Franky Lee
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Franky Lee is a rock band from Sweden formed in 2006 by Mathias Farm
(Millencolin
), Fredrik Granberg (Randy
) and Magnus Hager (Peepshows).
The band was formed at a party that all three members attended, and takes the name Franky Lee from a Bob Dylan
song called "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
".
The band's first album Cutting Edge
was released on January 29, 2007 by Burning Heart Records
. The first single released was "The World Just Stopped", with a video directed by Robinovich and recorded in around 6 hours in Stockholm.
During mid-2009 the Franky Lee homepage was updated with a new logo and the announcement of a second album to be released in early 2010.
In March 2010, the Franky Lee MySpace page indicated that Mathias Farm and Magnus Hager are the members of Franky Lee, suggesting that Fredrik Granberg has left the band.
Mathias Färm
Mathias Färm is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish skate punk band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin....
(Millencolin
Millencolin
Millencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...
), Fredrik Granberg (Randy
Randy
Randy is both a pet name, and a given name in the English language. It is both a masculine name and a feminine name. The masculine name was originally derived from the names Randall, Randolf, and also Andrew. The feminine name may have originated from the masculine Randy, or it may have originated...
) and Magnus Hager (Peepshows).
The band was formed at a party that all three members attended, and takes the name Franky Lee from a Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
song called "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
"The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" is a song on Bob Dylan's 1967 album John Wesley Harding. He has performed the song live in 1987 , 1988, and 2000....
".
The band's first album Cutting Edge
Cutting edge (album)
Cutting Edge is the debut album by the Swedish punk rock band Franky Lee, released on January 29, 2007 by Burning Heart Records.-Track listing:# "Solitary" – 2:39# "Antifreeze" – 2:38# "Cold Eyes" – 2:16# "Admit Defeat" – 2:59...
was released on January 29, 2007 by Burning Heart Records
Burning Heart Records
Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 and based in Örebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America...
. The first single released was "The World Just Stopped", with a video directed by Robinovich and recorded in around 6 hours in Stockholm.
During mid-2009 the Franky Lee homepage was updated with a new logo and the announcement of a second album to be released in early 2010.
In March 2010, the Franky Lee MySpace page indicated that Mathias Farm and Magnus Hager are the members of Franky Lee, suggesting that Fredrik Granberg has left the band.