小简介
TeddyBears(前称TeddyBears STHLM,STHLM即 Stockholm),来自瑞典的摇滚乐队,成立于1991年。初始成员有Patrik Arve,以及Joakim ��hlund、Klas ��hlund 两兄弟,后来加入了鼓手Olsson。
TeddyBears STHLM是众多乐队中的异类:他们不时调整音乐方向转型新的音乐风格并获得了巨大成功!最初的TeddyBears STHLM 把玩硬核音乐,并借由一场动感有力而又变幻莫测的演唱会而在瑞典声名鹊起。不过虽然他们的音乐里有着让人提神的幽默感,却仍属于Diamond-hard的范畴。
过了几年后当他们"邂逅"了电子合成器后,遂投身电子流行乐领域。尽管他们刚开始的作品还带有少许幽默以及摇滚的味道。但在2000年我们看到他们努力后的成果:专辑"Rock'n'roll high school"不可思议的流行程度,以及一些引人注目的单曲获得的成功,特别是那首与 hiphop 歌手兼制作人Thomas Rusiak合作的"Hiphopper" 。歌曲中的 "I'm a hiphopper yes I am"片断更是成为当年瑞典最为传唱的副歌,同时成就了Rusiak跟TeddyBears 巨星的地位。
但是这张专辑的能量远不止那些。专辑的主打歌是另一首基于电子合成器的singalong(非正式或未经预演的团队歌唱) "Yours to keep",同样异常出色,广受好评,甚至出现了一个有趣的版本,有着带劲的歌词"I'm a punk rocker yes I am".. 自然无怪乎TeddyBears STHLM能获得格莱美最佳唱片奖以及最佳流行/摇滚组合奖(同样Thomas Rusiak也获得了两项格莱美大奖,自然有部分要归功于与TeddyBears STHMLM的合作)。
在2004年的时候这些家伙又卷土重来,这次他们爆炸性的音乐创作再次带来了不同凡响的争论。第一曲目"Cobrastyle" 你永远不会错过它,它是那么独特,reggae(雷盖:西印度群岛一种节奏强筋的流行音乐)式的演唱催眠你的神经。当灵感来临,这群Bears冲进工作室埋头苦乾,直到感觉对味了,然后打开录音设备... 他们许多出色的作品就是这么"熬"出来的,比如"The Lord's 115th Dream","Lil' Red Rooster vs Robodog"等。另外,在他们工作室里,还有一两件令人诧异的乐器设备,对于喜欢另类的人来说,绝对正点!
TeddyBears借鉴了各种音乐风格,绚丽而自然的糅合在一起,形成了他们令人情不自禁心驰神往的音乐作品。而他们的这张新专辑《soft machine》更是邀请了包括Iggy Pop, Neneh Cherry, Elephant Man, Annie 和The Soundtrack Of Our Lives乐队的Ebbot Lundberg等一批大腕级人物参与了录制,其魅力自然是不同凡响。它汇集了genre-hopping风格的现代流行乐,带着令人惊叹的创造性元素席卷而来,势不可挡,在一堆的电影及商业活动中你都可以找到这支斯德哥尔摩乐队的音乐踪迹。近来,你可以在HBO的连续剧《Entourage》以及Tab Energy Drink的广告宣传中听到动听的“Cobrastyle”,同时,这首歌也将出现在Dane Cook 和Jessica Simpson主演的“Employee Of The Month”的预告片中。
by Kenyon Hopkin
Notable for their eclectic musical style as much as for wearing large bear heads, Teddybears were formed in Sweden in the early '90s. Although the group -- whose members also direct videos, short films, and commercials -- takes on a variety of genres including electronic, dance, rock, and reggae, Teddybears' original incarnation was as a grindcore band. Members Patrik Arve and Joakim Åhlund (who is also guitarist for the Caesars) had met in art school in Stockholm, soon adding Åhlund's brother Klas on guitar. As a defiance against typical grindcore band names, the group switched its first name Skull to Teddybears, named after a band from the 1950s featuring Phil Spector. After Teddybears' drummer left and having issued two albums, the other members found dependence on drum machines, guitars, and vocoders. The result was the electronic-leaning Rock 'n' Roll Highschool in 2000, followed by Fresh in 2005. Signing on with Atlantic, the band's first U.S. release, Soft Machine, came out in September 2006 and featured guests Iggy Pop, Annie, Neneh Cherry, Mad Cobra, and Ebbot Lundberg of the Soundtrack of Our Lives.