Electric Banana Band is a Swedish children's music/rock music band formed in 1980.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | children's music, rock |
| Years active | 1980- |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records |
History
editElectric Banana Band was formed as a response to the success of Trazan & Banarne, a highly acclaimed Swedish children's television programme, also produced by two of the band members, Lasse Åberg and Klasse Möllberg. The band takes on a jungle theme, partially borrowing elements from The Phantom, a widely popular comic in Sweden, as well as Tarzan. Their jungle theme included both their costumes, designed to reflect the nicknames of the lineup, as well as the songs, which usually had nature-inspired themes.
Despite being mainly a studio band, the band does some occasional touring, mainly at free events as the members of the band are not dependent upon the success of the band.
In the 2003 film Smala Sussie the band was mentioned several times and became somewhat of a comedic plot element.
The band competed in Melodifestivalen 2006 with their song Kameleont (Chameleon).
Members
edit- Lasse Åberg - Lead Vocals
- Klasse Möllberg - Lead Vocals
- Janne Schaffer - Guitar
- Peter Ljung - Keyboards
- Mårgan Höglund - Drums
- Jouni Haapala - Percussion
- Thobias Gabrielsson - Bass guitar
- Riltons Vänner - Vocals
Past members
edit- Stefan Blomquist - Keyboard
- Per Lindvall - Drums
- Åke Sundqvist - Percussion
- Christer Jansson - Percussion
- Tommy Cassemar - Bass
- Sven Lindvall - Bass
- Magnus and Henrik Rongedal - Vocals
- Marianne Flynner - Vocals
- Maria Wickman - Vocals
- Annica Boller - Vocals
Media
editAlbums
edit- 1981 - Electric Banana Band
- 1984 - Livet i regnskogarna
- 1993 - The Golden Years 1981-1986 (compilation)
- 1998 - Electric Banana Tajm (compilation)
- 2000 - Den Hela Människan (music from the film Hälsoresan, together with Björn J:son Lindh)
- 2000 - Nu e're djur igen
- 2005 - Electric Banana Bands och Trazan & Banarnes bästa (compilation)
- 2006 - Kameleont (compilation)
- 2006 - Banankontakt - Musikaltajm! (compilation, together with Malmö Operaorkester)
- 2014 - Schyssta Bananer (compilation)[1]
Books
editIn 1999 Electric Banana Band released a song book called Sångtajm with sheet music on many songs from the albums.[2]
Film and television
edit- 1980 - Trazan Apansson & Banarne
- 1980 - Trazan Apansson-E' bananerna fina?
- 1980 - Trazan Apansson-Djungelmums
- 1981 - Biotajm med Trazan & Banarne
- 1982 - Videotajm med Trazan & Banarne
- 1998 - Electric Banana Band the Movie - djungelns kojigaste rulle[3]
References
edit- ^ "Electric Banana Band". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "LIBRIS - Sångtajm med Electric Banana ..." Libris.kb.se. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Lasse Åberg". Svenskfilmdatabas.se. 5 May 1940. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
External links
edit- (in Swedish) Official site
- (in Swedish) Official Facebook page
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