Adhesive was a Swedish

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....

 punk rock

Punk rock

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 band that was active between 1994-2002. Though Adhesive played the majority of their concerts in the band's native Sweden, they also toured throughout Europe

Europe

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 and North America

North America

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. All of the Adhesive back catalog is out of print, but used (and usually quite expensive) copies of their full lengths show up on eBay

EBay

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, Amazon

Amazon.com

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 and GEMM from time to time.

Former band members currently perform in such groups as We Live In Trenches, The Typewriter Romantics, Haveri, The Indecision Alarm, The New Mess, Straitjacket Generation and Dia Psalma

Dia Psalma

Dia Psalma is a self-described punk/folk rock/metal fusion band, from Strängnäs, Sweden. It was formed by former members of Strebers that started in 1985 ....

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Band members: original line-up

• Robert Samsonowitz - Drums
• Micke Claesson (later changed last name to Fritz) - Vocals and guitar
  Guitar
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• Geir Pedersen - Vocals and bass
  Bass guitar
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• Mathias Andersson - Guitar and vocals (Mathias later left the band and Pontus Bednarz replaced him)

Albums

• Sideburner (Ampersand/Onefoot (US), 1996)
• From Left to Right (Ampersand, 1998)
• We Got The Beat (Ampersand, 2000)

EPs

• Yoghurt (1995)
• On a Pedestal (1996)
  1. "On a Pedestal"
  2. "All for Nothing"
  3. "The Crowd" (Operation Ivy
     Operation Ivy
     Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Tumbler-Snapper and before Upshot-Knothole. Its purpose was to help upgrade the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons in response to the Soviet nuclear weapons program...
     
     )
  4. "Run to the Hills" (Iron Maiden
     Iron Maiden
     Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
     
     )
• Prefab Life (1998)

External links

• Review of Sideburner