April Divine

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Name = April Divine


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Alias = Starfuck, Bloody April
Origin = Ornskoldsvik, Sweden
Genre = Alternative rock
Years_active = 1998 - present
Label = Ninetone Records
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URL = [http://www.aprildivine.com Official Site]
Current_members = Jocke Åström Ante Lundqvist Per Karlsson Nicke Westberg
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April Divine (formerly Starfuck and Bloody April) is a Swedish rock band based in the northern town of Ornskoldsvik, Sweden in 1998. They are currently signed to Ninetone Records.

History

April Divine was founded in 1998 under the name Starfuck. They played all around Sweden and have become a popular act in the major festivals in Sweden. In the summer of 2004, Bloody April played at Sweden's biggest festival, Storsjoyran. April Divine have also contributed on the festival's promo CD. April Divine has also been playing at the Smack Festival. Likewise a compilation was made containing two of their songs. Later on, Bloody April was chosen to contribute with two songs on a compilation CD released by Diesel Wing Records in the spring of 2002.

In December 2002, the band were voted as the Best Unsigned Rock Band on Sweden's biggest radio station, P3. April Divine also played at P3 on the show: "The Best of P3 Demo" in December 2003. Besides radio, the band has made some TV appearances.

April Divine are being promoted in England by Georgios Sidiropoulos, who is most known in the industry as the London correspondent for the Greek Metal Hammer, Metal Invader, and Seventh Sign magazines and as a music zine and webzine contributor. In November 2003, Kid Antrim released the song "Diane" on their Rock compilation CD which is distributed to several record companies and radio stations around the United States.

There were a few reasons for the change of the name from Starfuck to Bloody April. The main reason was to be further up in the search list for Google. Others were censorship, and a new member, Ante, replacing their previous bassist. Furthermore, they changed their name from Bloody April to April Divine because of the history of war with the name and not wanting to be affiliated with it.

In January 2006, they were signed to Swedish indie-label Ninetone Records. Union Entertainment Group is willing to distribute their newest album, released on January 29th, 2007. In January 2007, they opened for the band Staind at the Nalen stadium in Stockholm. Due to the success of this concert, Ema Telstar, a booking company, started a relationship with the band. This relationship led to a tour across Sweden.

2007 Andreas (Ante) Lundqvist leaving the band for personal reasons. He is being replaced by Peter Uvén previously played in the band Powertrip. 2008 April Divine is recording a coming album in Atlanta. The mission to produce it, went to Rick Beato. Spring 2008 is Album mixed, April Divine hoped it will be released in autumn 2008.

Current members

* Jocke (Joakim) Åström - guitar, vocals (1998-present)
* Nicke (Niklas) Westberg - guitar (1998-present)
* Peter Uvén - bass (2007-present)
* Per Karlsson - drums (1998-present)

Former Member

* Ante (Andreas) Lundqvist - bass (2006-2007)

External links

* [http://www.aprildivine.com The Band's Official Site]
* [http://music.download.com/starfuck Free Downloads of the Band and Biography]