PENNY ARCADE

IN THE BEGINING....
One late night in a local bar, during the long hot summer of 2001, five bored boys and a girl, busy doin' nothing, got together to form what eventually would become Penny Arcade.
The bands first "rehearsal" was just too out of hand even for youngsters who like their rock'n'roll raw. Afterwards the girl-drummer, who was just too wasted (which in this connection says quite a lot), was sacked and the man of action, guitar player Daniel Wolfbrandt, took place behind the drums. Soon second guitarist, ex-Roadrunner, Joakim Dimberg who was busy with other projects left (or got fired, it depends on who you ask). Ex-Stroller Martin Karlsson picked up the rhytmguitar and the first line-up was set to go. The morons in the band were at the time: Thomas Gustavsson (leadguitar), Jonas Kroon (bas, harmonica & vocals), Martin Karlsson (rhytmguitar & vocals) and Daniel Wolfbrandt (drums & harmonica).
The summer went by and after several hot and dazed nights in a basement in Orebro City the foursome went in to the studio to record two songs for the Strollers compilation "Strollers....and beyond" (never to be released, though). The songs were the Dolls-inspired "It might just be alright" and their garagey party-anthem "I know what they say".
The group kept writing new material but changes was yet to come. The situation in the band was pretty tense and fights and arguments occurred on time on regular basis. Eventually the streetfighting drummer left the group during the recording of their second promo-record, partly to have more time over for his true passion, kickboxing. The recording was nevertheless completed and included the songs: "Contradictions No.1", "Get out", "Charlie's alright" and "Just for tonight (oh my my)". The recordings took place in their smelly, water damaged basement and are indeed pretty raw-sounding but still great.
The drum kit was now taken over by Joel Mogren and the current line-up was a fact.
The boys in the band have sort of different backgrounds but consider their music as an obstinate mixture of straight rock'n'roll, rhytm&blues, garage, punkrock and pop. They're not very keen on name-dropping (-"It's the Penny Arcade sound!") but at their all-night parties your likely to here stuff like: Rolling Stones, Roky Erickson, Sonic´s Rendevouz Band, Graham Parker, Flamin' Groovies, Velvet Underground, Kiss, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, MC5, Pat Boone and so on.
Penny Arcade has recently recorded three brand new songs: "Amnesia blues", "Dollface" and "Bake a cake" and seems pretty pleased with the result (Supergreat! if you ask me).
After getting their dirt together they're now ready to take over the world. Well, you've been warned....
- Andy Peters
*** Penny Arcade is on hiatus now.***
For some personal reasons and occasions, Penny Arcade takes a hiatus now. Thanks a lot for all people who loves the boys' music!
Best Wishes, Penny Arcade
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