Whipped Cream (band)

Whipped Cream
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

Whipped Cream was a rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1989.

History

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]

Discography

Albums

Singles, EPs

References

  1. 1 2 3 Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Whipped Cream", in The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0
  2. ↑ Abebe, Nitsuh "...and Other Delights Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
  3. 1 2 "Whipped Cream", The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Muze UK Ltd
  4. ↑ "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" (review), Lime Lizard, October 1991, p. 53
  5. ↑ Whipped Cream at the BBC's Keeping It Peel site
  6. 1 2 3 "Whipped Cream", MusicMight
  7. ↑ "Album of the Month: December 1998 - The Mole Session Late Show", Rockomondo


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