Popsicle (band)

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Popsicle
OriginPiteå, Sweden
Years active1991 (1991)–1999 (1999)

Popsicle was a Swedish pop group in Piteå, Sweden, which together with , The Wannadies and Brainpool started the 1990s indiepop wave in Sweden.

History[]

The band's four members, Andreas Mattsson (vocals, guitar), (guitar, vocals), (drums) and (bass), later replaced by , formed the band in Stockholm in 1991 and released their first mini-album (1992) on Skellefteå label . Later that year they issued which reached number 34 in the national charts[1] and included the song "". The album was well received by both critics and record buyers and won a Grammis Award.[2] The group was given major publicity when the group's guitarist Fredrik Norberg said he wished that the members of dance band Arvingarna would die in a bus accident.[3][4]

The songs were written by Norberg and Mattsson and was initially influenced by British guitar-based shoegazer band My Bloody Valentine and Ride.[citation needed] Popsicle may have laid the foundations of the Swedish indie scene, but it was not until four years later as the band played through to a wider audience, that they had their biggest hit - the single "" from the self-titled third album.[5]

Popsicle broke up in April 1999 when Fredrik Norberg, after a Japanese tour, announced that he would quit the band.[citation needed] Six years later the band reunited after a request from the record store Pet Sounds[citation needed] who wanted them to play on the store's 25th anniversary. The band liked the idea[citation needed] and also played an exclusive farewell gig at the Cirkus, Stockholm on 4 April 2005.[6]

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • Template (1992) (mini album)
  • Lacquer (1992)
  • Abstinence (1994)
  • Popsicle (1996)
  • Stand Up and Testify (1997)
  • The Good Side Of Popsicle (2005) (2-CD, compilation)

Singles and EPs[]

  • Whitsun (1992) (EP)
  • Hey Princess (1993)
  • The Power Ballads (1993) (EP)
  • Make Up (1994)
  • Histrionics (1995)
  • Not Forever (1995)
  • Please Do Not Ask (1996)
  • Dusty Roads (1996)
  • Dry Spot (1997)
  • The Price We Pay (1997)
  • The Sweetest Relief (1998)
  • Summer (1998)[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Popsicle - Lacquer". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ "ROCK GROUP OF THE YEAR - Popsicle - Lacquer - "For an impressive sensitivity in the art of writing expressive melodies, as in a congenial way joins together brittleness and spiky dissonance to a winning formula" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ Rebecca Haimi (25 February 2015). "Höjdpunkter från Grammisgalan genom åren" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. ^ Filip och Fredrik (2004). "Nr. 77-67". 100 big shot]. Season 1. Episode 3. Kanal 5 (Sweden).
  5. ^ "Popsicle - Not Forever". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ "Popsicle". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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