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The Drowners (Swedish band)

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Active from
  
1993

Genre
  
Alternative/Indie

Albums
  
Muted to a Whisper, World Record Player, Cease To Be, Is There Something on Your Mind, Destroyer

Record labels
  
Listening-Post Music, Morphine Lane Records, Speech

Similar
  
Drowners, The Bear Quartet, Matthew Hitt, The Wannadies

'The Drowners' are a Swedish indie pop band active in the 1990s powerpop scene. They had a successful indie single with "Is there something on your mind" in 2000.

Contents

Members

  • Bass – Jonas Bergqvist
  • Drums – Andreas Persson
  • Guitar – Leif Rehnström, Mikael Sundqvist
  • Vocals, Piano – Magnus Vikström

    • Activity timeline

    July 1993: Band play their first gig (Trastockfestivalen Sweden).

    Jan 1996: First single "Teenager" Substantial airplay in Sweden.

    Feb 1996: First album "Destroyer" Released in Sweden, Brazil, most of Asia and Germany.

    May 1997: The single "Summer Break My Fall" is released to radio, and achieves chart placement in Aug, become their labels first charting record.

    Sep 1997: 2nd album "World Record Player" released in most of Europe.

    May 1998: First US gig in NYC.

    Dec 1998: Signs with Wind-up in NYC.

    Jun 1999: Move to LA and records an album with Producer Matt Hyde in Sound City Studios.

    Jun 2000: Is There Something On Your Mind? album featuring re-recorded versions of songs from the previous two albums is released in America and becomes new and active on Billboard.

    Oct 2002: "Muted to a Whisper" is released. Touring and festivals in USA.

    July 2007: "Cease to Be" is released on CDBaby!

    May 2008: Beautiful Escape: The Songs of The Posies Revisited is released including a track from The Drowners.

    Dec 2008: X-mas single "My Candle" is released on bands original Swedish Label.

    Discography

  • Happy New Year (single-09) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • My Candle (single-08) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • Beautiful Escape (tribute-08) Burning Sky Records (USA)
  • Cease To Be (album-07) Listening Post (USA)
  • Cease To Be Japan Version (album-07) 1977 Records (JAPAN)
  • Muted To A Whisper USA Version (album-03) Listening Post (USA)
  • Muted To A Whisper (album-02) Morphine Lane Records (SWE)
  • Best Of Beginnings (single-02) Morphine Lane Records (SWE)
  • He Was Fab (tribute-02) Jealousy Records (USA)
  • Jennifer (single-02) Morphine Lane Records (SWE)
  • On The Radio (single-01) Morphine Lane Records (SWE)
  • 'Think Of Me': Boys & Girls (soundtrack-00) Ark 21 Records (USA)
  • Is There Something On Your Mind? (album-00) Wind Up Records (USA)
  • Is There Something On Your Mind? (single-00) Wind Up Records (USA)
  • What Comes Naturally (single-98) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • Going For Gold (compilation-97) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • 'Fake R&R Personality' : Välkommen Till Festen (soundtrack-97) Startracks (SWE)
  • Fake R&R Personality (single-97) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • World Record Player (album-97) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • Summer Break My Fall (single-97) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • '21' : West Side United (compilation-97) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • Bumperstar (single-96) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • 'Upside' : Give Ear (compilation-96) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • Stupid Way (single-96) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • Destroyer (album-96) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • Teenager (single-96) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • 'That Door' : The 23 Enigma (compilation-95) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)
  • 'Destroyer' : Were All Part Of A Family (compilation-94) A West Side Fabrication (SWE)

    • Songs

    Cigarette That Burns Forever2014
    Is There Something on Your Mind1997
    Think of meBoys and Girls · 2000

    References

    The Drowners (Swedish band) Wikipedia
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