Sulo

Sören "Sulo" Karlsson (born 17 September 1969) is a Swedish vocalist and songwriter, most known for being the frontman of the rock band The Diamond Dogs. In 2013, he started the English power pop band The Crunch, together with Dave Tregunna on bass (from Sham 69 and The Lords of the New Church), Mick Geggus on guitar (from Cockney Rejects) and Terry Chimes on drums (original member of The Clash also played with Generation X and Black Sabbath.

Career

Sulo, who was born in Katrineholm, Sweden, co-founded The Diamond Dogs in Katrineholm along with Anders Lindström, throughout the years the bands line up has changed several time and Lindström left the band in 1996 to join The Hellacopters. In 2007, Sulo reunited with Lindström with the musical project The Bitter Twins, the duo's released their debut album Global Panic in 2008, which featured many guest musicians. Besides his work with The Diamond Dogs and The Bitter Twins, Sulo has recorded as a solo artist where he has he interpreted poetry by the Swedish author and poet Ernst Brunner, with the Swedish actor and author Per Ragnar, together with Swedish singer, Idde Schultz. Sulo's latest band is The Crunch, which formed in 2013.

Discography

• The Diamond Dogs – Blue Eyes Shouldn't be Cryin' (1993)
• The Diamond Dogs – Honked (1994)
• The Diamond Dogs – Good Time Girl (1995)
• The Diamond Dogs – Need of Ammunition (1996)
• Blancflor – Sånt man inte pratar om (2000)
• The Diamond Dogs – Among the Nonbelievers (2000)
• The Diamond Dogs – As Your Green Turns Brown (2001)
• The Diamond Dogs – Shortplayer (2001)
• Blanceflor – Låtsaslycklig (2001)
• The Diamond Dogs – Too Much is Always Better than Not Enough (2002)
• As a solo artist – Rough Diamonds (2003)
• The Diamond Dogs – That's the Juice I'm On (2003)
• The Diamond Dogs – Black River Road (2004)
• As a solo artist – Just Another Guy Tryin' (2005)
• The Diamond Dogs – Up The Rock (2006)
• The Diamond Dogs – Cookin (2008)
• As a solo artist – Hear Me Out (2008)
• The Diamond Dogs – Most Likely (2008)
• As a solo artist – Sulo möter Brunner (2008)
• The Bitter Twins – Global Panic (2009)
• As a solo artist – I månen på mattan (2009)
• The Sam Cook concerts – Soul Folks (2009)
• The Diamond Dogs – The Grit and the Very Soul (2010)
• Sulo & Idde – Ur ett brev (2010)
• Sulo & Idde – Kocksgatan revisited (2011)
• The Diamond Dogs – Set Fire to It All (2012)
• Sulo & Idde – Skriv ditt namn i eld (2012)
• Sulo & Idde – Diamant Hund (2012)
• Keep Yourself Alive – (2012)
• The Crunch – Busy Making Noise (2013)

References

• Press gazell – Diamond Dogs Retrieved: July 7, 2009
• Stefan Malmqvist Sulo spelar dubbelt svd.se Retrieved: July 7, 2009
• Peter Carlsson De tre essen ska leverera allehanda.se Retrieved: July 7, 2009

External links

• Official MySpace The Diamond Dogs
• Diamond Dogs @ Smilodon
• Official Diamond Dogs MySpace
• Official Sulo & Idde webbpage
• Legal Records