Blues Pills
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| Blues Pills in October 2014 Blues Pills in October 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Hard rock, blues rock |
| Years active | Since 2011 |
| Labels | Crusher Records, Nuclear Blast |
| Members | Elin Larsson Dorian Sorriaux Zack Anderson André Kvarnström |
| Past members | Cory Berry |
| Website | bluespills |
Blues Pills are a Swedish rock band, formed in Örebro in 2011; they released their first album three years later.
History
Formation and EPs
In 2011, half-brothers Zack Anderson (bass) and Cory Berry (drums), formerly of Radio Moscow, were in Iowa and met singer Elin Larsson, who was staying in California. Together they recorded two demo tracks and published them on YouTube, after which label "Crusher Records" offered them a deal. The band toured to Spain and France, where they met 16-year-old guitarrist Dorian Sorriaux, whom they invited to Örebro and made a member of the band. The name of the band came from their friend, Jens Heide, who had a music blog called BluesPillz with obscure 60s and 70s underground music.[1]
In May 2012 they released an EP called "Bliss", followed by the "Black Smoke" single in July.[2][3] The band toured extensively during 2013 with appearances in Berlin's "Desertfest" in April,[4] in Bad Kötzting's "Void Fest"[5] and Geel's "Yellowstock Festival" in August,[6] in Bonn's "Crossroads Festival" in October and Melbourne's "Cherry Rock Festival" in November 2013.[7][8]
In July 2013, Blues Pills signed a contract with the "Nuclear Blast" label and released their "Devil Man" EP in October .[9][10] Their appearance at the "Crossroads Festival" was recorded and released in the form of the "Live at Rockpalast" EP in March 2014.[11]
The debut album
In July 2014 they released their first album, Blues Pills, the special edition of which included a DVD of their appearance in the "Hammer of Doom" festival from the year before.[12] Shortly after the release of the first album, Cory Berry was replaced with new drummer André Kvarnström.
In the summer of 2014 they appeared in the "Sweden Rock Festival",[13] in Gelsenkirchen's "Rock Hard Festival" in June and in the famous Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2014.[14][15]
The album became successful in Europe, climbing to No. 4 in Germany and No. 10 in Switzerland, while it also reached British charts at No. 68.[16]
Discography
- Albums
| Date | Album | Germany [17] |
Switzerland [18] |
Austria [19] |
Finland [20] |
England [21] |
Belgium [22] |
France [23] |
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| 25 July 2014 | Blues Pills | 4 | 10 | 19 | 21 | 68 | 72 | 118 |
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References
- ^ Rock Overdose – News – BLUES PILLS on Rock Overdose
- ^ Bliss EP – Blues Pills
- ^ Black Smoke 7" – Blues Pills
- ^ Desertfest Berlin 2013 with Blues Pills – Songkick
- ^ Void Festival, Kötzting, Germany, Blues Pills
- ^ Yellowstock Festival, Geel, Belgium, Blues Pills
- ^ Harmonie/Crossroads Festival 2013, Blues Pills
- ^ Cherry Rock Festival at Ac/dc Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Blues Pills
- ^ BLUES PILLS Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS
- ^ Devil Man EP – Blues Pills
- ^ Live At Rockpalast EP – Blues Pills
- ^ Blues Pills LP
- ^ Sweden Rock Festival 2014 with Blues Pills – Songkick
- ^ Blues Pills – Rockpalast – Rockpalast – WDR Fernsehen
- ^ Montreux Jazz Festival | Montreux – Songkick
- ^ Blues Pills – Blues Pills – Music Charts
- ^ Charts.de, Blues Pills
- ^ Blues Pills – Blues Pills – hitparade.ch
- ^ austriancharts.at, Blues Pills – Blues Pills
- ^ finnishcharts.com – Blues Pills – Blues Pills
- ^ BLUE PILLS | Artist | Official Charts
- ^ ultratop.be – Blues Pills – Blues Pills
- ^ lescharts.com – Blues Pills – Blues Pills