The Swedish rock band The Hellacopters was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1994 as a side project by Nicke Andersson (a founding member of the Swedish death metal bands Entombed and Death Breath ), with dregen (guitar) (who later left the band to concentrate on his other band Backyard Babies), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums). Robert Dahlqvist,"Strings"(lead guitar) met the other members while working in a bar and replaced Dregen in 1999. Also in the band is Anders Lindstr??m(keyboard, tambourine and guitar), better known as Boba. Their first single 'Killing Allan' was recorded in Dec. 1994 and released in early 1995 on Nicke's own label Psychout Records. The first incarnation of their 2nd & 3rd singles, '1995' (Freak Scene Records) and 'Now/What Are You' (Planet Of Noise Records) respectively, came out during 1996. The Hellacopters eventually signed up with 'White Jazz Records' for the debut album 'Supershitty to the Max', released in June 1996, for which the band was rewarded with the Swedish Grammy. In april 2008 The Hellacopters released their last album 'Head Off', which contains cover tracks of bands that had influenced the band over the years. The first single was "In the Sign of the Octopus", originally performed by
1 | The Hellacopters - Hurtin' Time | High Visibility |
2 | Master Race Rock | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
3 | The Hellacopters - Truckloads Of Nothin' | High Visibility |
4 | Holiday Cramps | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
5 | The Hellacopters - Lonely | Grande Rock |
6 | The Hellacopters - Dogday Mornings | Grande Rock |
7 | The Hellacopters - It's Good But It Just Aint Righ | By The Grace Of God |
8 | Slow Down | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
9 | It's Not A | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
10 | The Hellacopters - Down On Freestreet | By The Grace Of God |
11 | The Hellacopters - All New Low | By The Grace Of God |
12 | The Hellacopters - No One's Gonna Do It For You | High Visibility |
13 | What Are You | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
14 | Lowdown | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
15 | The Hellacopters - Better Than You | By The Grace Of God |
16 | A House Is Not A Hotel | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
17 | The Hellacopters - I Wanna Touch | High Visibility |
18 | The Hellacopters - No Song Unheard | High Visibility |
19 | Be Not Content | Cream Of The Crap Vol 2 |
20 | The Hellacopters - Move Right Out Of Here | Grande Rock |