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Formed by guitarist Peter Svensson and bassist Magnus Sveningsson after the duo had done time in a number of different heavy metal bands, The Cardigans have the honour of keeping their original line-up together for their entire, almost two and a half decades long history. Svensson and Sveningsson recruited drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson, and soon after coming together, all five members moved into the same small apartment together to work on their first demo tape. Once it was completed, they started sending it out to labels, where it was chanced upon by Ola Hermanson, an A&R man who signed them to his label imprint Trampolene.
The band's debut album “Emmerdale” (named after a British soap opera), was released in their home country in February 1994, and did healthy business, containing a big radio hit in the form of the single “Rise & Shine”. However, the band wouldn't taste genuine success until they released the album's follow up record “Life” in 1995. It was a huge hit in both Europe and Japan, where it was a platinum selling success, and secured them a major label record deal with Mercury Records. They had the perfect set-up to become a huge deal all over the world, and capitalised on that potential perfectly with their third album “First Band On The Moon”.
Powered by the success of the worldwide hit single “Lovefool”, the record was another Platinum certified hit in Japan and was certified Gold in the United States as well. Ever since then, the band have remained the premier Swedish act of their generation, respected and revered even through their periods of time spent on hiatus. For bringing the world some of the most unashamedly glorious pop songs of the 1990's and beyond, The Cardigans come highly recommended.
Live reviews
The Cardigans are a classic nineties band that had a few really great hits. What is great about this band is that they are timeless. They have a quality about them in person that makes you love to listen to them.
The lead female vocals are lovely and her voice is so hauntingly sweet that you could listen to her on repeat for hours. She sounds amazing live and the band sounds amazing as well. Their fans are so adoring and so absolutely into the music that you can just feel it.
You wouldn't think that a band like this would be so great still and so great in concert even but they are fantastic. They sure do put on a really nice show for their audience and they look amazing still as well. They always have such interesting and unique lights and setups on their stage. It's really cool because there is always something fun to look at.
You can tell just how much they love the music and how they love to perform in front of the crowd. I love seeing this kind of confidence in a performing artist. It really gets you into the spirit and mood of the night.
Swedish rock outfit The Cardigans could say they owe film director Baz Lurhman for their universal acknowledgement after a track from their 1996 album 'First Band on the Moon' was chosen to feature in the soundtrack for his adaption of 'Romeo + Juliet'. They have gone on to achieve huge success in their native land as well as moderate commerciality in the UK and the US.
They have been on the road almost constantly since they broke and have the reputation as a high quality live band. The music, the instrumentals and the vocal are all record perfect this evening as they play through favourites such as 'My Favourite Game' and 'Erase/Rewind'. Nina Persson's vocal sounds particularly strong on a rendition of 'Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)' which stops the whole audience in their tracks and evokes the loudest applause thus far. It is amazing how much of the material the crowds know and after a mass singalong to final tracks 'Godspell' and 'Communication' the band takes its well earned final bows. a
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