Andy LaRocque

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Andy LaRocque (real name Anders Allhage, born 29 November 1962, Göteborg, Sweden) is best known as the guitar player of the band King Diamond. For this band he is also a songwriter and plays occasional keyboards. LaRocque started in the Swedish Hardrock band Swedish Beauty that later switched names to Swedish Erotica. He also played on the Death album Individual Thought Patterns and the IllWill album Evilution along with other, former Mercyful Fate members. He can be heard on other albums as well, such as At the Gates' Slaugher of the Soul album and Falconer's Chapters from a Vale Forlorn.

He owns a studio called the "Los Angered Recordings" in Angered, Sweden, since 1995, where he records many albums of other bands.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 With E.F. Band 1.2 With King Diamond 1.3 With Death 1.4 With IllWill 1.5 As guest musician 1.6 As producer 1.6.1 Compilations 2 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] With E.F. Band

• One Night Stand (1985)

[edit] With King Diamond

• Fatal Portrait (1986)
• Abigail (1987)
• Them (1988)
• The Dark Sides (EP, 1988)
• Conspiracy (1989)
• The Eye (1990)
• In Concert 1987: Abigail (live, 1991)
• A Dangerous Meeting (compilation, 1992)
• The Spider's Lullabye (1995)
• The Graveyard (1996)
• Voodoo (1998)
• House of God (2000)
• Abigail II: The Revenge (2002)
• The Puppet Master (2003)
• Deadly Lullabyes: Live (2004)

[edit] With Death

• Individual Thought Patterns (1993)

[edit] With IllWill

• Evilution (1999)

[edit] As guest musician

• At the Gates – Slaughter of the Soul (1995), guitar solo on "Cold"
• Evergrey – The Dark Discovery (1998)
• Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (2000), guitar solo on "Devil's Path"
• Falconer – Chapters from a Vale Forlorn (2002)
• Yyrkoon – Unhealthy Opera (2006), guitar solo on "Horror from the Sea"

[edit] As producer

• Swordmaster – Postmortem Tales (1997)
• Taetre - The Art
• Einherjer – Odin Owns Ye All (1998)
• Midvinter – At the Sight of the Apocalypse Dragon (1998)
• Sacramentum – Thy Black Destiny (1999)
• Taetre – Out Of Emotional Disorder (1999)
• The Awesome Machine – It's Ugly or Nothing (2000) – also slide guitar
• Astroqueen – Into Submission (2001)
• Evergrey – In Search of Truth (2001)
• Falconer – Sceptre of Deception (2003) – also guitar
• Ironware – Break Out (2003)
• Runemagick – Darkness Death Doom (2003) – drum producer only
• Eidolon – Apostles of Defiance (2004) – also guitar
• Evergrey – Dark Discovery (2004) – also guitar
• Evergrey – Solitude Dominance Tragedy (2004)
• Melechesh – Sphynx (2004) – also Guitar
• Morifade – Domination (2004)
• Soul Reaper – Liferazer (2004)
• Dragonland – Battle in the Ivory Plains (2005)
• Einherjer – Norwegian Native Art (2005) – also guitar
• Falconer – Grime vs. Grandeur (2005)
• Sandalinas – Living on the Edge (2005)
• Runemagick – Envenom (2005)
• Taetre
• Lord Belial
• Darzamat – Transkarpatia (2005)

[edit] Compilations

• Metalmeister, Vol. 2 (1997)
• Deathmeister, Vol. 1 (1998)
• Metalmeister, Vol. 3 (1998)
• Metal Blade Records 20th Anniversary (2002)
• Louder Than the Dragon: The Essential of Limb Music (2004)

[edit] External links

• Los Angered Recordings
• Andy's homepage