Per$y

Music in all shapes and forms has been Per Schelanders style since he picked up the bassguitar when he was fifteen. A local band that Per really liked lost their bass player, so he approached them and said that he could play bass. They said ok and Per went home to practice. The name of the band is forgotten but the guitar player was called Andreas Möller (more about him later).In almost the same way he joined House of Shakira six years later. They asked him if he was used to sing in harmony. Per said "yes" and went home to practice as a maniac since he'd never actually done that before…Today Per sings the highest or the lowest part in House of Shakiras big harmony vocals.Around 1988 Per discovered Billy Sheehan and thought that his playing was the coolest thing he had ever heard. He started studying music seriously at the age of 18. Two years in Sweden after wich he moved to Los Angeles to attend the Musicians Institute. During the years of studying in L.A., he started to enjoy listening to and becoming influenced by bassplayers like Jeff Berlin and Rocco Prestia.Back in Sweden he worked as an ensemble teacher in various musicschools and also began writing music together with House of Shakira.Pers list is never ending when it comes to side projects. Starting out playing with various party bands, things became serious with the band Spyke (1998-2002).The debut " Divine Decadence " was released on Future Sounds and the sound and image of the band was quite far from House of Shakira.During the Spyke years Per got his nickname Per$y due to the fact that he was always broke for money, but relentlessly showed up in style to all the shows.In 2005 Per made contact with the great Danes in Royal Hunt (www.royalhunt.com) and he joined the band where he took bassplayer Steen Mogensens place.Other projects are The Furillos (www.furillos.com), a nine-man strong latin party band that plays at big parties around Sweden, and Speedy Magnus (www.sanden.ws/speedymagnus) where you also find Andreas Möller (from the early years) and Anders Norberg (who played drums in Spyke).So basically Pers 24 hours are occupied with music but he also looks forward to his first baby that will arrive in early 2006 - new challenges will always come your way if you're open for a change.