Mono Soldier

Magnus Melliander teamed up with Christian Kjellvander, Anders Tingsek and Johan Hansson in Loosegoats in Lund -96 before the recording of their debut album "For Sale By Owner".At first he was hired as a live-musician and soon after he became a full-time member.DISCOGRAPHY: Form and the feeling CDS 2001 Yucca mountain/Days of black (nights are lights) CDS 2001 Her the city et al CD 2001 Plains, Plateaus and Mountains CD 1999 Adversity CDS 1999 Fender EP CDS 1998 Disdialogic CDEP 1997 A Mexican Car In A Southern Field CD 1997 For Sale By Owner CD 1997 Slotmachines And Busted Dreams CDEP 1997 Country Crock CDEP 1996 Mule Habit CDEP 1996 Small Lesbian Baseball Players CDEP 1995Shortly before and since the Loosegoats disbanded, noted guitarist and songwriter Magnus Melliander formed Wood Raft together with drummer Mattias Pedersen(Liberator,Thomas Holst) and bass player Jörgen Larsson(Arla) in the fall of 1999.What started out as a experimental project to learn more about recording and producing evolved into a group, now with new members. The line-up was Petter Alexandersson(Halos)-guitar,Jonas Hult(Righteous Boy,Kerim)-bass,Johan Hansson(Loosegoats,Songs Of Soil,Fine Arts Showcase,Christian Kjellvander)-drums and Oskar Ling(Böss m.m.)-keyboard and with Magnus on guitar and vocals.In 2002 Magnus moved to Gothenburg and formed Mono Soldier with newfound friends Markus Jönsson(The Travelling End,Hjärtats Orkester)-guitar and Kristoffer Rönnmark(Martin Chandra m.m.)-drums,keyboard).Without bass in their line-up the band wanted to keep it as simple as possible.If a song did´nt feel or sound right the first time they rehearsed it, they did´nt play it anymore.In 2002 he also began writing music for cinematic use and some of the movies it can be heard in are:"Nina, Frans Och Annika"(2003) and "Syrenernas Tid"(2002)Now Magnus uses the name Mono Soldier for all his soloefforts including music he writes for cinematic use.