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About Me

Few bands have gone through such a deconstruction and reconstruction as brainpool and come out alive. The band was started in the early 90s by four teenagers with a taste for new wave and Small Faces. The debut Soda immediately became one of the most succesful records of the swedish new pop wave. After a couple of years of touring and recording (Painkiller, Stay Free) they got tired of it and changed direction completely. They scaled down and became a trio and released a very different album (You Are Here) with influences like New Order, Harold Faltermeyer and Mr Data. The band started to produce (Ed Harcourt, Florian Horwath, Roxette) and play with other acts (A Camp, Righteous Boy, Hideki Kaji, Viebeke Saugestad). During this period they decided to make a rock opera since it felt like the most stupid thing to do. And they did. Four years in the making, Junk offers a broad musical outburst and a sharp view of the world. Listen, and change your opinions on Rock Operas forever...

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Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Website: junkmusik.com
Band Members: David Birde - Vocals, Guitar.Christoffer Lundquist - Vocals, Bass.Jens Jansson - Drums.
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Sounds Like: Heaven
Record Label: Junk/Playground
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Silence from Brainpool camp

We're not completely gone, but recording is not happening right now.There is work being done, children being looked after, and producing in progress... When we find the time to get together we will ma...
Posted by Brainpool on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:58:00 PST

New Brainpool album

We've started to record a new Brainpool album.Let's see what happens...
Posted by Brainpool on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:49:00 PST

A great weekend!

We're back from LA where we went to see the first staging of our rock opera Junk. And what a show it was! It was more than we had ever dreamed of... LA Weekly loved it and so did we. We can't thank al...
Posted by Brainpool on Thu, 31 May 2007 05:03:00 PST

Skåne vs. Hollywood

We're very happy to tell you that our friend Shakina Nayfack will direct the stage version of Junk - A Rock Opera! JUNK will make its stage debut at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood, California, M...
Posted by Brainpool on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:04:00 PST

Brainpool is going sitcom

Brainpool is going sitcom. We're supposed to be in two TV-series, One Tree Hill and something else which we can't remember. Just our music though, not the actuall us.We have no idea what kind of shows...
Posted by Brainpool on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:35:00 PST

For those about to rock...

...we give you a new song to enjoy. It's called World Going Wrong and can be found on the album Junk - A Rock Opera. Some people like and some don't. We do...Brainpool
Posted by Brainpool on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:18:00 PST

Touring with Phoenix

Jens is currently playing with the swedish artist Peter Von Poehl on a support-tour for the french band Phoenix. The tour takes place in France so if you're there go and see it!Visit peter here: http:...
Posted by Brainpool on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:02:00 PST

Junk video on Nextposure

Nextposure has put up our little video to Junk. Go there and watch it!Watch now!Brainpool - Junk...
Posted by Brainpool on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:52:00 PST

asia and russia calling

We released a best of album a while ago, "We Aimed To Please". Now it seems like it is going to be released in Russia and Japan! Let's see what happens...All bestBrainpool
Posted by Brainpool on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:54:00 PST

Something to watch

Here's a little video of some sort which is made out of never used material from our junkvideo. Nice.Watch "No Sunny Days"...
Posted by Brainpool on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:15:00 PST