Artist Name
Mando Diao

(1 users)

Artist Image


Functions
Love Edit Artist Import

Data Complete
70%

All Releases List view
2017 - Good Times
2014 - Aelita
2012 - Infruset
2010 - MTV Unplugged: Above and Beyond
2009 - The Malevolence of Mando Diao: The EMI B-Sides: *2002 †200
2009 - Give Me Fire!
2007 - Never Seen the Light of Day
2006 - Ode to Ochrasy
2004 - Hurricane Bar
2002 - Bring 'em In
2001 - The Braley Geshmore'

Members
4 Male

Origin
Borlänge, Sweden

Genre
Alternative Rock

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
---

Born

1999

Active
1999 to Present...

Cutout

Most Loved Tracks
4 users Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody
4 users Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody
4 users Mando Diao - Down In The Past
4 users Mando Diao - Down in the Past
4 users Mando Diao - God Knows


Music Video Links

Shake

Artist Biography
Available in:
Mando Diao is an alternative rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album Hurricane Bar. Their main fan base is in Sweden, Germany, Austria, and Japan although their influence has recently spread to Western Europe, most notably the UK. The roots of Mando Diao date back to 1999 when Björn DixgÃ¥rd and the former Mando Diao member Daniel Haglund played in a band called Butler. With band members changing over the following four years, the current line-up decided to take the project more seriously. Björn DixgÃ¥rd and Gustaf Norén locked themselves up in a summer house and spent 14 months writing songs. They claim the Beatles as their original source of inspiration. Allegedly, Gustaf joined the band after he and Björn had talked all night about this band. The two renamed their band Mando Diao, a name that appeared to Björn DixgÃ¥rd in a dream in which a man came up to him and shouted "Mando Diao!".
The now-renamed band made their first public performances in the clubs of their hometown Borlänge in 1999. A local writer described them in an article as the best unsigned band he had ever seen. This was soon followed by a record deal with EMI Sweden. In 2002, their first album Bring 'Em In was released in Sweden. It contains early demo versions of their songs, partly recorded in the basement of keyboardist Daniel Haglund, who left the band later in 2003. In 2003, the album was released internationally by MUTE label, along with their debut single "Sheepdog". As of 2004, the band is hailed enthusiastically by the music press as one of the most sanguine newcomer bands of the year. The album Hurricane Bar was released in 2004. Their third album, Ode to Ochrasy, was released in 2006. By the end of 2006, the band released a DVD called "Down in the Past". Ode to Ochrasy was released in the UK through the Nettwerk label on April 2, 2007, in a previously unreleased format including 4 bonus tracks. In October 2007, the band released their album, Never Seen The Light Of Day. Their latest album, Give Me Fire, was released on February 13, 2009.


Wide Thumb


Clearart


Fanart



Banner


User Comments

Status
Unlocked
Last Edit by pinochaian
24th May 2014

Socials


Streaming


External Links