Mando Diao
Members
Bjorn Dixgard(Vo), Gustaf Noren(G/V), C.J. Fogelklou(B), Samuel
Giers(D), Mats Bj?rke(K)
Introduction
Mando Diao -- the Swedish five piece, two-lead singer, stylish,
explosive, yet sweet and harmonic band – is spinning on a worldwide
tour that never seem to end, preaching their musical gospel to an
amazed audience wherever they go. Mando Diao seem to have doubled
their European live audience every month since they started playing
together. After performing this year at Germany's largest festival
Rock Am Ring, in front of 80,000 die hard fans, they should see
another doubling of the audience as a whopping challenge. Back in
1999 Bj?rn Dixg?rd, Mando's softly-spoken, loud-singing singer,
nervy, charismatic lead singer Gustaf Norén, energy packed drummer
Samuel Giers and showman bassist Carl Johan Fogelklou – formed
Mando Diao, later complete with organist Mats Bj?rke, and they set
about playing all seven local clubs and the local petrol stations
in their home town and by the time they were ready to explode out
of Borlange and onto the Stockholm rock scene it was 2001. Mando
Diao's 2002 debut album 'Bring 'Em In' was an instant hit. The
young people loved the new sound and the album went gold in Japan,
Sweden and Germany and caused a splash wherever it was released.
Hence Mando Diao set out on the wonkiest five years of touring
imaginable. With 200 concerts a year they have seen every corner of
the world, but mostly during the night, just before dawn, after the
gigs, in what they call the Ochrasy state. Second album 'Hurricane
Bar' released in 2004 also became a huge hit across the world with
hits like God Knows, You Can't Steal My Love and Down In The Past.
The album was produced by Richard Rainey, veteran of U2's mixing
desk. With 'Ode To Ochrasy', released 2006 however, Mando Diao
finally snatched control of their own runaway machine and produced
the third album themselves, and a monster of a 'concept album'
emerged. Fourteen tracks, each dedicated to a different character
they've encountered during their tours and wrapped up in artwork
painted by a ten-year-old artist from their hometown in 1959,
described by their record label as "a red wine throw-up". With a
relentless knack for the gut-twisting pop hook, Mando Diao's albums
are both vibrant and unique, surprising and genre-shredding, able
to blow the roof off an arena and rock the average Brummie toilet
venue. In a word: impeccable. During 2007 Mando Diao have further
extended their impact among all music lovers in the world, not
least in USA where they recently played at the legendary Coachella
Festival, followed by a sold out headline tour and a performance at
the Late Night w. Conan O'Brien only to head back to Europe for
another summer packed with at least 30 festival performances, a few
headline shows and a few more hours in the Ochrasy state of mind.
Mando Diao's next album entitled "Never Seen The Light of Day" will
be released later this year. More info please click http://www.myspace.cn/mandodiao
