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Coming out of the Swedish garage rock underground, the Stockholm quartet
"Demons" started making their mark early in the scene. Formed in 1995, the lineup of guitarist/vocalist Mathias Carlsson, bassist Mathias "Muffins" Brink, drummer Micke Jacobsson, and guitarist Stefan Jonsson blended their love of the current punk scene with classic garage rock to produce a thick brand of high-octane rock & roll. A few compilation appearances led into their original Electrocute 7", their first album and the one that introduced them to the U.S. The following year, Steer Records released their
Come Bursting Out! EP, an engaging record that teamed them with
Hellacopters/
Entombed producer
Tomas Skogsberg. The group was invited to play the Gearfest in 2000, putting them alongside contemporaries like
the Nomads and giving them the chance to reissue
Come Bursting Out! on Gearhead Records the same year. Meanwhile, the group had been preparing for their first full-length record, and delivered
Riot Salvation to the label only a month later. Both records immediately made them a high-profile force in the rock renaissance that was brewing, and a tour of the U.S. with
the Dragons gave them greater exposure to American audiences. Another Gearfest appearance saw them share the stage with breakout sensations
the Hives, and another U.S. version of the Gearfest made them the only band to play ever single version of the festival. By the summer of 2002, the band had recorded
Stockholm Slump with returning producer
Skogsberg and released it in the fall of that year. A tour with
the New Bomb Turks to support the record followed. ~ Bradley Torreano