Mogg
Swedish rock band
Mogg was a Swedish hard rock/glam metal band, formed in Umeå in 1981 as an Iron Maiden-influenced metal band. The name Mogg was invented to sound like "cool 1970s bands with long hair and flashy moustaches", a la Mud or Mott the Hoople. They split up in 1995.
History
The core members were Thomas Carfors, Janne Eklund, and Mats Attaque. Thomas Broman left Mogg and joined the Swedish bands Great King Rat and the Electric Boys. Several other members were part of the different incarnations of Mogg between 1981–1995, including Yngwie Malmsteen drummer Bo Werner, Gotham City member bassist Björn Melander and Nocturnal Rites frontman, Jonny Lindqvist, who came from the band Arrows.
Mogg moved first to Stockholm in 1985 and then to Los Angeles in 1991, and released two albums and several singles during their career. They recorded their first album From the Ice Fields at Grandmaster Recorders Studios, in Hollywood, and also released a self-titled album, with more grunge rock influence before splitting up in 1995.
Mogg were somewhat successful in Sweden, toured a lot with among others Treat and Europe (band), played before an audience of 14 000 at an outdoor show in Kungsträdgården, Stockholm. Mogg were interviewed on the leading hard rock radio show in Sweden Rockbox in 1986.
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