Introduction (rock band)
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Introduction is a Swedish rock
band based in Stockholm
. Often classified as psychedelic rock
, Introduction is also influenced by classic rock
, progressive rock
and indie rock
.
Introduction started out as a three piece band and has gone under the names The Splendid and Giantess during 2001 - 2006 but then changed the name to Introduction. Introduction's original members are Niklas Swanberg, lead singer and guitar, basist Martin Hertsius and drummer Frank Houbaer Wagnerius. In 2005 Martin Hägglund
, organist (former guitarist of Rowdy Ramblers) joined the band.
In 2005 Introduction started to record their debut album which was supposed to be released on the label Sound Like an Orange!! but due to internal problems within the label's organization the band signed to Santa Records which finally released the album in 2009. The band also signed to the promotion agency Caprica Entertainment the same year.
Introduction's music has received great acclaim for its creativity and playfulness and was considered to be one of Sweden's most prominent psychedelic acts by Greek 'Metal Hammer
'. They have performed live on festivals and venues since 2001, mostly in Sweden and Finland.
Introduction released their first studio album, Santa sets sail for Saturn on August 24, 2009 and plans a tour 2010 in support of it.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band based in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. Often classified as psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
, Introduction is also influenced by classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
, progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
and indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
.
Introduction started out as a three piece band and has gone under the names The Splendid and Giantess during 2001 - 2006 but then changed the name to Introduction. Introduction's original members are Niklas Swanberg, lead singer and guitar, basist Martin Hertsius and drummer Frank Houbaer Wagnerius. In 2005 Martin Hägglund
Martin Hägglund
Martin Hägglund is a Swedish philosopher, literary theorist, and scholar of modernist literature, currently a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows...
, organist (former guitarist of Rowdy Ramblers) joined the band.
In 2005 Introduction started to record their debut album which was supposed to be released on the label Sound Like an Orange!! but due to internal problems within the label's organization the band signed to Santa Records which finally released the album in 2009. The band also signed to the promotion agency Caprica Entertainment the same year.
Introduction's music has received great acclaim for its creativity and playfulness and was considered to be one of Sweden's most prominent psychedelic acts by Greek 'Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
'. They have performed live on festivals and venues since 2001, mostly in Sweden and Finland.
Introduction released their first studio album, Santa sets sail for Saturn on August 24, 2009 and plans a tour 2010 in support of it.