Kee Marcello's K2 is a Swedish

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band that was originally the solo project of former

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guitarist

Kee Marcello Kee Marcello (born Kjell Hilding Lövbom; 20 February 1960) is a Swedish guitarist and vocalist, best known as the former guitarist in the hard rock bands Europe and Easy Action. He has also pursued a solo career. Career Throughout the yea ...

. The other members were bassist Klatuu (later revealed as an alias for Kee Marcello) and former

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drummer

Snowy Shaw Snowy Shaw (born Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson; 25 July 1968) is a Swedish musician based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, Il ...

. The first album, ''

Melon Demon Divine ''Melon Demon Divine'' is the second solo album by Kee Marcello, the former guitarist in the Swedish hard rock band Europe. Track listing # "Pre-Fix" – 0:29 # "E.M.D." – 4:37 # "Enemies" – 4:32 # "Blood" – 4:56 # "Epic" – 4:36 # "Raptor ...

'', was released on

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in 2004. From the first tour Ken Sandin, former bass player of Alien and Transport League, joined the band 10 years ago. In 2009, drummer

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(from

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Yngwie Malmsteen Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, on 30 June 1963) is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal, neoclassical playing style in heavy metal music, heavy metal, and has ...

and

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), and Marco Mendoza (from

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and

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) joined the band for their first European tour with this lineup. A new album is said to be released in the first quarter of 2010.

Discography

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'' (2004)

External links

Kee Marcello's official website
Swedish hard rock musical groups {{Sweden-band-stub