| Whipped Cream | |
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| Origin | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | Alternative rock Psychedelic rock |
| Years active | 1989–mid-1990s |
| Labels | Snap |
| Past members | |
| Elisabeth Punzi Jörgen Cremonese Jonas Sonesson Lars Erik Grimelund Fredrik Sandsten |
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Whipped Cream were a rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1989.
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Whipped Cream formed in 1989 with an initial line-up of Elisabeth Punzi (vocals), Jörgen Cremonese (vocals, guitars), Jonas Sonesson (bass), and Lars Erik Grimelund (drums).[1] With a sound heavily influenced by late 1960s/early 1970s psychedelic rock,[2] and gaining comparisons to My Bloody Valentine,[3][4] they released their debut album, ...and Other Delights, in 1990.[1] The album was well-received and the band was invited to record a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in 1991.[5] The 1992 follow-up, Tune In the Century, received widespread critical acclaim, with one Swedish reviewer calling it "a milestone in Swedish recording history",[3] and featured a cover version of Captain Beefheart's "Observatory Crest", which was issued as a single the same year.[1] The band's third album, the much more heavy-rock sounding Horse Mountain (1994), by now with Fredrik Sandsten (later of The Soundtrack of Our Lives) on drums, was followed by a split in the band, with Sandsten and Sonesson leaving.[6]
The band was reformed by Punzi for a proposed 1996 album Possessed, with musicians including King Diamond guitarist Snowy Shaw, Mercyful Fate bassist Sharlee D'Angelo and keyboard player Charlie Storm, although the album was never released.[6] Punzi later worked with The Mole Session.[6][7]