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HOUSE OF SHAKIRA

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House Of Shakira homepage
Discography:
- III "Re-issue" including DVD "Live at Sweden Rock Festival 2006" (2008)
- Retoxed (2007)
- Live At Firefest 2005 DVD (2006)
- Lint "Re-issue" (2005)
- First Class (2004)
- Live+ (2001)
- III (2000)
- Best Of Two (2000)
- On The Verge (1998)
- Lint (1997)
Biography:
HOUSE OF SHAKIRA is a Swedish rock n'roll band formed in Stockholm around 1991. HOUSE OF SHAKIRA carry a unique sound that stands out among other bands in the same genre. The band's motto is "Try every idea with an open mind". This means that every member of the band contributes their personal musical ideas making the lyrics, rythmical patterns, chord changes and melodies special. HOUSE OF SHAKIRA consists of five very different personalities that really only have one thing in common - to write and perform great songs. A good song is the key to make the band function; style or sound doesn't matter if the written material is poor. HOUSE OF SHAKIRA produces melodic rock of the very highest quality due to a constant mixing of hard rock with several other musical styles - the vocals soar, the melodies rise and the guitars bring it all together. All these components makes listening to HOUSE OF SHAKIRAs music a sensational experience. Because of the diversity of the lyrics and the music, HOUSE OF SHAKIRA does not fall under your typical hardrock classification; they find a wider musically interested audience and fan community.
There is a special story behind the naming of the band. At the start the band was called " The Station". Then a swedish record company thought that the name sounded too much like their own (The Record Station), so the band unanimously decided to drop the name. A couple of weeks later their demo was reviewed in a German music magazine saying that "this is a great band, but at the moment they don't have a name". The magazine arranged a kind of contest for their readers to name this excellent, nameless band. One of the readers in England, Geoff Noddings entered the contest and suggested the name of " HOUSE OF SHAKIRA ". In 1991 newspapers in England wrote about a boutique in London called "The House of Shakira". Using the selling of clothes in the boutique as a cover, this store actually offered and sold a very different commodity. The House of Shakira was in fact a bordello. Today the band uses the name as a metaphor for something that is not what it seems to be.
HOUSE OF SHAKIRAs debut "Lint"(bluestone) hit the stores in 1997 and was nominated best debut album by magazines and e-zines all over Europe. Some magazines went even further in their praises of the band and put " Lint "up on the "top-ten list" of debut albums ever. Shortly after the release of "Lint" HOUSE OF SHAKIRA went on tour through Europe as an opening act for Royal Hunt. They continued to England and played the Gods festival where "they set the standard for the day which was never bettered"( XXXXXX).
Such has been the standard of the HOUSE OF SHAKIRA story - great reviews, hard work and lots of laughter. The band has been around for fifteen years now and the members are still creative and push themselves to write the best songs in rock n' roll today.
Also, check out the band at:
Soundklick.com
Trig.com
Purevolume.com
Znapmusic.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/3/2006
Band Website: houseofshakira.com
Band Members: Andreas Eklund - Vocals
Mats Hallstensson - Guitar, vocals
Anders Lundström - Guitar
Per Schelander - Bass, vocal
Tony Andersson - Drums
Influences: Journey
Eagles
Led Zeppelin
David Coverdale
Van Halen
Sounds Like:

House Of Shakira - You Are
From live DVD House Of Shakira - Live At Firefest 2005

House Of Shakira - Uncontrolled
From live DVD House Of Shakira - Live At Firefest 2005

Stockholm
Record Label: Lion Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New review!! By Dave palmer for "Retoxed"!!

Dave Palmer at Heavymetalresource.com wrote: House of Shakira are once again back with their latest melodic platter 'Retoxed'. I kind of missed the buzz that this band ...
Posted by HoS on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:55:00 PST

A Jason Richie review for "Retoxed"...

Jason Richie at Getreadytorock.com wrote: ( Rating 4,5/5) House Of Shakira return with their fifth studio album and one that marks ten years since their classic debut album 'Lint' w...
Posted by HoS on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:03:00 PST

A nice review for "Retoxed" just arrived..

Lordsofmetal.nl wrote: (Rating: 82/100) For a number of years it has been kind of quiet around the talented Swedish melodic rock band House Of Shakira. After creating quite an impact in 1997 ...
Posted by HoS on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:11:00 PST

First review for "Retoxed" arrived...

Virtuosityone.com wrote: (rating 94%) House Of Shakira are one of the leading exponents of the modern melodic rock sound. Hailing from Sweden and forming in the early 1...
Posted by HoS on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:34:00 PST

Studioreport II

We have finally managed to lay down all the trax without any casualties! Andreas have done a beautiful job on the lead vocals, with assistance from the even more handsome "choir boys" Mats, Per and Mi...
Posted by HoS on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:09:00 PST

Studioreport

Well, we finally made it into the studio.....So far nine songs are recorded.  Three more to come when Tony´s recovered from his hand surgery. (Or was it a brain surgery??) We have used some ...
Posted by HoS on Tue, 08 May 2007 05:00:00 PST