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MATTIAS HELLBERG

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About Me

I'm a singer/guitarplayer/songwriter born, raised and still living in Sweden. Grew up in Karlstad, moved to Gothenburg/Göteborg in the summer of -97. Started my first band, known as Ugly Jake in 1987. With some changes in the line up that band transformed into NYMPHET NOODLERS . The NN released one ep "Impeccable selection" in -93 and one album "Going abroad" in -94. After a couple years of touring in Scandinavia the band split up in -96. Some members joined THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES and I fooled around in different bands such as HOT LOVE, ALIMONY & THE HELLACOPTERS. As I moved down to Gothenburg I hooked up with Martin Hederos who used to play piano in The NN and was now in TSOOL. As we missed playing together we started to play as a duo in bars around Gothenburg. Just him on piano & me on vocals & harmonica doing covers of some of our favorites(Dylan, deVille, Stones, Marley, Drake etc...) In year 2000 an album was released under the name M.HEDEROS & M.HELLBERG. It recieved great reviews and we toured all over Scandinavia. Another album "Together in the darkness" was released in 2001, this time 5 originals & 5 covers. In 2002 we did a European tour with RYAN ADAMS. But due to too much to do for Martin (TSOOL & family) we decided to split up in the begining of 2003. A farewell ep "Take care" was released and we did some bye-bye shows and that..s it. In 2004 my first solo album was released, just called "Mattias Hellberg". Since then I..ve been playing live, with or without a band in Scandinavia, France & Germany. I..m about to record a new album, to be released when it..s completed..... I also play guitar in NICK ROYALE..S/SCOTT MORGANS soul/rock n roll band THE SOLUTION. Then there..s KANZEON of which there..s one 12" out, and now also an album. I also write and play with Swedish songbird JAQEE who's got a new album out called "Nouvelle d'amour" and it's DAMN GOOD! For more info check out www.gravitation.nu, www.fargorecords.com (european dist.) www.parasol.com (US dist.) www.myspace.com/kanzeon www.kanzeon.se www.jaqee.com Take care!JAQEE-CASTARA BLUES From the album "Nouvelle d'amour"

My Interests

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Member Since: 9/27/2005
Band Website: mattiashellberg.com
Band Members: The Tourette Baboons
Influences: "Don't hate the black Don't hate the white If you get bit Just hate the bite Make sure your heart is beatin' right" -Sly Stone
Sounds Like: WELL IT USED TO SOUND SOMETHING LIKE LIKE THIS..... MATTIAS HELLBERG Mattias Hellberg (Silence) Sweden's Mattias Hellberg has been knocking around the edges of the Nordic music business for several years now, as a member of the Wayne Kramer-endorsed Nymphet Noodlers, before finding a measure of success in the covers duo Hederos & Hellberg. Now he's finally stepping out on his own with his self-titled debut album, and it's a knockout. Hellberg's works boasts a strong traditional streak, with straightforward, verse-chorus-verse songs that draw from rock & roll, C&W and folk sources. Couched in deliberately ragged arrangements revolving around an acoustic/electric guitar mix evocative of the Rolling Stones at their best, tunes like "A Sight Supreme," with its Neil Youngesque leads, the waltzing "Where Did You Go" and the folk-rocking "Walking Restless" revivify rock & roll traditions some idiots argue have been played out. His lyrics cut "Deep Into the Bone" of relationships gone wrong, with just the right mix of defiance and regret. "You could have reached for me/But you didn't and you're not to blame," he sings on "Could Have Reached For You," before delivering the punch line: "I could have reached for you/But I didn't." Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Hellberg, though, is his voice. Cracked, wobbly, imperfect, it oozes honesty and feeling; he's capable of delivering lines like "Who's to believe in a world so weird/When the one you once loved/Turn out to be a pain in the ass" without a trace of a smirk. Stripping down to just guitar and that ravaged voice gives even a hoary chestnut like Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion" a new relevancy. "Songs made out of blue keys/And love in blue eyes/These are things that always stay in style," Hellberg croons in "True," and he's right. Mattias Hellberg fearlessly upholds truths that should be self-evident, and does it as well as any of the classics to which it's sure to be compared. Michael Toland/www.highbias.com..................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................A few months ago, this listener was lucky enough to discover the music of the Swedish duo Hederos & Hellberg when she heard their second album, Together in the Darkness.The album is a collection of covers from seemingly disparate artists and originals penned by the duo. What holds it together is a deep sense of melancholy and understanding of the human condition. These are tales of alienation and love, presented in the frankest terms, stripped down to their bare essentials. Mattias Hellberg's voice is a revelation. Smoky and self-assured, it alone could command a room. Martin Hederos' delicate piano and organ-playing form the ideal backdrop.Above all, Hederos & Hellberg excel at cutting to the emotional heart of the songs. They've taken the sneer out of the Stooges' "No Fun", transforming it into a meditation on loneliness. Bob Marley's "Concrete Jungle" echoes with despair, and the Rolling Stones' "Shine a Light" glows with compassion. The originals are uniformly strong, with "Endless Exile" being particularly devastating. It all adds up to a superlative study in Scandinavian melancholy.The duo released but one EP after Together and then ceased to be so that Martin Hederos could concentrate on his keyboard-playing for the Soundtrack of Our Lives. Fortunately, we have not heard the last of Mattias Hellberg, who released a self-titled album in March of 2005.
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My Blog

Rehearsals & recordings...

Ok, ok Let’s take it from here..I’m glad to say I got a new band together.It feels great a sounds just like I want it to.We’re getting together as often as we can down in the basemen...
Posted by MATTIAS HELLBERG on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

Sunshiiiiine!!!!!!!

Hey babes!To bring some sunshine into your lives,I put up the new Jaqee video for the song "Castara blues", which we wrote together up there in dem hills of sweet & lovely Castara village in Tobago.Lo...
Posted by MATTIAS HELLBERG on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:31:00 PST

NYMPHET NOODLERS in action!!

NYMPHET NOODLERS video clip!!!those were the days...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wOHK7EA11c
Posted by MATTIAS HELLBERG on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:59:00 PST