The Refreshments (Swedish band)

The Refreshments Band
The Refreshments in 2004
Background information
Origin	Gävle
Genres	Rock'n'roll
Years active	1989–current
Labels	Bonnier Music
Website	http://www.refreshments.nu/
Members
Joakim Arnell Micke Finell Mats Forsberg Jonas Göransson Johan Blohm
Past members
Billy Bremner

The Refreshments are a Swedish rock group formed in 1990 in Gävle. With their impressive string of recordings, the band have the reputation of being Sweden's most hard-working ensemble.

During their first years they mainly played covers of 1950s rock-n-roll songs. Their 1995 debut album, Both Rock'n'Roll, was followed by 1997's Trouble Boys. Both albums were produced by Billy Bremner, who also played in the band for a few years.

Most of the band's songs are written by bass player Joakim Arnell. Since piano player Johan Blohm joined the band, they have also played an occasional country song. Two of their biggest hits are Miss You Miss Belinda and One Dance, One Rose, One Kiss. In 2003 they had a big selling album with Rock'n'Roll X-mas. The Refreshments have also worked with Dave Edmunds, something that resulted in the live album A Pile Of Rock. In addition, the band have featured legendary British guitarist Albert Lee in live performance.

Discography

• 1995 Both Rock'n'Roll
• 1997 Trouble Boys
• 1999 Are You Ready
• 2000 Musical Fun For Everyone
• 2001 Real Songs On Real Instruments
• 2001 Here We Are - Best of The Refreshments
• 2003 On The Rocks
• 2003 Rock'n'Roll X-Mas
• 2004 Easy To Pickup Hard To Put Down
• 2006 24-7
• 2006 It's Gotta be Both Rock and Roll
• 2009 A Band's Gotta Do What A Band's Gotta Do

With other artists:

• 1997 A Pile of Rock - Live (backup band for Dave Edmunds)
• 2001 Brit Rock - Back On Track (backup band for Dave Edmunds, Steve Gibbons, Billy Bremner and Mickey Jupp)

Movies

• 2004 One Night With The Refreshments Live in Concert
• 2005 The Refreshments Live

External links

• The Refreshments