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If you take the raw simplicity and sarcastic undertone of Nirvana, combine it with the dynamic structure of Placebo and Muse, and at last you add some Deftones distortion. Then you get Taikes, the Swedish grunge-rock act of the 21st century. After six years together the band has really matured musically as well as individually. A hundred gigs in Sweden, two successful tours in Mexico and a winning streak in music competitions, the band has now withdrawn from the stage while working on their second studio album.
It's been six years since Johan Fredin (guitars-vocals), Alex Hedling (bass) and Oskar Landgren (drums) entered the stage for the first time. "We were the last act of twelve bands playing in front of ten people and I was so nervous I could barely stand" Johan recalls. It all started in late 2002 when Johan and Alex got to know eachother on the first day of high school. A few days later they were jamming together with previous drummer Axel Estborn and right after that "Taikes" was born. "It was a great feeling, I had wanted to play in a band since early junior high, but since the few of my friends who actually played music already had bands and all told me I needed more practice, it just never happened" says Johan. After six months of going in different directions Axel decided to quit the band just before the first gig. It was then that Oskar joined the band, Alex and Oskar had been playing together in another band for some time. "Alex explained the situation to me and I felt really sorry for them, so I told him I would help him out with the show. But I would not stay in the band after that." Oskar explains. But that's exactly what he did and the rest is as they say...history.
The following two years Taikes spent a lot of time experimenting to find their own sound. They released three demos that never really managed to catch the public's attention. It wasn't until early 2005 when they went into the studio to record the "Life Support" EP that they knew they had something great coming up. It was that very year that Johan met up with Evelyn Hernandez from Mexico by coincidence and started talking about a Mexican tour. "We were more or less ready to go in august that year when the sponsor in Mexico got arrested. I don't know what it was for but it was a mess. So after that we decided to do it ourselves." Johan recalls. And in December of 2005 they finally did it. The tour went great and the band also caught the attention of the local media and radio stations who asked them for interviews. In 2006 they came back for another tour. This time they toured the state of Veracruz and also Puebla where they sold out all the remaining records.
After a great summer in 2006 they went back into the studio to record their first full lenght album "Dreamcatcher". A record about nightmares and hopes for the future. Johan recalls - "I thought it was a fitting name for the record. And I've always liked the image of the dreamcatcher and what it represents." The record was a success when it hit stores in February 2007 and was welcomed with great reviews. But later that year the band would face difficult times as Johan returned to Mexico for six months while Alex was fighting depression. It would make 2008 an emotional rollercoaster while they kept struggling to keep the band from breaking up.
But Taikes have endured and are stronger than ever. Today they spend most of the time in the studio working on the upcoming record "Apologize to all you friends". It will definitely be the best as of yet with a new fresh and slightly heavier sound than before. Or as the band themselves describe it: "We hope we can take out the bends on this one, make it better both ways. We still like Dreamcatcher a lot but I think we didn't really dare to take it all the way, this is our goal with the upcoming record and we wont leave the studio until we feel we have accomplished that." As they haven't given us a release date yet we can only hope it will be soon.
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"BONES" track of the day on April 22nd. At GarageBand.com

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Member Since: 30/07/2005
Band Website: www.taikes.com
Band Members: Johan Fredin
(Vocals/Guitars)
Alex Hedling
(Bass)

Oskar Landgren
(Drums)

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Bones ''Single'' Release Date: April '09

Dreamcatcher Release Date: Febrauary '07
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We've All Lived Through This Release Date: March '06


Life Support Release Date: May '05



Influences:

Nirvana
Placebo
Muse
Chevelle
Deftones
Sonic Youth
Pixies
The Doors
Beatles
Silverchair
Radiohead
Alice in Chains
Blindside
Robbie Williams
KoRn
Metallica
Mudvayne
Killswitch Engage
Fallout boy
No use for a name

My Blog

weekly update October 12

Hey friendsTime for the weekly update again. The album is right now being mastered in Jönköping and we're expecting to receive the tracks this week. Then its of to printing which will take around two ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:12:00 GMT

weekly update, october 9

Hey my friends whats up? Hope the week has been treating you well. Here's the latest from us.The never ending album project seems to actually have an end. We went back today to the studio for one last...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:54:00 GMT

weekly update

Hey friends! time for the weekly update gain.Hmm not that much to say for this week. We were supposed to go to the studio again tomorrow. Yes indeed we're never satisfied. Nah but we were supposed to ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:39:00 GMT

weekly update

Hey again friends!Just giving you the regular update. Last night we played probably our heaviest show yet in Skövde. It was a sweet crowded rock club called Backstage and we had a lot of fun. We're pr...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:37:00 GMT

weekly update

Good evening myspace friends.Hope as always that you had a great week. Im back at work unfortunately but it's starting to feel better. AnywayLast friday we received a sweet scholarship (if that's how ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:34:00 GMT

weekly update

Hey friends! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. My vacation just ended and it feels like shit but that's the way of life I guess. Anyway, some smaller updates. The record is almost finished and we're just ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Weekly update

Hey friends.I found this old interview we did for a magazine about a year ago and I thought better late than never to post it so if you're a master in swedish you can check it out here.It seams like t...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:34:00 GMT

finally on Spotify!

Hey friends. Hope you check out our old album on Spotify. Put it on repeat so we'll get a shitload of money hehehe. This Saturday we return to the studio. Hopefully we'll finish the record, thank god ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:52:00 GMT

Taikes on Twitter

Yeay we finally have it. Seems you need it altough I have no idea why. However if you want to follow us there it's www.twitter.com/taikes.See ya
Posted by on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:17:00 GMT

Another day in the studio

Hey friends!Yesterday we went back to Uddevalla for another night, the record is starting to take shape now but we still have alot to do. We expect it to be finished at the end of the summer. We also ...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:33:00 GMT