Blender is a Swedish dansband, founded in March 2002 by Lasse Lundberg. Soon, the band became a full-time dansband and since then has played all over Sweden.
In 2007 they won the Guldklaven award in the "Album of the Year" and they have also got several other awards.
In 2009 the single "Ingen ingenting" was qualified to Sveriges Radio P4's so called B rotation list, which guaranteed it a lot of airplay over the radio each week. On 12 December 2009 the band participated with The Playtones, Titanix, Casanovas and Bhonus in the last of the qualification sets in Dansbandskampen and performed two songs: "Dag efter dag" and "Hold Me Now". Then they also played in the final,The Playtones, Titanix och Blender till final Aftonbladet, December 2009 but did not win the contest.
In 2011 the band scored a success with the album Ingen utan mig, reaching fourth position at Sverigetopplistan.
Members Lasse Lundberg (1968) - drums, vocals Maria Persson (1980) - vocals Magnus Åkerlund (1974) - guitar - 2008 Urban (1971) - keyboard, vocals Rikard André (1971) - keyboard, vocals Robert Norberg (1985) - bass
Discography
Albums Live i studio - 2002 Live i studio 2 - 2004 Alla essen på handen - 2007 Live i studio 3 - 2008 Välkommen in - 2009 Ingen utan mig - 2011 På väg till Malung - 2012 (CD+DVD) Live i studio 4 - 2012
Singles Head over Heels - 2003 It Must Be Love - 2004 Du tänder alla ljus - 2006
Awards 2003 - Lasse Lundberg - Guldklaven Drummer of the Year 2003 - Blender - nominated for Newcomer of the Year 2004 - Andreas Westman - nominated for Bassist of the Year 2005 - Blender - nominated for Dansband of the Year 2005 - Magnus Åkerlund - Guldklaven Guitarist of the Year 2006 - Ulf Härnström - Guldklaven Keyboardist of the Year 2007 - Maria Persson - nominated for Singer of the Year 2007 - Blender - Guldklaven Album of the Year (Alla essen på handen) 2009 - Robert Norberg - nominated for Bassist of the Year
References
External links Blender