Danish Hard Rock 2002

Neu / New

- 2 CD
- 22 Tracks

A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BAND

M.ILL.ION was formed in 1989 by bassplayer and songwriter B.J Laneby. The band is based in Gothenburg, Sweden (700.000 people on the westcoast). It's a band that combines classic heavy and melodic hardrock with rock´n roll energy and powerful playing. Their stageshow has nothing in common with the 90's grunge/alternative scene. Here we have an act far from "the bored drug-addicts looking at their feet style"! We´re talking energy, crowd participation and lots of pyro!
No one will leave a M.ILL.ION show unaffected. Only if people leave the venue covered in sweat and with big smiles on their faces the band has done the job. Influences in the music includes everything from KISS, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, DIO, Accept to Queen, the blues and The Beatles…All combined with the more heavy approach of the 2000s.

THE STORY

The debut album No.1 in 1992 went top 30 in the Japanese charts and built a worldwide fanbase for the band. M.ILL.ION was immediately called "Sweden´s finest" and "No.1 in hardrock"!

We, Ourselves & Us in 94/95 had a more modern sound and showed some different dimensions to this hardrocking band. M.ILL.ION followed that up with tours alongside bands such as Magnum and old heroes Nazareth which were big successes.

They were also invited to play the Swedish hardrock Grammy awards in Stockholm, The Zeppelingala that year .

Co-headlining were John Norum from Europe and Magnum, but M.ILL.ION "cleaned the place that night". The host Vanessa Warwick of MTV said M.ILL.ION was the band of the night and compared their show and energy to KISS. In 1996, new powerhouse drummer Per Westergren climbed aboard. Swedish tours followed...