80's rock still strong

If you think the days of love ballads, glam and hair metal are gone there may be a ray of hope for you. From Sweden, a band by the name of The Poodles have recently released their 4th original album. This full length album gives you a dejavu of the 80's with songs of love and hope. The band formed in the 90's and consists of drummer Christian Lundqvist, Bassist Pontus Egberg, Guitarist Henrik Bergqvist, and vocalist Jakob Samuel. Their new album "Performocracy" delivers everything from soft melodies to headbanging hard riffs and chords. 


Songs such as "I just Want It All", "Cuts Like a Knife", and "Bring Back the Night" are signs that this Swedish foursome have the potential to make it big. Lyrics like "All because of you, Im holding on to the dreams you gave me Father to a son. Whatever I become I will pass it on, inconcievable it seems but I hope you can see your son" and "Every step she takes and all the moves she makes, you are right behind, with a bleeding heart and time again I tell you shes gone for good" give the listener a feeling of confidence and a connectivity. With their video for the love song, "Cuts Like a Knife", the band teaches us how love can hurt. Similar sounding artists include Uriah Heep, Nickelback and Whitesnake. The band currently only tours Europe seeing as they have not reached popularity on U.S. shores quite yet. 


You can leave comments on the band's myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/thepoodles and their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/thepoodles. They also have an official website which is located at http://www.poodles.se/. The website features worldwide shipping if you choose to purchase an album or fan t-shirt. The band also made it to the top 10 finalists in the Melodifestivalen 2006 which determines which artist will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song contest. Eurovision features the favorited competitor from each country in Europe to compete and decide the Eurovision winner in all of Europe. The band is striving for more success and are working hard to bring us more music we can enjoy and relate to. Hopefully they will tour the U.S. real real soon.


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