ROULETTE
ROULETTE (Sweden)
ROULETTE - Better Late Than Never
©Aor-fm 2008
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TRACKLISTING
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Please note* samples are approximately 1minute 40 seconds long, with some in their un-mastered format.
To listen to 2 full songs, go to www.myspace.com/aorfmrecordlabel
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Package info
Better Late Than Never" and will include all their singles plus some fantastic demos.
17 SONGS OF CLASSIC SCANDINAVIAN MELODIC AOR.
Again these will be limited editions, but, this time, of approximately 1000 "numbered". Pic disc, color artwork, band history, remastered..and a new enhancement will be a collectors edition CD box, slip case.
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MEMBERS
Thomas Lundgren - Vocals
Magnus Nelin - Guitars
Thomas Nesslin - Keyboards
Hansi Fellbrink - Bass
Mats Nelin - Drums
BAND HISTORY
The band Roulette was formed in 1985, Sundsvall, Sweden. All the guys had been in previous bands with Hansi Fellbrink ex Overload, Lundgren and Nesslin, Red Skies, and the Nelin brothers, The Kaza.
5 young guys who had found each other, “clicked” and started to rehearse songs and play “live” at rock clubs and festivals around Sweden.
Roulette became one of the most popular bands in their hometown and had a couple of hits “Summer Sun” and “Call My Name” on the local radio stations. The year after they took part in the competition POP -86 where they went to the final at Hard Rock Café / Stockholm. In the jury was Tommy Nilsson from Easy Action and Kee Marcello from Europe!
In 1987 they signed a record deal with TAB Records and released their first single ”Hearts keep on burning” with Tommy Nilsson on backing vocals!!
The second single was released in 1988 called “Fool for your love”, and a video was shot to promote that single.In this period Roulette performed on a lot of Swedish TV-shows like ”Top Gear”/Nordic Channel, ”Night Life”/TV 3 and ”Metropol”/SVT where they played 2 songs on the same show as Status Quo and were support act to no one less than Chuck Berry at Hede Festival! They also has the privilege of sharing the stage with Treat, Guardian Angels, Electric Boys and Lionshare.
In 1990, influenced by their prospective label, they changed their name to Cherry Red and won a record deal with CBS. They started to record their first full length album at Stockholm Recording, with producer Per Blom, but unfortunately at the same time CBS signed another AOR band called Rat Bat Blue and after recording only 3 songs, the album became just a single called ”Only the strong” and was released on CBS subsidiary label, Cupol Records.
With the failure of not having a full album release, the band broke up but continued playing together as a Def Leppard tribute band. And to this day,still do.
IN STOCK
...to buy go HERE
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