Elite

Elite is a young band, formed as late as in the spring of 2005, but its history is older. It consists of Pelle Peterson (guitar/vocals), Erik Banck (guitar/vocals), Olle Gasslander (drums/percussion) Christian Olofsson (bass), and Madelene Fagher (keyboard/vocals). Pelle, Olle and Erik, have been making music together for a long time, rising to some success with their former band Amnesia (probably the greatest event was winning the talenthunt Rockkarusellen in Linköping, earlier won by artist such as Lars Winnerbäck and the Pusjkins). But the band split up when its members moved to different corners of the world after finishing school.
Christian has his roots in another succesfull act called Noir. They recorded four demos, and played at Kalas turnén in Karlstad, August 2004. But this band also came to an end when singer and bassplayer Peter Gerlach, who also recorded and played bass on Give it all you got, moved to Brussel in 2005. This not only left Elite without a bassplayer, but also left Christian without a band. This way the boys ended up together.
Elite relized they needed someone to play the keyboard to make their live-performances as great as they wanted to. They got very happy when Madelene told them she wanted to give it a try. Madelene, with an history in both Quaterhorse and Kazakstan, showed she was man enough for the job and became no longer only a great friend, but also a bandmember!
As for now the bandmembers have released their tight influence from what was the grungestage and has found themselves playing what I like to call post-modern pop/rock (or something like that). If I was to line up some big names that the band would like to be compared to they would be bands like Mew, Kashmir and Fireside. Although that is just a speculation of mine, you make the judgment!
Soon their second promo-cd "Merry Weather Forever" is avaliable. Check out www.elitemusic.se