The Cardigans

Founded: 1992

Headquarters: Jönköping, Sweden

Website Link(s): Official Site

Label(s)

 * MCA
 * Mercury
 * Stockholm
 * Universal

Genre(s)

 * Pop
 * Rock

RIYL

 * Liz Phair
 * My Favorite
 * Ladytron
 * New Order
 * Sparks

Band Members

 * Lars-Olof Johansson
 * Peter Svensson
 * Bengt Lagerberg
 * Nina Persson
 * Magnus Sveningsson

Includes Members of

 * Righteous Boy
 * A Camp

Band Biography
Many people think of The Cardigans as a bouncy, one-hit wonder for "Lovefool", but much of their work is quite a bit darker than that song (which isn't exactly that light either if you pay attention to the lyrics). Their Gran Turismo album has a much harder edge to it, and garnered some college airplay, but was hindered by MTV's inexplicable ban of the "My Favourite Game" music video (except, of course, when doing specials about music videos they've banned -- then it gets LOADS of airplay, now that the record's about 8 years old). They have had troubles getting later records released in the US, but they are still going strong, and their stuff is pretty easy to find as an import.

=Discography=

Albums

 * Emmerdale
 * Life
 * First Band On The Moon
 * Gran Turismo
 * Long Gone Before Daylight
 * Super Extra Gravity
 * The Other Side Of The Moon

Singles

 * Rise & Shine
 * Black Letter Day
 * Sick & Tired
 * Carnival
 * Hey! Get Out Of My Way
 * Lovefool
 * Been It
 * Your New Cuckoo
 * My Favourite Game
 * Erase/Rewind
 * Hanging Around
 * Junk Of The Hearts
 * Burning Down The House (Tom Jones feat. The Cardigans)
 * For What It's Worth
 * You're The Storm
 * Live And Learn
 * I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer
 * Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)

Mix CDs

 * Happy Birthday Dad
 * Plastic Music Exchange 2006 - Rev. DOG.

Radio Shows

 * Blue Jam Series 1 Episode 2
 * Blue Jam Series 2 Episode 1
 * Blue Jam Series 2 Episode 6
 * Blue Jam Series 3 Episode 6: The Last One...