Genres Rock, punk Name Freddie Wadling Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Role Singer | Instruments Vocals, guitar Spouse Bella Wadling Years active 1970s – present | |
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Born August 2, 1951
Gothenburg, Sweden) ( 1951-08-02 ) Associated acts Liket Lever, Cortex, Straitjacket), Leather Nun, Blue for Two Albums En skiva till kaffet Music groups Fleshquartet (1988 – 1999) Awards Grammis Award for Folk/Singer-songwriter of the Year Similar People Henryk Lipp, Stefan Sundstrom, Totta Naslund, Plura Jonsson, Hakan Hellstrom Profiles | ||
Freddie wadling and helen sj holm i den stora sorgens famn
Berndt Arvid Freddie Wadling (2 August 1951 – 2 June 2016) was a Swedish singer and actor born in Gothenburg, whose over 30-year musical career extended from punk to classical ballads.
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- Freddie wadling and helen sj holm i den stora sorgens famn
- Frida snell freddie wadling flow my ashes
- In various bands
- In Blue for Two
- Solo career
- Death
- Albums
- References
Frida snell freddie wadling flow my ashes
In various bands
He played bass in a number of bands during the 1970s and early 1980s. One notable band was Liket Lever (which translates as The Corpse Lives). In the early 1980s, he joined the cult band Cortex. During this period Cortex released the album Spinal Injuries in 1981. The song "The Freaks" sung by Freddie Wadling became a signature song for him and was used in the soundtrack of Tjenare Kungen. He also played in Straitjacket and Leather Nun. He also got attention with being part of the Fleshquartet. Wadling was also featured in band Kingdom of Evol.
In Blue for Two
In the 1980s and 1990s, he was vocalist of the Swedish alternative pop/rock duo Blue for Two. The duo started in Gothenburg in 1984 with him on vocals and Henryk Lipp as songwriter and on synthesizers. The band became one of the main bands in the Swedish alternative scene in the 1980s. They had a string of albums including Blue for Two (1986), Songs from a Pale and Bitter Moon (1988), Search & Enjoy (1992), Earbound (1994) and Moments (1997). For their live performances, they were often accompanied by Sator guitarist Chips Kiesbye. Blue for Two made a comeback 2012 and released the album Tune the Piano and Hand Me a Razor that reached #18 on the Swedish Albums Chart.
Solo career
Freddie Wadling developed a prosperous solo career, releasing a great number of albums, he recorded songs by John Dowland with the Forge Players in 1998, and very notably the highly acclaimed En skiva till kaffet (1999) and Jag är monstret (2005). The latter also contains collaborations with Thomas Öberg, Per Gessle and Tomas Andersson Wij. He also recorded some soundtracks with Magne Furuholmen and Kjetil Bjerkestrand.
He was awarded the Cornelis Vreeswijk Prize in 2005.
He released With a Licence to Kill featuring James Bond-songs in 2011 that reached #12 on the Swedish Albums Chart, and 2016 he released Efter Regnet that reached #7 on the Swedish Albums Chart.
Death
Freddie Wadling died on 2 June 2016 at the age of 64. He died only a few days before he was due to travel to Gotland to participate in the TV4 show Så mycket bättre.