While waiting for more shows to happen, amidst Covid-19 years, Electric Boys have decided to release a couple of new tracks. These are songs that the Swedish band recorded during the Ups!de Down sessions. The first one, "Favorite Hello, Worst Goodbye" is coming out on digital platforms on February 4t. If you are into old-school American hard rock, like Cheap Trick, this might tickle your fancy.

Formed in Stockholm in 1988, Electric Boys is a band with roots in 70s groove rock and 60s pop and psychedelia. Their critically acclaimed debut album, Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride, was produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi, The Cult, Mötley Crüe) and spawned the self-produced Billboard Top 20 single, “All Lips ’N’ Hips” that got them heavy rotation on MTV.

After extensive touring, the band entered legendary studio Abbey Road to record the follow-up Groovus Maximus, which gave the band another Billboard Top 30 single with the song, “Mary In The Mystery World”. The third album Freewheelin’ (also recorded in Abbey Road) peaked at #16 on the Official Swedish Album Chart before the band called it a day in 1994.

Guitarist and lead singer, Conny Bloom went solo until he, as well as bassist Andy Christell, joined legendary glamsters Hanoi Rocks in 2005. In 2009 they began the process of reuniting the Electric Boys. They released the album, And Them Boys Done Swang in 2011 and the critically acclaimed fan favourite Starflight United in 2014.

In all the years, the band has toured relentlessly opening for the likes of Metallica, Alice Cooper, Mr. Big, Hardline, Vixen and Thunder. In 2017, the band took part in the hugely popular Monsters Of Rock Cruise from Florida, it was a triumphant return Stateside.

In 2018 the return to studio albums finally happened, with The Ghost Ward Diaries, a record that not only topped the charts in Sweden and Denmark, but also brought back the distinctive sound of Electric Boys to their countless fans and to new listeners, who got hypnotised by their rocking musical mix. Roughly three years after, “Ups!de Down”, written already under lockdown, repeated the success, but brought a broader array of songs.

"Favourite Hello, Worst Goodbye” will be released as a digital single on February 4.

Lineup:

Conny Bloom - guitar, vocals
Andy Christell - bass
"Slim" Martin Thomander - guitar
Jolle Atlagic - drums

(Photo - Sven Isaksson)