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The Ark is a glam rock band from Sweden. The band was formed in 1991 by Ola Salo, Jepson, and Lasse “Leari” Ljungberg. Martin Axén joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in ‘99. Jens Andersson was the last one to officially join, in October 2006. Jens is a familiar face from many The Ark gigs, as he has played the keyboard with the band for several years. Their lyrics are mostly written by singer Ola Salo, and many of them are controversial, especially the earlier ones. For example, the 2002 single

Father Of A Son is about homosexuals’ right to have children. The band tour Scandinavia, Germany and Italy regularly and were one of the support acts to The Darkness on their 2006 UK tour. The Ark participated in, and won, the Swedish Melodifestivalen 2007 with the song “The Worrying Kind”, written by Ola Salo. The song was also Sweden’s Eurovision 2007 entry and is included on their fourth album, Prayer For The Weekend.

Members:

* Ola Salo (lead singer)
* Mikael Jepson (guitar)
* Martin Axén (guitar)
* Lasse Ljungberg (bass)
* Sylvester Schlegel (drums)
* Jens Andersson (keyboard)

So far they have released four studio albums and an EP:

* Racing with the Rabbits - 1996
* We Are The Ark - 2000
* In Lust We Trust - 2002
* State of the Ark - 2004
* Prayer For The Weekend - 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Final - Helsinki
Entry for Sweden

Performer: The Ark
Song title: The Worrying Kind
Song writer(s): The Ark
Song composer(s): The Ark

Sang in Position: 12
Final Position: 18
Total Points: 51

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swedish, glam rock, rock, pop, indie
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1	It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane full track	593
2	One Of Us Is Gonna Die Young	429
3	Calleth You, Cometh I full track	307
4	Clamour For Glamour	247
5	This Piece of Poetry Is Meant to do Harm	174
6	Echo Chamber full track	163
7	The Worrying Kind	159
8	Let Your Body Decide full track	147
9	Father Of A Son full track	135
10	Prayer For The Weekend	133
11	Tell Me This Night Is Over full track	126
12	Absolutely No Decorum	121
13	Disease full track	114
14	Kolla kolla	112
15	The Most Radical Thing To Do full track	104

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julienbiolay wrote:
9 days ago

New album please!!!

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Elvsting wrote:
15 days ago

Wow i actually found a good band from someone i totally despise

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houssan wrote:
21 days ago

Confirmed gig! <3 we want more!

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TuomariNurmio wrote:
November 2009

oh my they are awful

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LilKimoi wrote:
November 2009

they r soooo gaaay!!!but i like em)

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vivica88 wrote:
October 2009

http://www.last.fm/event/1273744+Peace+-+Love+2010 First confirmed gig in 2010! ♥ :D

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dunia_bwo wrote:
October 2009

Currently It's one of my favourite bands!!! Their music is wonderful!!!

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vivica88 wrote:
October 2009

http://blog.thearkworld.com Check it out! It's daily updated (besides weekends ;P). Entries are written in English and Swedish ;).

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Igor_Piegas wrote:
October 2009

Holy fuck. It's been one month since I really got into them and now they're #23 in my library. That means in one month I've listened to them more than tons of bands I listen to since I started my account on last.fm 3 years ago. MADNESS.

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mrzigge wrote:
September 2009

I still don't see what Ola's sexuality has to do with the music :P

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HaewkE wrote:
September 2009

We're not being homophobic you know. I just asked a question, a simple question, and recieved a simple (uncertain) answer. And as I see it, most people here are talking about the new album, rather than Ola's sexuality, meaning that "must" is a huge exaggeration. BTW, I love the old albums We Are The Ark and In Lust We Trust. All other albums are pretty... bad if you ask me. Go go the old, half-dark The Ark!

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mrzigge wrote:
August 2009

Must you always be talking about Ola's sexuality, this is a music community! Crawl back to your cages stone age people..

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RedigaRehder wrote:
August 2009

I think hes got a girlfriend.

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HaewkE wrote:
August 2009

Isn't Ola Salo homosexual, rather than bisexual?

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number483 wrote:
August 2009

Do, do, do, what you wanna do, don't think twice.. <3

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MartinaLovesOla wrote:
August 2009

My favourite band! <3

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TuomariNurmio wrote:
August 2009

It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane is the only good song by The Ark. [2]

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XRiSTO- wrote:
August 2009

"Salo is openly bisexual." Well.... Gay power. It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane is the only good/great song by The Ark.

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ellerhur_ wrote:
July 2009

I'm dying to see them live! :)

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pikkelsi wrote:
July 2009

i can't wait the tour:P and the new album.....

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