Bob Hund
Swedish indie band
Bob Hund (Swedish for "Bob Dog") is an indie rock band from Sweden. Their music has been described as "what you might expect if you managed to merge Pere Ubu and Pixies with a touch of Kraftwerk".
bob hund have performed mostly in Scandinavia as well as in Poland and England. Some of their performances include Roskilde, Hultsfred, Ruisrock and Quart music festivals.
History
bob hund was formed in 1991 by Jonas Jonasson (keyboards) and Thomas Öberg (vocals) after meeting in high school. After six formative months the band's line-up was finished, with Conny Nimmersjö and Johnny Essing on guitar, Mats Hellqvist on bass and Mats Andersson on drums. Legend has it that Essing joined rehearsals to pay off a 100 SEK debt to Hellqvist, and just kept coming back.
The band once stated in an interview that the name bob hund originates from a cartoon dog named Bob Dog in Get a Job, that they once saw while watching television. The dog in question led a very unlucky life.
The band was signed to Silence Records in 1993, and that same year released their debut EP, bob hund.
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