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Member Since: 5/8/2007
Band Members: Erik and whoever happens to show up in the recording studio or on stage, provided something good is gonna come out of it.

The Plothead family has about 30 to 40 members but those who've showed up at a regular basis are:
Björn Nyberg, drums
Ove Andersson, keyboards, guitar, programming, bass guitar
Maria Ã…kervall, backing vocals
Christer Björklund, drums, keyboards, backing vocals
Stefan Björling, bass guitar, backing vocals

(Erik is also member of boozepoppers Rodney Bailey and new project Superfriendz).
Influences: Sparklehorse, The book "Sister of the Angels", Elliott Smith, the probably best beer in the world, Grandaddy, the state of insomnia, Azure Ray, Greek islandhopping, the Coen brothers, Tom Waits, "Slingblade" the movie, Rosie Thomas, director Emir Kusturica, Rufus Wainwright, maps of places I've never seen, the great female artists on DetErMine Records, Howe Gelb and the zillion of bands he's got, director Luc Besson, Jim Whites reflections of the South, newspapers and magazines, Saddle Creek-, Sub Pop- and Bella Union artists in general, bus- and trainrides, Neil Young, director Tim Burton, late night radio in a whispery volume, Damien Jurado, killing time at airports, Lenny Cohen, the attitude of The Jesus And Mary Chain and Dan Elvelind

And most of all, random precision - moments when I don't have a clue what I'm doing (playing guitar north of the 5th fret, fooling around on the piano, writing songs on detuned mandolins, random tuned guitars or programming drum machines with no volume on)
Sounds Like: Rain on a sunny day
Sun on a rainy day
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None