Electric Banana Band
The Electric Banana Band is a Swedish band for children's music that was founded in 1977 as an offshoot of the Swedish children's series Trazan och Banarne .
background
Swedish comedian, actor, director and painter Lasse Åberg has been responsible for the lyrics since the group's early years . The jazz rock guitarist Janne Schaffer , once a studio musician at ABBA , has been composing and arranging the pieces for several years .
Members
- Lasse Åberg - vocals
- Class Möllberg - vocals
- Janne Schaffer - guitar
- Peter Ljung - keyboard
- Mårgan Höglund - drums
- Pablo Cepeda - percussion
- Tobias Gabrielsson - bass
- Henrik Rongedal - choir
- Magnus Rongedal - choir
- Maria Wickman - choir
- Sebastian Rilton - choir
- Daniel Greayer - choir
- Linnéa Olsson - choir
- Mathilda Lindgren - choir
- Mia Öhman - choir
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 SE
|
|||
| 1981 | Electric Banana Band |
SE8 (7 weeks) SE |
|
| 1984 | Livet i regnskogarna |
SE24 (3 weeks) SE |
|
| 1998 | Electric banana tajm |
SE1  × 2
(58 weeks)SE |
|
| 2000 | Nu e're djur igen |
SE16 (8 weeks)SE |
|
| 2005 | Electric Banana Bands och Trazan & Banarnes bästa |
SE14 (14 weeks) SE |
|
| 2006 | Kameleont |
SE34 (1 week) SE |
More albums
- 1977: Sångtajm med Trazan och Banarne
- 1978: E 'bananerna fina?
- 1983: Banantårta och tigerkaka
- 1984: Djungelmums
- 1986: The golden years
- 1998: Min piraya Maja
- 1999: Trazan & Banarnes bästa
- 2000: Den helaomanniskan (soundtrack to the film Hälsoresan ; together Björn J: son Lindh )
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
SE
|
|||
| 1983 | Bananknotakt av tredje graden |
SE7 (5 weeks) SE |
|
| 1984 | Zvampen |
SE19 (1 week) SE |
|
| 1998 | Min piraya maja |
SE44 (6 weeks) SE |
|
| 2006 | Kameleont Kameleont |
SE39 (5 weeks) SE |
Filmography
- 1980: Trazan Apansson - original TV series
- 1981: Videotajm med Trazan & Banarne
- 1998: EBB the movie
Web links
- Web presence
- Janne Schaffer
- Electric Banana Band at Discogs (English)