Stellan Wahlstrom Drift Band

About Me

OUT NOW: "AN UTMOST FRIENDLY BELPID COMPILATION 2008" featuring two previously unreleased songs: "Something to get me out of the bed" and "Treat you right", together with songs by other swell Belpid artists. Release-party and gig was held at Stampen in Stockholm May 27."Stellan played with the garage-rock band THE WYLDE MAMMOTHS, releasing albums on Crypt Records and touring all over Europe and in the US. He went on to form Stellan WahlstrÃ¶m Drift Band and released the singles "GÃ¶r det fort" and "GÃ¥r igen" (in Swedish!). In the mid-90's he moved to New York and recorded the album "TIME LEAVES YOU BEHIND", as well as doing plenty of live gigs at places like CBGB's, Sidewalk and Continental. Now back in Sweden he has reformed the Drift Band and released the ep "So this is what the end looks like", followed by the new album "THE EXCITABLE GIFT", where lots of piano, acoustic guitar, violin and an electric HagstrÃ¶m 12-string can be heard on the warm-sounding analogue recording. Right now the band is busy in Cobra Studio in Stockholm recording new songs. Keep a close watch for new songs right here."

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Member Since: 11/30/2006
Band Website: belpid.com/swdb.shtml
Band Members: Stellan Wahlstrom - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, electric HagstrÃ¶m 12-string, harmonica . Johan Werner - lead guitars, piano, Philicorda organ. Johan Adelman - bass. Federico Da Costa - drums.
Influences: Pearls Before Swine, Velvet Underground, Byrds, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, John Cale, Love, Karen Beth, Ian Matthews, Flying Burrito Bros, Nick Cave, Smog, Emmylou Harris, Patti Dahlstrom, Gene Clark, Electric Prunes, 13th Floor Elevators, Rolling Stones, The King, Isaac Hayes, George Harrison, Teenage Fanclub, Judy Collins, Townes Van Zandt, Epic Soundtracks, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nile, Buzzcocks, TRB, Saints, Dinosaur Jr, P J Harvey, Tom Petty, Patti Smith, Television, Mink DeVille, Bruce Springsteen, Low, Labradford, Luna, Miles Davis, Yusef Lateef, Lightnin' Hopkins and many many many others...
Sounds Like: Has been described as Big City Folk Rock, or as the magazine The Big Takeover put it: "A more sophisticated take on a cross between post-Velvets and Alt-Country with a very clean almost jazz-like ambience".
Record Label: Belpid Records
Type of Label: Indie