Freak Kitchen

Infobox musical artist
Name = Freak Kitchen
Background = group_or_band
Years_active = 1992 - present
Genre = Heavy metal, Hard rock, Progressive metal
Origin = Sweden
Label = Thunderstruck
Current_members = Björn Fryklund Mattias IA Eklundh Christer Örtefors
Past_members = Joakim Sjöberg Christian Grönlund
URL = [http://www.freakkitchen.com www.freakkitchen.com]

Freak Kitchen is a heavy metal/hard rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1992. The high technical level of their compositions usually makes people refer to their style as somewhat of a progressive metal or progressive rock band.

Freak Kitchen's style of music is influenced by many genres besides the traditional heavy metal, ranging from jazz to pop. The band described their third album as "A corny little heavy-pop-rock-latin-world-jazz-avant-garde-metal-blues-record".

Lyrics contain heavy criticism against capitalist society, conformity, racism and the attitude of huge record companies.

Frontman Mattias Eklundh is widely known as a guitarist of high technical ability, and live shows often contain parts where Eklundh plays the guitar using several foreign objects such as a vibrating dildo. Eklundh has also released three solo albums, "Sensually Primitive" (1997) (under the pseudonym Mr. Libido), "Freak Guitar" (1999) and "Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled" (2004). The band announced a new album "Land of the Freaks", which will be released in September, 2008.

Members

Current members

*Mattias "IA" Eklundh - Vocals and Guitar (1992- )
*Christer Örtefors - Bass and Vocals (2000- )
*Björn Fryklund - Drums (2000- )

Previous members

*Christian Grönlund - Bass and Vocals (1992-2000)
*Joakim Sjöberg - Drums and Vocals (1992-2000)

Discography

Albums

*"Appetizer" (Thunderstruck Productions, 1994)
*"Spanking Hour" (Thunderstruck Productions, 1996)
*"Freak Kitchen" (Thunderstruck Productions, 1998)
*"Dead Soul Men" (Thunderstruck Productions, 2000)
*"Move" (Thunderstruck Productions, 2002)
*"Organic" (Thunderstruck Productions, 2005)
*"Land of the Freaks" (Thunderstruck Productions, 2008)

EPs

*"Junk Tooth" (1997)

External links

* [http://www.freakkitchen.com/ Official Homepage]