Melody Club
| Melody Club | |
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| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | New wave, Glam rock |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Associated acts | Birdflesh Versant |
| Website | melodyclub.com |
| Members | |
| Kristofer Östergren Erik Stenemo Jon Axelsson Niklas Stenemo Richard Ankers |
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| Past members | |
| Magnus Roos Richard Ankers Andy A. |
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Melody Club is a Swedish pop/synth rock band from Växjö formed in January 2000. Their break-through came in 2002 with the song Palace Station, which was also a big success in Germany. The band has frequent radio airplay in Sweden, Germany, Japan, Norway and Denmark.
Melody Club's style can be described as a blend of Synthpop and Glam rock. The single "Fever Fever" is included on the soundtrack of the football video game FIFA 08. On 22 April 2009, they released their fifth album "Goodbye to Romance" and it was the first album the group produced on their own. Their first single on the album was called "Girls Don't Always Wanna Have Fun" the title is possible taken from Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun". In 2010 Andy A left the group as protest against that the were going to compete in Eurovision and was replaced with the original drummer Richard Ankers.
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[edit] Melodifestivalen 2011
Melody Club participated in Melodifestivalen 2011, the Swedish selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. They competed in the fourth semi-final on 26 February 2011 in Malmö Arena, Malmö with the song "The Hunter" but went out when they came 7th place.[citation needed]
[edit] Band members
- Kristofer Östergren - vocals
- Erik Stenemo - guitar
- Jon Axelsson - synthesizer
- Niklas Stenemo - bass guitar
- Richard Ankers - drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Chart position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway[1] | Sweden[2] | ||
| 2002 | Music Machine | 17 | 1 |
| 2004 | Face the Music | — | 6 |
| 2006 | Scream | — | 18 |
| 2007 | At Your Service | — | — |
| 2009 | Goodbye to Romance | — | 18 |
| 2011 | Human Harbour | ||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart position |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden[2] | |||
| 2002 | "Palace Station" | 9 | Music Machine |
| "Electric" | 18 | ||
| 2003 | "Covergirl" | 37 | |
| 2004 | "Take Me Away" | 16 | Face the Music |
| "Baby (Stand Up)" | 2 | ||
| 2005 | "Boys in the Girls' Room" | 25 | |
| "Wildhearts" | — | ||
| 2006 | "Destiny Calling" | 15 | Scream |
| 2007 | "Fever Fever" | 32 | |
| "Last Girl on My Mind" | 27 | ||
| 2009 | "Girls Don't Always Wanna Have Fun" | 60 | Goodbye to Romance |
| "The Only Ones" | 48 | ||
| "I Don't Believe in Angels" (feat. Anna Järvinen) | 31 | ||
| 2011 | "The Hunter" |
[edit] References
- ^ "Melody Club in Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Melody+Club. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Melody Club in Swedish Charts". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. http://www.swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Melody+Club. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
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