Electric Banana Band

Electric Banana Band
Janne Schaffer, Lasse Åberg and Klasse Möllberg on Gröna Lund in 2008
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genres	children's music, rock
Years active	1980 (1980)-
Labels	Warner Bros. Records

Musical artist

Electric Banana Band is a Swedish children's music/rock music band formed in 1980.

History

Electric Banana Band was formed as a response to the success of Trazan & Banarne, a highly acclaimed Swedish children's television programme, also produced by two of the band members, Lasse Åberg and Klasse Möllberg. The band takes on a jungle theme, partially borrowing elements from The Phantom, a widely popular comic in Sweden, as well as Tarzan. Their jungle theme included both their costumes, designed to reflect the nicknames of the lineup, as well as the songs, which usually had nature-inspired themes.

Despite being mainly a studio band, the band does some occasional touring, mainly at free events as the members of the band are not dependent upon the success of the band.

In the 2003 film Smala Sussie the band was mentioned several times and became somewhat of a comedic plot element.

The band competed in Melodifestivalen 2006 with their song Kameleont (Chameleon).

Members

Lasse Åberg - Lead Vocals
Klasse Möllberg - Lead Vocals
Janne Schaffer - Guitar
Peter Ljung - Keyboards
Mårgan Höglund - Drums
Jouni Haapala - Percussion
Thobias Gabrielsson - Bass guitar
Riltons Vänner - Vocals

Past members

Stefan Blomquist - Keyboard
Per Lindvall - Drums
Åke Sundqvist - Percussion
Christer Jansson - Percussion
Tommy Cassemar - Bass
Sven Lindvall - Bass
Magnus and Henrik Rongedal - Vocals
Marianne Flynner - Vocals
Maria Wickman - Vocals
Annica Boller - Vocals

Media

Albums

1981 - Electric Banana Band
1984 - Livet i regnskogarna
1993 - The Golden Years 1981-1986 (compilation)
1998 - Electric Banana Tajm (compilation)
2000 - Den Hela Människan (music from the film Hälsoresan, together with Björn J:son Lindh)
2000 - Nu e're djur igen
2005 - Electric Banana Bands och Trazan & Banarnes bästa (compilation)
2006 - Kameleont (compilation)
2006 - Banankontakt - Musikaltajm! (compilation, together with Malmö Operaorkester)
2014 - Schyssta Bananer (compilation)^[1]

Books

In 1999 Electric Banana Band released a song book called Sångtajm with sheet music on many songs from the albums.^[2]

Film and television

1980 - Trazan Apansson & Banarne
1980 - Trazan Apansson-E' bananerna fina?
1980 - Trazan Apansson-Djungelmums
1981 - Biotajm med Trazan & Banarne
1982 - Videotajm med Trazan & Banarne
1998 - Electric Banana Band the Movie - djungelns kojigaste rulle^[3]

References

^ "Electric Banana Band". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "LIBRIS - Sångtajm med Electric Banana ..." Libris.kb.se. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Lasse Åberg". Svenskfilmdatabas.se. Retrieved 21 November 2019.