Robert Dahlqvist

Infobox musical artist
Name = Robert Dahlqvist
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Birth_name = Jens Robert Dahlqvist
Alias = Strängen, Strings
Born = April 16th 1976
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Genre = Garage rock Rock Powerpop
Occupation = Musician
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Instrument = Vocals Guitar
Label = Psychout Records Razzia Records
Associated_acts = The Hellacopters Thunder Express Stefan Sundström
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Robert Dahlqvist is a guitarist and vocalist most known for his work with the swedish rockband The Hellacopters. He's also the lead singer and guitarist in Thunder Express, a sideproject to his work in The Hellacopters.

Career

Dahlqvist was born in Uddevalla Sweden and got his first guitar at the age of ten and attended music school but quit after after a month frustarted over not being allowed to play Kiss songs. Five years later at age fifteen his mother got him an electric guitar and he started to focus more seriusly on his playing. Dahlqvist soon started playing in bands and worked at a bar where he got to know members of the swedish rock band The Hellacopters.

The Hellacopters

After the departure of guitarist Dregen in early 1998 The Hellacopters brought in temporary replacements Chuck Pounder and Mattias Hellberg to tour with them. In 1999 The Hellacopters recorded "Grande Rock" with the band's pianist Anders Lindström on rhytm guitar and started to look for a permanent guitarist. When Dahlqvist heard about this he contacted the band and asked for the opportunity for an audition, and after a few jam sessions together Dahlqvist was chosen as the band's new guitarist.

During his time in The Hellacopters Dahlqvist recorded four studio albums, four EPs, two split albums and many other releases. Bands and artist that The Hellacopter collaborated with during Dahlqvist's time in the band included Gluecifer, The Flaming Sideburns, Scott Morgan, Pelle Almqvist, Thomas Öberg and many others. In October 2007, The Hellacopters announced they would be breaking up after releasing their last full length album "Head Off"; currentlywhen the band is still on the road with their "The Tour Before The Fall".

Thunder Express

In 2004 Dahlqvist formed Thunder Express along with Robert Pehrsson (Death Breath), Jens Lagergren and Jesper Karlsson. The name is taken from a MC5 song as a tribute to the MC5 and their music. With the help of other musicans, songwriters, bandmates and close friends the band released their debut album "We Play for Pleasure" in 2004. In 2007 the band followed up their debut album with "Republic Disgrace".

Other work

In 2004 Dahlqvist recorded acoustic and electric guitar for the swedish singer/songwriter Stefan Sundströms album "Hjärtats melodi" as well as recorded lead guitar for the song "Soulmover" for fellow band member Nick Royale and Scott Morgans soul band The Solution on their second album "Communicate!". Recently a number of songs with swedish lyrics based on Thunder Express tracks were posted on Roberts MySpace under the name "Dunder Tåget" a rough swedish translation of Thunder Express. If theese songs will be released on a studio album is still unknown.

Musical equipment

*Epiphone Crestwood DeLuxe
*Epiphone Crestwood
*Gibson Les Paul Sunburst
*Gibson Les Paul Gold finish
*Gibson Flying V
*Fender Stratocaster
*Orange Amplifiers

Discography

The Hellacopters

Albums

*"High Visibility" (2000)
*"By the Grace of God" (2002)
*"Rock & Roll Is Dead" (2005)
*"Head Off" (2008)

ingles

*"Twist Action Over America" (1999)
*"Move Right Out OF Here" (1999)
*"Scott Morgan And The Hellacopters" (1999)
*"Twist Action In 2000" (2000)
*"It's Not A Long Way Down" (2000)
*"Toys And Flavour" (2000)
*"Hopeless Case Of A Kid In Denial" (2000)
*"Hopeless Case Of A Kid In Denial Flightcase" (2001)
*"No Song Unheard" (2001)
*"By The Grace Of God" (2002)
*"Carry Me Home" (2002)
*"Strikes Like Ligtning 7" Box" (2004)
*"Everything's on T.V." (2005)
*"I'm In The Band" (2005) (This song is in Guitar Hero 3 as Unlockable Content)
*"The Same Lame Story" (2007)
*"In The Sign of the Octopus" (2008)
*"Darling Darling" (2008)

EP's

*"Move Right Out Of Here" (1999)
*"Geekstreak (Japanese Only Press)" (2001)
*"Strikes Like Lightning" (2004)
*"Same Lame Story" (2007)

Compilations

*"Cream Of The Crap Vol. 1" (2002)
*"Hellacopters 12" (2002)
*"Cream Of The Crap Vol. 2" (2004)
*"Air Raid Serenades" (Their "best of" compilation) (2006)

plit albums

*"Respect the Rock USA" (with Gluecifer) (1999)
*"White Trash Soul" (with The Flaming Sideburns) (2001)

Thunder Express

Albums

*"We Play for Pleasure" (2004)
*"Republic Disgrace" (2007)

ingles

*"Believe In You" (2004)
*"In My Mind" (2004)
*"Republic Disgrace" (2007)

plit Albums

*"A 4-way super split Thunder Express, Sexty Sexers, The Sewersgrooves & Sarris Rock & Roll Trio" (2008)

Other appearances

*"Stefan Sundström" - Hjärtats Melodi (2004)
*"The Solution" - Communicate (2004)

External links

* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=51719367 Offical MySpace]
* [http://www.thunderexpress.se/ Offical Thunder Express Website]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=61669961 Offical Thunder Express MySpace]
* [http://www.hellacopters.com Official Hellacopters Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/hellacopters Official Hellacopters Myspace]

References

* [http://hem.bredband.net/sanna96/hellacopterssve.htm Swedish interview]
* [http://www.i94bar.com/gigreviews/solution.html The Solution article]
* [http://www.razziarecords.se/artists.asp?id=420&artist=Thunder Express&menu=Artists Razzia Records Thunder Express info]
* [http://www.cuttingedgerocks.com/Thunder.html Cutting Edge interview]