Millencolin

Millencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro Färm (Sweden).

The band is often considered one of the typical representatives of a punky, catchy and very harmonious Melodycore sound that became known as the so-called skate punk.

History

Fredrik Larzon joined the band in early 1993 and was the successor of the current guitarist Mathias Färm on drums. All four members began around 1987 with the skateboarding, which they won favor of bands like Operation Ivy or Descendents. Your name is derived from the skate trick and word melancholy.

Their first demo tape called Goofy and contained 10 songs. Then their second demo tape was recorded in summer 1993, which was Melack. With this, they competed at the label Burning Heart Records, in which they are to this day. After they released two mini albums there, she released her first album Tiny Tunes ( 1994), which was renamed after a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. in Same Old Tunes and the cover been changed.

A year later appeared Life on a Plate, which reached number 14 in Sweden and made ​​them internationally known. The end of 1995 the band by Brett Gurewitz, owner of Epitaph Records was contacted, the Life on a Plate wanted to publish in the United States. He took the band under contract, and Life on a Plate appeared in the U.S. in March 1996. During the same year, the band played nearly 150 shows on various tours of Japan and Australia, two USA / Canada tours as well as various European festivals and a tour through southern Europe.

For Monkeys, the third album, appeared in 1997. The title should first Four Monkeys hot, but was changed at the record company. After 1999, the compilation The Melancholy Collection was released, was released in 2000 the album 'Penny Bridge Pioneers for many critics the best album in the slow somewhat rockigerer note was sounded, which in the two subsequent albums, Home from Home (2002) and Kingswood (2005 ) is more noticeable. The album is the song No cigar, which can be heard in computer and console game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. The album's title refers to its hometown, as Penny Bridge is the English name for Örebro. In November 2004, she signed a recording contract for two more albums with Burning Heart Records.

Discography

Released on the Swedish record label Burning Heart Records / Epitaph Records in the U.S.:

Albums

Single B -Sides and some new songs

Including 2 new songs "Carry You" and "Out from Nowhere "

Singles & EPs

• Millencolin ... and the Hi-8 Adventures (1999 ) - A 76 minutes long home video, are included on the live recordings and other material Millencolin skateboard tours and recordings. In 2003, the video as a DVD version includes an additional video clip for " Kemp " and a trailer of a follow-up videos.