Eskobar

This article is about the band Eskobar. For other meanings, see Escobar .

Eskobar
Eskobar (2019)
General information
origin	Åkersberga , Sweden
Genre (s)	Pop-rock , indie-pop , alternative rock
founding	1996
Website	www.eskobar.com
Current occupation
singing	Daniel Bellqvist (since 1996)
Guitar , piano	Frederik Zäll (since 1996)
Drums	Joacim Brunnberg (since 2017)
former members
Drums	Robert Birming (until 2009)

Eskobar is a Swedish indie pop - band .

history

At the end of 1996 Daniel Bellqvist ( vocals ), Frederik Zäll ( guitar ) and Robert Birming ( drums ) founded the band Eskobar in Åkersberga, Sweden. The style was strongly influenced by Britpop with a melancholy touch. In 2000 they released their first album, Til We're Dead . The character is very calm and melancholy. In 2002, the successor, There's Only Now , was released, which was more pop and commercial. The album also includes a duet with Heather Nova ( Someone New ).

In 2004, A Thousand Last Chances was followed by the third and again somewhat rockier studio album, from which the single Love Strikes had been released in advance . In the same year they released a cover version of Richard Sanderson's hit Reality , which was celebrated in the 1980s and appeared exclusively on the soundtrack of the film Kleinruppin forever .

In 2006 the band released their fourth, self-titled album. It was the first that the band released on their own record label.

On September 11th, 2009 Robert Birming announced his departure from the band.

On March 28, 2017, the group announced on their Facebook page that they have a new drummer, Joacim "Jocke" Brunnberg.

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

'Til We're Dead   SE 46 04/20/2000 (4 weeks) There's only now   SE 8th 11/02/2001 (28 weeks)   CH 54 04/28/2002 (8 weeks) A Thousand Last Chances   SE 10 04/09/2004 (8 weeks)   DE 71 06/14/2004 (4 weeks)   CH 34 06/13/2004 (5 weeks) Eskobar   SE 14th 05/11/2006 (2 weeks)   CH 17th 09/17/2006 (6 weeks) Death in Athens   SE 24 03/20/2008 (1 week)   CH 41 04/13/2008 (3 weeks)

Singles

Into space   SE 32 09/14/2001 (3 weeks) Someone New (feat. Heather Nova )   SE 14th 02/22/2002 (17 weeks)   CH 30th 03/24/2002 (23 weeks) Love strikes   SE 20th 12/26/2003 (12 weeks)   CH 93 06/06/2004 (3 weeks) Hallelujah New World   SE 55 03/06/2008 (1 week)

Albums

• 2000: Til We're Dead
• 2002: There's Only Now
• 2004: A Thousand Last Chances
• 2006: Eskobar
• 2008: Death in Athens
• 2015: Live
• 2016: Magnetic

Singles

• 1999: On a Train
• 2000: Good Day for Dying
• 2001: Tumbling Down
• 2000: Counterfeit EP
• 2001: Tumbling Down (Dead Mono Version)
• 2001: Into Space
• 2001: Tell Me I'm Wrong
• 2002: Someone New (with Heather Nova )
• 2002: On the Ground
• 2002: Move On
• 2004: Love Strikes
• 2004: Bring the Action (only in Sweden)
• 2004: You Got Me (with Emma Daumas )
• 2005: Even If You Know Me (only in Sweden)
• 2006: Persona Gone Missing
• 2006: Devil Keeps Me Moving
• 2006: Whatever This Town
• 2008: As the World Turns
• 2008: Hallelujah New World
• 2008: Silver and Gold
• 2014: Untrap Yourself
• 2015: The Starlight EP

Quote

“Like most young bands, we imitated everything we heard. At some point we took off our blindfold and dared to make our own music "

- Daniel Bellqvist

Web links

• Official website
• Eskobar at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: SE DE ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. CH