* En anglais uniquement
Caligola is best known as a side project of two
Mando Diao members, but it was actually founded as a network of artists in Stockholm back in the '70s. When
Mando Diao singers/guitarists
Björn Dixgård and
Gustaf Norén joined the collective in 2008, they worked toward the production of a video, "Sting of Battle," which was released in December 2011. Together with drummer Oskar Bonde (from
Johnossi), singer Agnes Carlsson, German DJ
Paul van Dyk, and Swedish hip-hop producers Masse and Salla Salazar, they recorded an album titled Back to Earth, which was released in March 2012. The album entered the German charts at number ten, while the first single, "Forgive Forget," which had been released a few weeks earlier, managed to reach number two on the German singles charts.
Caligola also appeared on one track of
Paul van Dyk's album
Evolution ("If You Want My Love"). ~ Christian Genzel