Anekdoten | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, art rock, post-rock (early) |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Members | Nicklas Barker Jan Erik Liljeström Anna Sofi Dahlberg Peter Nordins Marty Willson-Piper |
| Website | Official website |
Anekdoten is a Swedish progressive rock band, composed of guitarist/vocalist Nicklas Barker, cellist/keyboardist Anna Sofi Dahlberg, bassist/vocalist Jan Erik Liljeström and drummer Peter Nordins.[1] They are notable for the use of the mellotron and their heavy sound dominated by a pounding bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music, especially that of King Crimson.[2] Since 2015 former The Church guitarist Marty Willson-Piper has been touring with the band.
- ^ "Anekdoten on Myspace".
- ^ Nicholas, Steve (January 2001). "Anekdoten - "One of Sweden's brightest exports discusses the band's work and future"". Ghostland.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
When Nicklas, Peter and I started playing together in the middle of 1990 we played covers. The first song that we started rehearsing was "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part 2," the second was "Lament" and I believe that the third one was "Red." We wanted to see if we could pull off playing Crimso-songs, primarily from the Wetton-era, as this was our main source for inspiration at the time.