Beardfish was a Swedish progressive rock band formed in 2001. Their music drew heavily from the sound of 1970s progressive rock, with clear stylistic echoes of groups such as Yes and Genesis. The band’s most stable and well‑known lineup consisted of founding members Rikard Sjöblom (vocals, keyboards, guitar) and David Zackrisson (guitar), along with drummer Magnus Östgren and bassist Robert Hansen, who joined in 2001 and 2002 respectively. This formation remained intact from 2003—following the departure of keyboardist/guitarist Stefan Aronsson—until the band disbanded in 2016. The original lineup featured frontman Rikard Sjöblom, guitarist David Zackrisson, bassist Gabriel Olsson, and drummer Petter Diamant. Before the end of 2001, Diamant was replaced by Magnus Östgren, and early in 2002 the band expanded with the addition of keyboardist Stefan Aronsson. Later that same year, Olsson departed and was replaced by Robert Hansen. This lineup recorded the band’s debut album, Från En Plats Du Ej Kan Se, released in 2003. After the album’s release, Aronsson left the group, leaving Beardfish as a four‑piece for the remainder of their career. Following the release of their second album, The Sane Day, in 2006, Beardfish signed with InsideOut Music. That same year they performed their first concert in the United States at the ProgDay festival in North Carolina. The band remained with InsideOut for the rest of their career, releasing six additional albums, the last of which was +4626‑COMFORTZONE in 2015.
See for more.
The Hunter
Comfort Zone
Without You
South Of The Border
Sunrise
And The Stone Said: If I Could Speak
Roulette
Ode To The Rock’n’Roller
Destined Solitaire (LIVE)
Ludvig & Sverker
Sleeping In Traffic
This page contains text from Wikipedia. The content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution‑ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY‑SA 4.0). See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
This text is based on the original Wikipedia article.