User:Mmossberg/sandbox

Hammagrella is a pop music group from Stockholm, Sweden. The band was founded 1982 in Nacka by songwriters Hans Kalderin and Patrik Cedemar.

Early career
Hammagrella was formed in Nacka, Sweden, and the original members were songwriters Hans Kalderin and Patrik Cedemar. In 1983 Mats Sandin joined the band. Together with Göran Kling (bass) and P-Å Westberg (keyboards and saxophone) they recorded their first EP, in CTR Studio in 1984. The record was released on their own label, Icafeterian Records. During 1983-1985 the band, calling themselves Onderox, became a popular live act on major rock clubs in Stockholm. They achived moderate popularity also outside Stockholm and was invited to play at the rock festival Rockmotti in Grums, together with artists like Bobbysocks and Jerry Williams, which they did in July 1985. The band was known for playing catchy power pop songs with quirky lyrics in Swedish and was sometimes called “Squeeze from Sweden”. Onderox was disbanded in September 1985 and the members spend the following years outside the music industry, just occassionaly doing some songwriting work for other artists.

Rebirth
1999 Cedemar, Kalderin and Sandin released the Christmas single “Jul med Elton John” on the Pantaloka label. They called themself Internet, and it was the kick off for a new phase in Hammagrella’s career. They changed their name back to Hammagrella and released four albums: “Svegs Trälar” (2002), “Vykort Från Grums” (2003), “Svartvita teven” (2004) and “Jag Ska Flytta Till Chicago” (2005). The song “Ping-pong sång” was winner of the radio show Trassel’s Best New Song Contest in 2004. When Hammagrella songs was eventually published on Spotify in 2015 the song “Orkney Genius” was streamed more than 15 000 times in less than a month. In 2016 the album “Radio Grella” was released on iTunes and Spotify.

Singles/EPs
Onderox Internet Hammagrella
 * ”Onderox” (1984)
 * “Jul Med Elton John” (1999)
 * ”Orkney Genius” (2002)
 * “Ett mejl från Hale Bopp” (2003)
 * “Riktig Restaurang” (2003)
 * “Martin Beck Nickade” (2004)
 * “Ping-pong Sång” (2005)
 * “Orkney Genius” (2005)
 * “Gary Sundgren” (2005)
 * “Bara En Boll” (2005)

Albums
Hammagrella
 * ”Svegs Trälar” (2002)
 * ”Vykort Från Grums” (2003)
 * “Svartvita Teven” (2004)
 * “Jag Ska Flytta Till Chicago” (2005)
 * “Radio Grella”' (2016)

Other recordings
Hammagrella
 * “Fruktmannen – outtakes and extras” (2006)

Category:Swedish musical groups