Gaeleri

Gaeleri is a Swedish hard rock band from Helsingborg. The band was formed in 1992 when the remains of Seventeen found a new singer in Anders Vidhav (Bengtsson). Their ability to mix a hard and heavy pounding background with melodic colourful acoustic sound creates the unique sound that has always been the trade mark of the band.

History

The '90s - taking off

The band was formed in November 1992 when the remaining three quarters of the band 17 – Seventeen, Niklas Rollgard, Jonas Andersson (Scratch, Unameous) and Patrik Borgkvist (Anette Olzen) joined forces with Anders Vidhav (Båga Biit, Derringer, Pudelsi). The band got a flying start and they soon signed a record deal with the German label Inline Music along with a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music. During the spring 1993 the band was busy writing song for their debut album, which was recorded already during summer the same year in Delta Studios, Wilster, Germany, with Mike Bettison as producer.

Due to the record company having financial problems, the release was postponed numerous times and in 1994, after the managing director had emptied the company of all its funds, the label finally went bankrupt. The year after, Ole Bergfleth of the German label Dream Circle Records heard the recordings by chance and decided to acquire the rights and in 1996 Gaeleri's self-titled debut album was finally released. The album received great reviews in the press, e.g. 6 out of 7 in the German magazine Metal Hammer, but only a limited first edition reached the market before bad luck once again struck the band - this label went bankrupt as well. This first album is almost impossible to find these days and it has become a collector's item.