Anders Lindström

Anders Carl Lindström, or Boba Fett, as he is often called (born 19 July 1969), is a Swedish rock musician most known for being the organist and pianist of the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters 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 award-winning debut album '' Supershitty to the Max!'' to play the organ and piano. After the departure of guitarist Dregen, vocalist and guitarist Nick Royale handled lead guitar while Lindström temporarily played rhythm guitar during the recording of '' Grande Rock'' before Robert Dahlqvist joined as their full-time guitarist. During the band's hiatus after the release of the album ''By the Grace of God'', 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 in the late 70s and early 80s. The duo also called in guest musicians such as Papa Dee, Magnus Carlson from the Weeping Willows, Mattias Bärjed 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, Backyard Babies, Millencolin, Weeping Willows, Randy 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 and the Atlantic salmon.Sportfiskarna - Ge fan i våra vatten
/ref> Recently Lindström worked with Weeping Willows front man Magnus Carlson 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'' - 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'' - 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 MySpaceOfficial Diamond Dogs MySpaceGe Fan i Våra Vatten websiteGe 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