SPOCK
| SPOCK | |
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 SPOCK at the Nocturnal Culture Night Festival 2018 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Synthpop |
| founding | 1988 |
| Website | www.subspace.se/spock/ |
| Founding members | |
| Alexander Hofman - Android | |
| Finn Albertsson - Cybernoid (until 1994) | |
Keyboard |
Eddie Bengtsson - Capt. Eddie B. Kirk (until 1997) |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Alexander Hofman - Android |
Keyboard |
Valdi Solemo - Val Solo (since 2010) |
Keyboard |
Johan Malmgren - Yo-Haan (since 1999) |
| former members | |
Keyboard |
Johan Billing - Plasteroid (1994-1998) |
Keyboard |
Christer Hermodsson - Crull-E (1997-2010) |
SPOCK (short for Star Pilot on Channel K , formerly Space Pioneers Orbiting Ceti K ) is a synthpop band from Sweden . Many of the band's songs are science fiction , especially Star Trek themed. The band has existed since the 1999 album SPOCK: 1999 from founding member and singer Alexander Hofman and the two keyboardists Johan Malmgren and Christer Hermodsson. Well-known songs are for example Never Trust a Klingon , Astrogirl and Alien Attack .
Band history
In 1988 Eddie Bengtsson wrote several songs which he played with Alexander Hofman as a singer at a birthday party for Finn Albertsson. The three young men called the band Spock, named after a native of the Star Trek universe Spock . After the birthday party, the group played at a number of other house parties and soon managed to get professional engagements.
When Paramount Pictures demanded compensation for the use of the name Mr. Spock in 1989, the group changed its name to Space Pioneers Orbiting Ceti K , or SPOCK for short. The band's commercial success began in 1990 when they released their first single Silicon Dreams on the Swedish record label Accelerating Blue Fish. On stage, the group members appeared as sci-fi- like characters, Eddie Bengtsson as "Captain Eddie B. Kirk", Alexander Hofman as "Android" and Finn Albertsson as "Cybernoid".
With the release of the album SPOCK: 1999 is the abbreviation of the tape Names for Star Pilots On Channel K .
Discography
Albums
- Five Year Mission (1993)
- Alien Worlds (1995)
- A Piece of the Action (1995), a collection of singles
- Assignment: Earth (1997)
- Earth Orbit: Live (1997)
- SPOCK: 1999 (1999)
- 2001: A SPOCK Odyssey (2001)
- Another Piece of the Action: The Best of the SubSpace Years (2014) Best-Of
Singles
- Silicon Dreams (1990)
- Never Trust a Klingon (1992)
- Strange Dimensions (1993)
- Never Trust a Klingon [2294 AD] (1994)
- Astrogirl (1994)
- All ET: s Aren't Nice (1995)
- Alien Attack (1997)
- ET Phone Home (1997)
- Speed of Light (1998)
- Dr. McCoy (1998)
- Klingon 2000 (2000)
- Where Rockets Fly (2000)
- Queen of Space (2001)
- Satellites (2001)
Web links
- SPOCK at Discogs (English)
- Official SPOCK fansite
Individual evidence
- ↑ SPOCK Biography 1989 ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2006 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.
- ↑ SPOCK MySpace page
