Mecki Mark Men

Mecki Mark Men
Mecki Mark Men
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Psychedelic rock, jazz-rock, hard rock, progressive rock, progg, rock opera
Years active	1967–1979; 2000; 2007; 2010
Labels	Philips; Limelight; Sonet; Kompass; Vesper;
Past members	Mecki Bodemark; Hans Nordstrom; Anders Sjostedt; Claes Swanberg; Jan-Eric Olsson; Björn Fredholm; Thomas Gartz; Kenny Håkansson; Bella Linnarsson; Pelle Ekman; Bosse Svensson; Staffan Linros; Peter Sahlin; Janne Kullhammar; Henry Uilli; Tommy Koverhult; Anders Nilsson; Tarja Omhav; Daniel Wigstranol; Peter Sahlin; Johan Sjokvist;

Mecki Mark Men (MMM for short) were a Swedish rock band fronted by keyboardist Claes "Mecki" Bodemark. The group originally formed as a dansband in the mid-1960s, then called Mecki Mark Five, before adopting elements of psychedelic rock, jazz, and experimental music. A breakthrough performance at Stockholm's Experimental Jazz Festival in July 1967 helped establish the group, placing them at the forefront of Swedish psychedelic rock and its fledgling progg subgenre.

Mecki Mark Men went on to collaborate with other artists in the genres of pop music, opera, and musical theatre, and were one of the first Swedish rock acts to tour and release records in the U.S.