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Gävle, Sweden (2001 – present)

Beardfish is a band from Gävle, Sweden that plays progressive rock. Their style resembles the progressive rock that was popular in the 1970s.

In 2001, Rikard Sjöblom and David Zackrisson founded Beardfish together with Petter Diamant on drums and Gabriel Olsson on bass. Drummer Petter Diamant subsequently left the band, and was replaced by Magnus Östgren in 2002; flautist and keyboardist Stefan Aronsson also joined.

Robert Hansen replaced Gabriel on bass, and Beardfish recorded their debut album Från En Plats Du Ej Kan Se in Stefan’s studio in 2003. Stefan left the band shortly thereafter. Despite “Från en plats…” being released and passing by quite unnoticed, Beardfish continued to tour as a four-piece band, with Rikard replacing Stefan’s role as keyboardist. The end of 2003 was a very productive period for the band, and saw several demos being recorded.

The year of 2004 was largely uneventful for Beardfish, although they did start recording a second album. After that, however, it took the band nearly a year to begin recording once again.

Come 2005, the band was to be found secluded in a cottage outside the town of Gävle, Sweden preparing to record the rest of the material for their upcoming album.
Björn Arnell, a friend of the band, lent them recording equipment, an arsenal of keyboards and effect pedals, and helped them set things up in an old and stately dining room near town.
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  • TheTeaClub

    This band is so fucking good

    Sunday morning
  • dr_bun

    the lyrics really suck but he sounds like the gentle giant singer

    Saturday evening
  • JonteJH

    Beardfish och Flying Colors i Berlin i höst, kommer bli magiskt.

    17 days ago
  • AnimatedOysters

    Highly disappointed that they're in America and I cannot make it up north to see them :(

    last month
  • Neue_regel_

    interesting prog !!

    last month
  • CharadeFacade

    If you guys like Beardfish, you may enjoy Steve Unruh's Resistor and their album "Rise". :3

    March 2012
  • vermilion_helix

    Very nice band, I like the uplifting and cheerful tunes they made a helluva lot.

    February 2012
  • beer_snob

    Excellent stuff.

    January 2012
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Tour diary (in retrospect)

4 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/beardfishband

We’re back home! It feels kinda strange actually and it was tough leaving the tour bus to go sleep at a small hotel in Andernach in the south of Germany this Saturday. That is, instead of opening ...

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