Peter Bjorn and John

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Peter Bjorn and John
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Peter Bjorn and John
Background information
Origin Stockholm, Sweden
Genre(s) Indie Rock
Years active 1999 – present
Label(s) Wichita, Parasol Records
Website peterbjornandjohn.com
Members
Peter Morén
Björn Yttling
John Eriksson

Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999. The current members are Peter Morén on vocals, guitar, and harmonica; Björn Yttling on vocals, bass and keyboards; and John Eriksson on drums, percussion, and vocals.

To date they are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which featured Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes and was a top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart. It was also named NME's second best track of 2006, beaten only by "Over and Over" by Hot Chip.[1] In Australia it was voted number 16 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2006.

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[edit] History

Peter and Bjorn began playing music together when they got to know each other during high school. They shared an interest in bands such like The Stone Roses and Ride. Their first band disbanded after they moved to Stockholm, where they met John in 1999 to form Peter Bjorn and John. Their first gig was an unsuccessful one in a boat in Stockholm. Their expectations were not high from the start, as they "just wanted to make good music for our own amusment."[citation needed]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

[edit] Trivia

  • "Young Folks" was featured in the Grey's Anatomy episode "Let the Angels Commit".
  • "Young Folks" was also featured in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Monday Night Football", which aired February 5, 2007.
  • "Young Folks" was used in the fashion show for Banana Republic's Spring 2007 collection.
  • "Young Folks" was used in MTV Australia's Christmas Throwie campaign, which consisted of throwing 2000 glowing LEDs to light up Sydney buildings.
  • "Young Folks" is used in broadcasts of baseball games on Washington and Lee University's WLUR-FM.
  • The band originally incorporated commas into their name, but dropped them because they did not look good in the font on their first record.
  • On their recent Australian tour Victoria Bergsman's role in "Young Folks" was sung by Tracey-Anne Campbell of Camera Obscura
  • Lars Skoglund of the band Laasko has filled in for the band on drums and played bongos during some live shows
  • German singer Nena covered the song as "Ich Kann Nix Dafür" (It's Not my Fault) for the movie Vollidiot.
  • "Young Folks" is used in a new commercial for AT&T.
  • "Young Folks" is used in a new advertisement for Sky Movies recent re-launch.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "NME 2006 Poll". NME.com (2006). Retrieved 20 January 2007.

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