Mental Hippie Blood

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Mental Hippie Blood
General information
origin Sollentuna , Sweden
Genre (s) Hard rock
founding 1991
resolution 1995
Founding members
Michael Oran
Jonas Petersson (until 1992)
guitar
 Wikström is different
Lake Skoglund
Anders Odenstrand (until 1992)
Last occupation
singing
 Michael Oran
guitar
 Mikael Jansson (from 1992)
guitar
 Wikström is different
bass
 Lars Skoglund
Drums
 Anders Östman (from 1992)

Mental Hippie Blood was a Swedish hard rock band from Sollentuna .

history

In 1988 Michael Oran traveled to Los Angeles to see his brother, who played in a band. By the time his residence permit expired three years later, he strengthened this group. When he got back in Stockholm he met a band from nearby, with whom he started talking. His preferences were The Clash , The Stooges, and the Sex Pistols , the common denominator being preferences for Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin . Eventually he was accepted by the band as a singer. Because he co-wrote the songs, the style changed and it was decided to change the name Glorious Bankrobbers into Mental Hippie Blood. In addition to Oran, the founding formation consisted of Mikael Jansson (guitar), Jonas Petersson (guitar), Lake Skoglund (bass) and Anders Odenstrand (drums).

The self-produced and self-titled debut album was released in 1993 on Steamhammer, a sub-label of SPV . At first only the Scandinavian market was served at the beginning of the year , but the promising sales figures prompted the record company to release it across Europe in the fall. Support from the TV show Headbangers Ball on the music channel MTV ensured the development of a fan base beyond Sweden's borders . In Germany the band was u. a. on tour with Thunderhead and Sargant Fury . At this point, Petersson and Odenstrand were no longer there. The guitarist Anders Wikström, who became known through Treat , and drummer Jonas Ostman had replaced them.

A year later the second and so far last album was released with Pounds . It was produced by Sank who had worked with Shotgun Messiah and Clawfinger . Following this album, the band was u. a. on tour with Accept . She also performed at the tenth Dynamo Open Air in Eindhoven in 1995 and was subsequently featured on the anniversary CD.

style

While singer Michael Oran vocalized "sometimes very close to grungy spheres", the band played on their debut album "Heavy Rock" with a certain "70ies credibility" and "Easy Rider aggression", according to the review in the magazine Metal Hammer . In the Rock Hard Encyclopedia , the "powerful voice of Oran" is emphasized, which is at the center of "fat, quite traditional sounding Heavy Metal".

The second album Pounds showed a further development that was recorded differently. It was “muscular heavy grunge” that imitated “sometimes Soundgarden and sometimes Kyuss ”, and all in all “a letdown”, was the verdict in the Metal Hammer . From the point of view of the Musikexpress , despite the stylistic change to grunge and a recognizable closeness to Alice in Chains , Pearl Jam or Soundgarden, the role models were “not blindly copied”. The point of view in Metal Hammer was confirmed to the effect that "more traditional headbangers will probably only shrug their shoulders contemptuously". The Rock Hard Encyclopedia also mentions the grunge influences and feels this in connection with the “strong melodic metal” as modern. Alternative rock in connection with Black Sabbath-like hard rock saw the three horror infernal editors assigned for the interview and the review .

Mental Hippie Blood intended with her texts to encourage socially disadvantaged young people who are not interested in politics to advance personally and to encourage them to show tolerance and moral courage in relation to others .

Discography

  • 1993: Mental Hippie Blood (Steamhammer)
  • 1994: Pounds (Steamhammer)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Holger Stratmann (Ed.): Rock Hard Enzyklopädie . 700 of the most interesting rock bands from the last 30 years. Rock Hard GmbH, Dortmund 1998, ISBN 3-9805171-0-1 , Mental Hippie Blood, p. XX .
  2. ↑ a b Hanno Kress: Pfundskerle. Mental Hippie Blood . In: Rock Hard . No. 91 , December 1995, p. 102 .
  3. ↑ a b c Claudio Flunkert, Frank Famulla: Mental Hippie Blood. Not just happy !! In: Horror Infernal . Heavy metal magazine. No. 56 (December / January, 1994/1995), pp. 22 .
  4. ↑ Mental Hippie Blood , Pop-Archiv International 11/1995 of November 15, 1995, in the Munzinger archive , accessed on March 22, 2016 ( beginning of the article freely available).
  5. ↑ Mental Hippie Blood. (No longer available online.) In: intro.de. October 9, 1994, archived from the original on March 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 22, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.intro.de
  6. ↑ Andreas Schöwe: Accept Mental Hippie Blood. In: metal-hammer.de . January 1, 1995, accessed March 22, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Markus Kavka : V / A - Dynamo Open Air 10th Anniversary. In: metal-hammer.de. June 1, 1995, accessed March 22, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Andreas Schöwe: Mental Hippie Blood - Mental Hippie Blood. In: metal-hammer.de. December 1, 1993, accessed March 22, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Henning Richter: Mental Hippie Blood - Pounds. In: metal-hammer.de. November 1, 1994, accessed March 22, 2016 .
  10. ↑ buf: Mental Hippie Blood - Pounds. In: musikexpress.de. December 2, 1994, accessed March 22, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Ingo Lucker: Mental Hippie Blood. Pounds . In: Horror Infernal . Heavy metal magazine. No. 56 (December / January, 1994/1995), pp. 50 .