Biography

The band is currently signed on 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...

 and released three albums called The Noble Art Of Irony (2007), I Want My Girlfriend Rich (2008) and Murpy´s Law (2010).

In 2007 the band won the Rockbjörnen Music Award

Rockbjörnen

Rockbjörnen is a Swedish popular music award established by the Stockholm evening newspaper Aftonbladet in 1979. The award, which is awarded annually, is divided into several categories and is mostly concentrated around the genres Pop and Rock. The first award was however given to the Swedish...

 (MySpace-Award).

The band toured through Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 with Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...

 to promote their second album. The band won at the Swedish Metal Awards in Category Best Punk/Hardcore album.

In April 2009 Kid Down toured through Europe and played on Groezrock

Groezrock

Groezrock is an annual music festival that takes place in Gestel, a part of Meerhout, Belgium. It started out as a small rock and pop festival with a few hundred people attending, but has evolved into a large punk rock festival, with attendances now exceeding 30000. Since 2003 there have been...

 with Rise Against

Rise Against

Rise Against is an American punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The band currently consists of Tim McIlrath , Zach Blair , Joe Principe and Brandon Barnes .Rise Against spent its first five years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, on which it...

 and Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matt Tuck , Michael Paget , Jason James , and Michael Thomas . They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana...

. The band shared stage with Emery

Emery (band)

Emery is an American four-piece post-hardcore band from Rock Hill, South Carolina currently signed to both Tooth & Nail Records and Solid State Records and based in Seattle, Washington. Emery was founded in Rock Hill, South Carolina with the original lineup consisting of Toby Morrell, Devin...

, MxPx

MxPx

MxPx is a pop punk band from Bremerton, Washington with connections to the Christian punk scene. The band has recorded eight studio albums, four EPs, four compilation albums, a live album, a VHS tape, a DVD and released 20 singles....

 and Her Bright Skies

Her Bright Skies

Her Bright Skies is a Swedish Pop punk-/Post hardcore band based in Jönköping in 2005.- Bands history :HBS consists of Johan "Jaybee" Brolin , Niclas Sjostedt , Peter "Pete" Nilsson , Joakim "Jolle" Karlsson and Jonas "Mr.X" Gudmundsson . The first CD was released in 2007 and is called Beside...

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The band currently exist out of Eric Höjden (Vocals, Guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

), Jens Anundson (Guitar, Vocals), Kristoffer Ljung (Bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, Vocals) and David Bergström (Drums). Höjden is record producer at Panic & Action - a indie record label founded by Höjden and Peter Ahlqvist. Höjden produced albums from Adept

Adept (band)

Adept is a Swedish post-hardcore band from Trosa.-Formation:Adept was founded in 2004 and consists of musicians Robert Ljung , Jerry Repo Filip Brandelius and Gabriel Hellmark . In their first year, they released their first demo, Hopeless Illusions, recorded and sold on their own...

 and Her Bright Skies

Her Bright Skies

Her Bright Skies is a Swedish Pop punk-/Post hardcore band based in Jönköping in 2005.- Bands history :HBS consists of Johan "Jaybee" Brolin , Niclas Sjostedt , Peter "Pete" Nilsson , Joakim "Jolle" Karlsson and Jonas "Mr.X" Gudmundsson . The first CD was released in 2007 and is called Beside...

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Albums

• 2007: The Noble Art Of Irony (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...
  
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• 2008: I Want My Girlfriend Rich (Burning Heart Records)
• 2010: Murphy´s Law (Burning Heart Records)

EPs

• 2003: We'll Make It Away
• 2005: Deadkidsongs (Atenzia Records)
• 2008: Red Lights (Download-EP; Epitaph Records
  Epitaph Records
  Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
  
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