Baltimoore

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Name = Baltimoore


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Origin = Sweden
Genre = Hard Rock
Years_active = 1987 – 1995
2000 – present
Label = BLP Records (2006 – present)
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Baltimoore is a Swedish rock band, lead by Swedish singer Björn Lodin. Lodin was originally approached by Electra Records in 1987 to record a solo album, but Lodin opted to use the moniker "Baltimoore" rather than his own name. In 1992, Lodin relocated to Åland, Finland, where he met Bulgarian-born guitarist Nikolo Kotzev. They joined forces for two Baltimoore albums, "Double Density" and "Thought for Food". Due to personal and musical differences, Kotzev left the band in 1994 to start his own project, Brazen Abbot.

Baltimoore was then on hiatus until 2000, when Lodin resurfaced with "Original Sin". He would move back to Sweden the same year.

In 2006, the band ended its relationship with Finnish record label Lion Music to start up their own label, BLP Music, on which their two latest albums, "Kaleidoscope" and "X" (both 2006), are released. As of 2007, the band is working on a new album, to be released in April 2007.

Members

Current members

* Björn Lodin - vocals
* Mankan Sederberg - guitars (2004 - )
* Thomas Larsson - guitars (1989, 2000 - 2003, 2006 -)
* Weine Johansson - bass (1991 - )
* Hempo Hildén - drums (2004 - )

Former members

* Stefan Bergström - guitars (1989 - 1990, 2004 - )
* Nikolo Kotzev - guitars, keyboards (1992 - 1994)
* Mats Olausson - keyboards (1989 - 1990)
* Lars Pollack - keyboards (1992)
* Ulf Widlund - bass (1989)
* Anders Åström - bass (1989)
* Jenny Wikström - bass (1990)
* Nikolai Kardzhilov (Koko) - bass (1992)
* Rolf Alex - drums (1989 - 1991)
* Jamie Borger - drums (1992)
* Ian Haugland - drums (1994, 2001 - 2003)

Discography

* "There's no Danger on the Roof" (1989)
* "Freak" (1990)
* "Double Density" (1992)
* "Thought for Food" (1994)
* "Original Sin" (2000)
* "The Best of Baltimoore" (2001)
* "Ultimate Tribute" (2003)
* "Fanatical" (2005)
* "Kaleidoscope" (2006)
* "X" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.baltimoore.net Official Baltimoore Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/baltimoore Official Baltimoore MySpace page]