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Janne (guitar/vocals), Fox (bass), and Iggy (drums) began playing together as Smack in their native Stockholm circa1996.By1999, new
drummerTrisse had joined up and a couple of well-received three-song demos convinced the band to goproandadopt a new name in the year 2000.
Theirchoice, Grand Magus, was actually much more fitting with their sonicidentity,whichconsisted of both '70s hard rock and stoner rock
influences(what the band likes to call doom blues) and drew theattentionofRise Above label boss Lee Dorrian. At the beginning of 2001, they
entered localDas Boot Studios with Dismember ...read more
Janne (guitar/vocals), Fox (bass), and Iggy (drums) began playing together as Smack in their native Stockholm circa1996.By1999, new
drummerTrisse had joined up and a couple of well-received three-song demos convinced the band to goproandadopt a new name in the year 2000.
Theirchoice, Grand Magus, was actually much more fitting with their sonicidentity,whichconsisted of both '70s hard rock and stoner rock
influences(what the band likes to call doom blues) and drew theattentionofRise Above label boss Lee Dorrian. At the beginning of 2001, they
entered localDas Boot Studios with DismemberdrummerFredEstby acting as producer, emerging a few weeks later with a self-titled debut that was
released in2001. Sincethen,GrandMagus have released four more full-lengths: Monument in 2003 (JVC); Wolf's Return in 2005 and Iron Will
in2008(bothonCandlelight); and Hammer of the North in 2010 (Roadrunner). Along the way lead vocalist Janne changed his nametotheinitials J.B.
and also begansinging for top Swedish stoner metal act Spiritual Beggars. « hide |
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