- Selfmindead
Infobox musical artist
Name = Selfmindead
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Origin =Eskilstuna ,Sweden
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Genre =Hardcore punk
Years_active = 1994 - 2003
Label =Solidstate Records ,Soulscape Records ,Sally Forth Records
Associated_acts =Benea Reach ,Royal , Silver,Extol , Mold, Amphibro
URL = [http://www.selfmindead.com Official Site]
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Past_members =Ilkka Viitasalo ,Marco Storm , Timo Sillankorva, Tapani Hoikkaniemi,Emil Nikolaisen , Tommy, Even, Michal, Håkon, Morten, Ole, Tor-Erik.
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hardcore punk band fromSweden .History
Selfmindead formed in the winter of
1994 -1995 in Eskilstuna,Sweden as a four piece. Marko Hautakoski on drums, Timo Sillankorva onguitar , vocalist Ilkka Viitasalo andbassist Tapani Hoikkaniemi. Mostly influenced by the Swedish Hardcore scene, bands such asRefused ,Abhinanda , andMindjive . In 1995 the band entered a competition in their hometown of Eskilstuna, known as Cult-95. After winning this competition they began to play more shows around Sweden. In1996 Selfmindead came into contact with a newly formedrecord label known asSoulscape Records . They signed with Soulscape and released one 7", featuring two original songs and a cover ofStarflyer 59 's song, "Hazel Would ". In the early summer of 1997 they entered the studio to record aself titled , full length record. The album was released inScandinavia by Soulscape, who had released their previous 7". It was distributed inEngland andBenelux by Sally Forth Records and in the US bySolidstate Records . The group toured Europe behind this release.The band went through a member change at this time, Tapani left and was replaced by
Emil Nikolaisen of Royal, Silver, and laterSerena Maneesh . In the late Summer of1999 , Selfmindead again entered the studio to begin work on their follow up full length,At the Barricades We Fall . This album, like their previous release, was distributed in Scandinavia by Soulscape, in Europe by Sally Forth, and the US by Solidstate. During the writing process of "Barricades", Emil left to pursue other interests. Marko left his position as drummer and took up the guitar. Marko's previous place was filled by Tommy of Silver and the empty bass position was filled by Even, also of Silver. After touring as a five piece, Even and Tommy left to work more on their Silver project. After this the band began to look for more permanent members and found Håkon from a band called "mold" on bass and Michal from a broken up band called, "Amphibro". During this time the band rehearsed only once a month, due to Michal living over 700km away. Eventually they began to tour again, mostly throughoutGermany and Sweden.A tour of the US followed in 2002, but due to complications, not all the members could make it to all the dates on this tour. A reserve system was put into place to solve this problem. Upon their return home they began the writing process for their third album. During this time they released a split
EP with Dutch band,The Spirit That Guides Us on Sally Forth which was distributed bySony Music . The band played several festivals throughout Europe and played their last show at a club called "Blå" in their hometown of Eskilstuna in August of 2002. The band finally called it quits in 2003.In 2003, Ilkka and Marco formed a new band in Norway known as
Benea Reach and Timo started an Electronic project know asTiikeri .Members
*Ilkka Viitasalo - vocals (currently vocalist for
Benea Reach )
*Marko Hautakoski - drums(currently known asMarco Storm , drummer for Benea Reach)
*Timo Sillankorva - guitar(currently creates electronic music under the name Tiikeri)
*Tapani Hoikkaniemi - bass
*Emil Nikolaisen(serena maneesh) - bass (replaced Tapani, 1998)
*Even Steven (Silver) - bass (replaced Emil 1999)
*Tommy (Silver) - Drums (Marco switched to guitar)Discography
*"Selfmindead 7" (
Soulscape Records , 1997)
*"Selfmindead" (Solid State Records ,Sally Forth Records , 1998)
*"At the Barricades We Fall" (Solid State Records ,Sally Forth Records , 2000)
*"The Oslo Compact" (split withThe Spirit That Guides Us , Sally Forth Records, 2001)References
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