The Wannadies

The Wannadies were an alternative rock band formed in 1988 in Skellefteå, northern Sweden. The band's initial line-up featured Pär Wiksten (vocals, guitars), Christina Bergmark (born 1 March 1963) (keyboards, vocals), Stefan Schönfeldt (born 5 June 1965) (guitars) and his younger brother Fredrik Schönfeldt (bass) with Gunnar Karlsson (drums) and Björn Malmquist (violin).

Early influences included The Go-Betweens, The Sisters of Mercy, John Lennon, the Pixies and The Clash.

History

Early days (1988–1993)

The Wannadies played their first concert, a festival in support of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, in October 1988 and only weeks later entered local studio KN to record the three tracks that would become their debut release—the Smile EP.

Smile was released in February 1989 and managed to pick up several 'single of the week' accolades from national newspapers as well as airplay on indie radio shows such as 'Bommen' despite little or no marketing. Following the band's appearance at the Hultsfred Festival in August 1989, The Wannadies signed a recording contract with MNW Records, releasing their debut single, "My Hometown", in May the following year.

The Wannadies (1990 album)

The Wannadies is the début album by the Swedish alternative rock band The Wannadies. It was released in 1990 and reached number twenty-six on the Swedish Albums Chart.The Wannadies includes the singles "My Home Town", "Heaven" and a new recording of the lead song from their début release Smile EP; "The Beast Cures the Lover".

Receiving positive reviews the album was originally released as an LP and CD in August 1990. The album was re-released in 1993 on Snap Records with a pair of covers original performed by T. Rex and The Go-Betweens respectively as bonus tracks. The artwork was designed by Hank with photography by Patrick Degerman.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Wiksten, S. Schönfeldt, F. Schönfeldt, Karlsson, Bergmark, Malmquist unless otherwise stated. 

Personnel

The Wannadies (1997 album)

The Wannadies is an album by Swedish band The Wannadies. It was released in 1997 as their first album for the US market, seven years after their debut in Sweden. It is based on the band's fourth album Bagsy Me, also released in 1997. As well as slightly changing the order, it omits two tracks ("Bumble Bee Boy" and "Combat Honey") replacing them with two further singles from the band's third album Be A Girl ("Might Be Stars" and "How Does It Feel?" - "You and Me Song" was also originally from Be A Girl but was also included on Bagsy Me).

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Wiksten, S. Schönfeldt, F. Schönfeldt, Karlsson, Bergmark. 

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