Electric Boys

The Electric Boys are a band founded in Sweden in 1988, which enjoyed a cult status in Europe at the end of the decade.[3]

Electric Boys
OriginStockholm, Sweden
GenresHard rock,[1] funk rock,[2] funk metal,[3] glam metal[4]
Years active1988–1994, 2009–present
LabelsPolygram, Atco, Music for Nations
Associated actsHanoi Rocks
MembersConny Bloom
Andy Christell
Franco Santunione
Niklas Sigevall
Past membersThomas Broman
Martin Thomander

Career

They were formed by Conny Bloom (real surname: Blomqvist) (guitar/vocals) and Andy Christell (bass). Originally a duo, they signed for Polygram and scored a local Swedish hit with the single "All Lips and Hips" in 1988, which according to some people is their best song so far.[5] This early version of what would become perhaps the band's best-known hit also appeared that same year in America on the soundtrack to the movie Feds. The band then added second guitarist Franco Santunione and drummer Niclas Sigevall.[3]

In 1989, the band's debut album Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride, including a revamped version of "All Lips and Hips" was a success in Europe, and they picked up a strong following in Britain,[6] where, as well as headlining small clubs, they supported Thunder. When headlining Newcastle upon Tyne, Riverside club, the band were joined on stage by the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis, who were performing in the same venue at around the same time. The following year, the album was released in America, where they also became moderately successful, thanks to the singles "All Lips and Hips" and "Psychedelic Eyes". However, the follow-up album Groovus Maximus did not emerge until 1992, by which time grunge had swept all before it and the album was overall inferior to the debut. By the end of an American tour to promote it supporting Mr. Big, the band had lost Santunione and Sigevall and both North American and European record deals. Outgoing members were replaced by former Mogg drummer Thomas Broman and Martin Thomander (second guitar) and this line up released the band's third album, Freewheelin' on the Music For Nations label in Britain. The album attracted little interest and the band dissolved. In 2005, founders Bloom and Christell joined Hanoi Rocks.

The Groovus Maximus album was recorded at the Abbey Road Studios in London. There were two music videos made from that album: "Mary in the Mystery World" and "Dying to be Loved". The "Dying to be Loved" video only had a budget of £100.[7]

The band reformed in 2009 and released And Them Boys Done Swang in 2011.[3]

On 24 March 2018, they released a new single, "Suffer", which was paired with a 2014 live recording of "All Lips n' Hips." They are currently working on a follow up to their 2014 album, Starflight United.[8] which is crowdfunded on Pledge Music for release in August 2018.[9] The album, called "The Ghost Ward Diaries" was released in November 2018.

Members
  • Conny Bloom - lead vocals, guitar, sitar (1988-1994, 2009–present)
  • Martin "Slim" Thomander - guitar, backing vocals (1993-1994, 2020-present)
  • Andy Christell - bass guitar, backing vocals (1988-1994, 2009–present)
  • Niklas Sigevall - drums (1988-1993, 2009–present)

Former
  • Franco Santunione - guitar, backing vocals (1988-1993, 2009–2020)
  • Thomas Broman - drums, backing vocals (1993-1994)

Discography

Albums
  • Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride (1989)
  • Groovus Maximus (1992)
  • Freewheelin (1994)
  • And Them Boys Done Swang (2011)
  • Starflight United (2014)
  • The Ghost Ward Diaries (2018)
  • Ups!de Down (2021)

Singles
  • 1988: "All Lips 'n Hips" (original version)
  • 1990: "All Lips 'n Hips" (#76 US Hot 100, No. 16 US Mainstream Rock)
  • 1990: "Electrified" (Phonogram Ltd. London. Catalog: UK - VERCD 50. Int - 878 455-2)
  • 1990: "Excerpts From The Funk O' Metal Carpet Ride" (Vertigo EBCDJ 1)
  • 1990: "Psychedelic Eyes"
  • 1992: "Mary in the Mystery World" (#27 Sweden)
  • 1992: "Groovus Maximus"
  • 1992: "Dying to Be Loved"
  • 1994: "Ready to Believe"
  • 1994: "Groover" (Polar / Polygram Sweden. Catalog: Polar 855 405-2)
  • 2011: "Father Popcorn's Magic Oysters"
  • 2011: "Angel in an Armoured Suit"
  • 2011: "Sometimes U Gotta Go Look for the Car"
  • 2018: "Suffer"
  • 2021: "Super God"

Other recordings
  • 1990: "För fet för ett Fuck" - Svullo with Electric Boys (#2 Sweden)
  • 1992: "King Kong Song" - ABBA cover - for the Swedish ABBA tribute album ABBA: The Tribute, released on Polar Music.

See also

References
  1. Morris, Chris (28 November 1992). "Artists Put Vid Biz Under Lens". Billboard. Vol. 104 no. 48. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. Darzin, Daina; Spencer, Lauren (January 1991). "The Thrash-Funk scene proudly presents Primus, along with a host of others. Go for the funk, don't get your dreds stomped in the metal mosh pit". Spin. Vol. 6 no. 10. p. 39. ISSN 0886-3032.
  3. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Electric Boys – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. Klypchak, Brad (2016). "All Those Wasted Years: Hanoi Rocks and the Transitions of Glam". In Chapman, Ian; Johnson, Henry (eds.). Global Glam and Popular Music: Style and Spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s. Routledge. pp. 142–155.
  5. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review "All Lips n' Hips"". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  6. Henderson, Alex. "Review Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  7. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review Groovus Maximus". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  8. "Electric Boys release song "Suffer" for streaming". sleazeroxx.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  9. "Electric Boys Pledge Music". pledgemusic. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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