David & the Citizens
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| General information | |
| origin | Malmo , Sweden |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 1999 |
| resolution | 2007 |
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| David Fridlund | |
| Magnus Bjerkert | |
| Conny Fridh | |
| John Bjerkert | |
| Jenny Wilson | |
| Karl-Jonas Winqvist | |
| former members | |
| Alexander Madsen | |
| Mikael Carlsson | |
David & the Citizens were a Swedish indie rock band from Malmö .
history
David Fridlund formed the band in 1999 four weeks after moving from Stockholm to Malmö. Founding members were Mikael Carlsson, Jenny Wilson and Karl-Jonas Winqvist. In the same year the band first took part in the Hultsfredfestival , the largest pop event in Sweden. Jenny Wilson and Karl-Jonas Winqvist left the group to start their own band in Stockholm with First Floor Power . Alexander Madsen, Conny Fridh and later Magnus Bjerkert then joined the band and became the new Citizens. The band's debut was the First EP and was released on April 9, 2001, like all other productions on Adrian Recordings , a record label founded by band member Magnus Bjerkert. The following publications all met with great success in Sweden. The highlights so far have been appearances at every major festival in Sweden - three times at the Hultsfredfestival alone - a Grammy nomination for best pop band, No. 1 in the MTV Nordic Charts with the video for Song Against Life and an award with the Indie Gold Record .
2006 brought some changes: Alexander Madsen and Mikael Carlsson left the band, John Bjerkert joined. The collaboration with Adrian Recordings was terminated, they switched to Bad Taste Records , where the new EP Are You in My Blood? appeared. On February 5, 2007, Bad Taste Records announced in a press release that David and the Citizens had split up and that all concerts in the spring would be canceled. In autumn 2007 David Fridlund announced that the band would continue to exist - perhaps with a new line-up - and released a demo version of A House with No Windows . In December 2007 the EP I Saw My Reflection and I Didn't Recognize Myself was released as a free download. In August 2008, Fridlund finally announced that David & the Citizens were taking a break and that he would work solo as David Fridlund for a while.
Discography
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Albums
- 2002: For All Happy Endings (Adrian)
- 2003: Until the Sadness Is Gone (Adrian)
- 2006: Stop the Tape! Stop the tape! (Bad Taste)
EPs
- 2001: First
- 2001: I've Been Floating Upstream (Adrian)
- 2002: Song Against Life (Adrian)
- 2003: New Direction (Adrian)
- 2004: Big Chill (Adrian)
- 2006: Are You in My Blood? (Bad Taste)
- 2007: I Saw My Reflection and I Didn't Recognize Myself
Singles
- 2001: Pink Evening (Send me Off ...) (Adrian)
- 2002: STOP! (Adrian)
- 2003: The End (Adrian)
- 2003: Graycoated Morning (Adrian)
- 2005: A Heart & A Hand & The Love for a Band (Adrian)
Web links
- David & the Citizens at Discogs (English)
- David & the Citizens at Adrian Recordings
- David & the Citizens on Bad Taste Records
- David & the Citizens at laut.de