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Generous Maria first saw life in 1998 in Gothenburg - Sweden and right from the get go they delivered some seriously infectious grooves and melodic hooks. The first real proof of this was the split E.P. with Skua that Spanish label Alone Records released almost six years ago.
Further proof of Generous Marias excellence as a hard rocking groove machine came when they got signed by Lunasound Records. Out of this union came a love child in the form of Generous Marias first fullength album Command of the New Rock, an album so good that its been said to increase your sperm count and lower your IQ.
Then Lunasound Records closed its doors, but Generous Maria managed to retrieve the rights on the Command of the New Rock album. During all this Generous Maria managed to release a couple of songs on different compilations and (self)released their first 7 vinyl single Crawl Back In.
The band found a new home when the Command of the New Rock album was re-released via Buzzville Records in an expanded edition (including four bonus tracks). And now its time for another chapter in the ongoing Generous Maria saga with their second studio album Electricism. With this album the band have both managed to keep all those ingredients that makes the Generous Maria sound so unique and yet somehow also broaden their musical horizon in ways that probably will both surprise old fans and win them a lot of new ones. Electricism is way more mature and dark than its predecessor.
Electricism was produced by guitarplayer Dan Johansson and was mastered at the Mastering Room in Goteborg, Sweden by Goran Finnberg (e.g. Spiritual Beggars, The Quill, Opeth, Blind Dog, The Haunted,). Christian Smedstrom (The Awesome Machine) plays additional guitar on Precious And Grace. Italian cult-artists collective Malleus were again, as they also made the one for Command Of The New Rock release - responsible for the album artwork.
DISCOGRAPHY
ELECTRICISM
(Buzzville Records, BUZZCD016. Vinyl LP edition: Tornado Ride Records, TRR 037)
COMMAND OF THE NEW ROCK - 2005 EDITION
(Buzzville Records, BUZZCD014. Vinyl LP edition: Tornado Ride Records, TRR 036)
CRAWL BACK IN, ltd 7" (GogoMojo, GM 001)
COMMAND OF THE NEW ROCK (Lunasound Recording, LUNA009CD)
GENEROUS MARIA/SKUA SPLIT CD (Alone Records, AR-002)
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Member Since: 4/16/2006
Band Website: www.generousmaria.com
Band Members: Goran Florstrom - lead vocals
Dan Johansson - guitars
Jesper Klarqvist - bass
Mats Ohlsson - drums

Photo by Sandra de Bruyne, Helene Gunnarsson & Peter Högfeldt
Sounds Like: It Should!
Record Label: Buzzville Records, Tornado Ride Records
Type of Label: Indie

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GENEROUS MARIA on iTunes

Purchase the albums COMMAND OF THE NEW ROCK - 2005 EDITION and ELECTRICISM digitally from iTunes! Click on the album title.
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:45:00 GMT

ELECTRICISM on the Best Album 2008 list

ELECTRICISM (vinyl LP edition - Tornado Ride Records) made it right onto the Best Album of the Year '08-list of Michele Giorgi of Italy's AUDIODROME. IT!Check the list below!Rock on!.....................
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:26:00 GMT

GM feature in Audiodrome - in Italian

For you Italian-speaking folks - check out the Generous Maria feature in Audiodrome! Click here to read reviews of the vinyl editions of 'Electricism' and 'Command of the New Rock' plus an interview w...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:39:00 GMT

Get the vinyls straight from TORNADO RIDE RECORDS!

Get your copies of the vinyl editions of COMMAND OF THE NEW ROCK and ELECTRICISM! Order 'em directly from TORNADO RIDE RECORDS! COMMAND OF THE NEW ROCK comes with a bonus poster!First copies...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:02:00 GMT

News on the vinyls!

Italy's Tornado Ride Records will release the Generous Maria albums 'Command of the New Rock' and 'Electricism' on vinyl.'Command of the New Rock' will come with a bonus poster of the Mallues cover ar...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:45:00 GMT

Basic tracks laid down

In Studio Drive-By Recordings we finally got the right surroundings conducive to work (no f**ing neighbours!) and now basic tracks for fourteen songs are laid down on tape. Which should...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 06:10:00 GMT

Too loud for Studio Nacksving!

Yesterday our sessions at Studio Nacksving were forced to a halt. What seems to the problem is that Generous Maria is too loud! Studio Nacksving is located in a residence building, but has never under...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Entering Studio Nacksving

We're entering the legendary Studio Nacksving in Gothenburg on the 17th of May. For a few days we'll be  laying down the basic tracks for what is going to be our third album, tentatively ent...
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 13:32:00 GMT

Upcoming vinyl issues

Italy’s Tornado Ride Records will release both our full length albums on vinyl! Which means that both ’Command of the New Rock’ and ’Electricism’ will be re-born as LP:s!...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:45:00 GMT

Get a GENEROUS MARIA tee!

Get yourself a GENEROUS MARIA tee. Khaki with cool Electricism/Malleus artwork on front. Sizes small, medium and large. Fruit of the Loom T-shirts.$ 18 or ¬ 13 or 120 SEK, shipping included.Just ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:50:00 GMT