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Sons Of Cyrus
Sons of Cyrus is a swedish rockband from Stockholm. The band was active from 1996 to 2007.

History
Sons of Cyrus was formed by some stockholm high school teenagers in 1996 under the name The Orphans. The singer Loverboy (Love Jonasson) was the youngest, only 13 years old and still going to junior high school. The guitarist Loco Lopez (Erik Jonasson), the brother of Loverboy made most of the songs for the band. After some line-up changes in 1997 the band changed name to Sons of Cyrus. For some years SoC mostly played live in Sweden but in 2001 things started to happen. The stockholm label Big Brothel Records, run by Staffan Fagerberg, released a 7" single with SoC and in 2002 a rerelease of the SoC debut 7" The Warriors. In cooperation with the recordshop owner Janne Littorin, Big Brothel released in 2004 the debut album of SoC. Sons of Cyrus started to tour Europe and became after some years more popular in Germany than in Sweden. German and american labels showed now interest in the band and the BBC legend John Peel played the SoC song What to Do in his radio show. The music video for the song What to Do were also shown on the swedish TV channel Z-TV. The second SoC album Rock & Rollercoaster came out in 2004, produced by Chips Kiesby, the producer of many Hellacopters albums. After Loco Lopez (Erik Jonasson) withdrawal, the band continued without it's creative founder. Max Volume (Max Groundstroem) joined the band as the new guitarist and SoC went on playing shows especially in Germany. New records were released on german and american labels but not many new songs were made. In the summer of 2006 the singer Loverboy (Love Jonasson) moved to Berlin. In November 2006 Sons of Cyrus went on a last tour to Germany together with the Stockholm band Meine Kleine Deutsche. The last performance was at Debaser in Stockholm on the 13th of December, 2006. The club was packed, as many friends and fans came to see the band one last time. On Sunday, the 25th of March, 2007, Sons of Cyrus were officially disbanded. SoC did 2 magic extra live shows in Berlin and Eisenach in November 2009. At the same time Gregor Samsa released the 7" I want your Blood on his german label Sounds of Subterrania. The single includes two Sons of Cyrus songs recorded in Italy some years earlier. Some countries that Sons of Cyrus were touring in: Germany, The Netherlands, Finland, England, France, Norway, Estonia, Denmark, Austria and Sweden.

Sons Of Cyrus members
Additional musicians: Alicja Trout: lead vocals on Begging Me For More (Rock & Rollercoaster album) Matthias ?: würlitzer piano on Propaganda (Trigger Happy minialbum)

Singles
1. The Warriors 7" (Sons Of Cyrus Records, Sweden 2001, SOC-001) 300 copies, black-and-white cover 1. The Warriors 2. What To Do 3. Downtown 4. Going Down 2. A Lonesome Boy 7" (Big Brothel Records, Sweden 2001, BBC-3) 500 copies, clear vinyl 1. A Lonesome Boy 2. Fate 3. The Warriors 7" (Big Brothel Records, Sweden 2002, BBC-5) 420 copies, clear green vinyl, green cover 1. The Warriors 2. What To Do 3. Downtown 4. Going Down 4. Nobody But Me 7" (Savage Records, Sweden 2002, SAV 7007) 400 copies 1. Nobody But Me (Isley Brothers) 2. Didn't Know 5. What To Do 7" (Lonestar Records, Germany 2003, LS-005) 1. What To Do 2. Devil In A Blue Dress (Shorty Long) 3. Sons Of Cyrus 4. Nothing Matters Anymore 6. One Way Ticket To Switzerland 7" (Lonestar Records, Germany 2003, LS-009) 1. One Way Ticket To Switzerland 2. Monkey Business 7. Tired Of This Time 7" (Fandango Records, USA 2004, FR-031) 1. Tired Of This Time 2. Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones) 8. I Want Your Blood 7" (Sounds of Subterrania, Germany 2009, SoS-108) 1. I Want Your Blood 2. The Beat

Albums
1. Sons Of Cyrus LP/CD (Big Brothel Records, Sweden 2002, BBC-9) 1. What To Do 2. A Lonesome Boy 3. Something New 4. Baby, Please Don't Go 5. Shake Some Action (The Flaming Groovies) 6. I Wanna Be 7. Didn't Know 8. Downtown 9. Oh Yeah! 10. Green Gold 11. Sonic Riot 12. Warriors 2. Rock & Rollercoaster LP/CD (Big Brothel Records, Sweden 2004, BBC-19) 1. Switzerland 2. Never Gonna Let You Go 3. One Of A Kind 4. Running Too Slow 5. Begging Me For More 6. Wish I Was Blind 7. Straight To Hell 8. Monkey Business 9. I Want To Dance 10. Growing Old 11. Obey Obey 12. Come On And Do It 3. Trigger Happy LP/CD (Sounds of Subterrania, Germany 2006, SoS-076/SoS-077) Produced by Chips Kiesbye Recorded at 44traxx Studio, Stockholm by Stefan Boman. 1. She lived on the edge 2. Girls Girls 3. It is true 4. Latest style 5. Promised land 6. Out of my mind 7. The man that makes you sober 8. Propaganda

Sons of Cyrus Compilations
1. Monkey Business (Dead Beat Records, USA 2005, DB 59) Compilation of singles and rarities. 1. Tired Of This Time 2. Nobody But Me (Human Beinz, The) 3. Monkey Business 4. Down Town 5. Sons Of Cyrus 6. The Fast Can't Lose 7. Going Down 8. Didn't Know 9. The Warriors 10. Sonic Riot 11. I Need You Baby 12. Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones, The) 13. A Lonesome Boy 14. Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly (Arranged by - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels) (Written by - F. Long, J. Marascalco , R. Blackwell , W. Stevenson) 15. Zardoz 16. Nothing Matters Anymore 17. What To Do 18. Begging Me For More 19. Switzerland 20. Fate

Other Compilations
1. Punk CD (Detroit Noise Records, USA 2000, cat.no.?) other bands ? their tracks ? 1. I Need You Baby 2. We Love You - A Tribute To Rolling Stones CD (Feedback Boogie, Sweden 2002, MNW-DD-19) other bands ? their tracks ? 1. Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones) 3. The Inbred Community LP (Big Brothel Records, Sweden 2004, BBC-13) 1. Monkey Business 2. Tired Of This Time 4. Fantastic Four Series #4 CD (Bam! Magazine, Italy 2005, #4) 1. Begging Me For More 2. Call My Name 3. Zardoz

Weblinks:
Sons Of Cyrus on myspace Sons of Cyrus old discography Sons of Cyrus updated discography Interview with Sons of Cyrus in Oxfanzine, 2003