220 Volt (band)
Encyclopedia
220 Volt is a Swedish
heavy metal band, formed in 1979 by guitar players Thomas Drevin and Mats Karlsson. The band released albums on the CBS Records
and Epic Records
labels.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
heavy metal band, formed in 1979 by guitar players Thomas Drevin and Mats Karlsson. The band released albums on the CBS Records
CBS Records
CBS Records is a record label founded by CBS Corporation in 2006 to take advantage of music from its entertainment properties owned by CBS Television Studios. The initial label roster consisted of only three artists; rock band Señor Happy and singer/songwriters Will Dailey and P.J...
and Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
labels.
Members
- Christer Nääs - Lead Vocals (On Volume 1 and Made in Jamtland)
- Joakim Lundholm - Lead Vocals on all album releases except, Volume 1 & Made in Jamtland
- Thomas Drevin - Guitars (On 220 Volt, Powergames, Volume 1, Made in Jamtland & Heavy Christmas Revesited)
- Mats Karlsson - Guitars/Vocals
- Mike Krusenberg - Bass
- Peter Olander - Guitar (On Mind over Muscle, Electric Messengers, Young and Wild, Eye to Eye & Lethal Illusion)
Discography
- 220 Volt (1983, CBS)
- Powergames (1984, CBS)
- Mind Over Muscle (1985, CBS)
- Electric Messengers (compilation album for the U.S market 1985, Epic)
- Young and Wild (1987)
- Eye to Eye (1988, Epic)
- Lethal Illusion (1997) (Digitally Released 2009)
- Volume 1 (2002) (Digitally Released 2009)
- Made In Jamtland (live) (2005) (Digitally released 2009)
- Heavy Christmas - Reveisited (2009) (Digitally released 2009)
External links
- http://www.220volt.se
- http://www.myspace.com/220voltsweden
- http://www.myspace.com/matskarlsson
- http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=265414682060&ref=search (The official 220 Volt Facebook group)