (band) members
Swedish male musicians
The Bitter Twins members