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Fireside
"Slack"
from Hello Kids
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"When we first started out, we told Frans that we were a metal band. You know, like Dio. Somehow he fell for it but no one really understood what we were doing at the time, saying that we were a metal band."

"We got Jocke [Wallström, head of West Side Fabrications] drunk at a party during Trüstocks-festivals and then we played him our tape. He signed us on the spot even though the only thing he could hear was feedback. After that everything went ballistic... We were signed, recorded the 'Softboy EP' and West Side released it within a month." A small step for mankind but a giant leap for a band that had lured their bass player into the rehearsal studio with the magic words "Heavy Metal".

The collective songwriting talent put through the razor-sharp production of Pelle Gunnerfelt and the endless hours spent in their rehearsal room come studio were finally paying off. The band never missed a pace even though replacement drummer Per Nordmark was barely audible during his first rehearsals with the band. "He'd [Per] start playing and we wouldn't even notice it. He's learned now though."   full bio >>

DISCOGRAPHY
crank! ROCKS:
HELLO KIDS
CD (crank! a record company - crc035 - 2000)

FANTASTIC FOUR
CD (crank! a record company - crc024 - 1999)

UOMINI D'ONORE
LP - CD (crank! a record company - crc023 - 1998)

Various Artists "(don't forget to) breathe"
2xLP - CD (crank! a record company - crc011 - 1996)

MORE FIRESIDE ROCK:
FANTASTIC FOUR
CD (Westside Fabrication - 1994)

JUPITER
Cdep (Westside Fabrication - 1994)

SOFTBOY
Cdep (Westside Fabrication - 1994)

KILOTEN
Cdep (Startracks - 1995)

DO NOT TAILGATE
CD (American Recordings - 1995)

LEFT RUSTLE
Cdep (Startracks - 1996)

SWEATBEAD
Cdep (Startracks - 1997)

HELLO KIDS
2xCD (Startracks - 1998)

7 inches:
LOVE IS ALL WE GOT
Chapel Hill Records

LET RASPUTIN DO IT / SILVER MUSCLE CAR
B-Core (Spain)

Also Check out :
KRISTOFER ASTROM AND HIDDEN TRUCK
"Go, Went, Gone" CD (Startracks - 1998)

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Fireside
fireside are:
Pelle Gunnerfeldt - guitar
Kristofer Astrom - vocals/guitar
Frans Johansson - bass
Per Nordmark - drums

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