Millencolin
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Örebro, Sweden |
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| Genre(s) | Punk rock Skate punk |
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| Years active | 1992-Present | |
| Label(s) | Burning Heart Epitaph |
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| Website | http://www.millencolin.com/ | |
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| Nikola Sarcevic Mathias Färm Fredrik Larzon Erik Ohlsson |
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Millencolin is a skate punk band that was formed in October of 1992 by Erik Ohlsson, Mathias Färm and Nikola Sarcevic in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band. The name Millencolin is derived from the skateboard trick "melancholy".
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[edit] Biography
Their first recording was a self-released 10 song tape entitled "Melack", recorded in 1993. Burning Heart Records subsequently contacted Millencolin expressing their wish to release a CD single. Burning Heart had previously only released two CD singles but they took their chance with the relatively unknown band. The band recorded the six song CD-single "Use Your Nose" in November 1993, which included new versions of "Pain" from Goofy and "Melack". The single was well received and the band began to play more live shows. They put out their first major release, "Tiny Tunes", in 1994. The recording and mixing of the album took two weeks. Legal trouble with Warner Brothers over the title and cover artwork of the album led the band to re-release it in 1996 under the name "Same Old Tunes".
Millencolin continued to tour and in 1995 brought out their second full length album "Life on a Plate". This coincided with Millencolin beginning to tour outside of Scandinavia. At the end of 1995, the US record company Epitaph wanted to release "Life on a Plate" in the US, and the band agreed. They then toured further afield, touring Japan, Australia, Brazil and Canada, and played as part of the 1997 Warped Tour.
Further albums "For Monkeys" and compilation "The Melancholy Collection" followed, but the band's popularity really increased in 2000 with the release of the Brett Gurewitz produced "Pennybridge Pioneers", an album with more of a rock infuence than the band's previous Skate punk sound. The recording took six weeks and they started their first major worldwide tour; "Pennybridge Pioneers Worldwide Tour". They also allowed the song "No Cigar" to be featured on the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 video game. Millencolin played in Wellington, New Zealand, followed by an Australian tour. This led to an early release of the album in Australia and New Zealand. Millencolin wrote on tour and brought out "Home From Home" in 2002. The hit "Kemp" brought success. While it was not as well received as the previous effort, songs like "Happiness for Dogs" and "Afghan" showed a stronger and rockier sound which would greatly influence their next album "Kingwood".
"Kingwood", released in March 2005, marked the band's return to a faster and more traditional punk rock sound, collaborating it with their recently founded rock sound, and completed a world tour in follow up of the album. The album debuted at #2 in the Swedish chart.[1]
Since 2003, the band has hosted a skateboard contest at their own skatepark in Örebro, Sweden named the Millencolin Open. They say they started this annual contest because skateboarding is what brought them together and now they have the chance to make something good of their town and of skateboarding.
As of February 2007, Nikola Sarcevic of Millencolin confirmed that they are in the early stages of recording a new album. A concrete date has not been set, as Vocalist/Bassist Nikola Sarcevic is currently promoting his second solo release Roll Roll and Flee, and Mathias is currently promoting his new band Franky Lee. Sarcevic has said that Millencolin will be recording in the studio as early as October.
[edit] Members
- Nikola Sarcevic - Vocals, Bass
- Mathias Färm - Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Erik Ohlsson - Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Fredrik Larzon - Drums
[edit] Discography
The official studio album releases by Millencolin are as follows:
1. Same Old Tunes (October 28, 1994)
2. Life on a Plate (October 11, 1995)
3. For Monkeys (April 20, 1997)
4. The Melancholy Collection (July 29, 1999)
5. Pennybridge Pioneers (February 24, 2000)
6. Home From Home (March 11, 2002)
[edit] References
- ^ Millencolin enter Swedish Album Chart at # 2. Burning Heart Records. Retrieved on May 27, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Millencolin's Site
- Burning Heart Records
- Epitaph Records
- Biography at MTV.com
- Millencolin Tabs at ultimateGuitar.com
- Tour Dates
| Millencolin |
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| Nikola Sarcevic | Mathias Färm | Fredrik Larzon | Erik Ohlsson |
| Discography |
| Albums and extended plays: Use Your Nose | Skauch | Same Old Tunes | Life on a Plate | For Monkeys | Hi-8 Adventures Soundtrack | The Melancholy Collection | Pennybridge Pioneers | No Cigar | Millencolin/Midtown Split | Home from Home | Kingwood |
| Singles: "Da Strike" | "The Story of My Life" | "Move Your Car" | "Lozin' Must" | "Twenty Two" | "Penguins & Polarbears" | "Fox" | "Kemp" | "Man Or Mouse" | "Battery Check" | "E20 Norr" | "Ray" | "Shut You Out" |
| Video releases |
| ...and the Hi-8 Adventures |
