Teddybears

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Teddybears
Teddybears performing in Stockholm on November 16, 2006
Background information
Also known as	Skull, Teddybears STHLM
Origin	Sweden
Genre(s)	Rock, Electronic
Years active	1991–present
Label(s)	BMG, Atlantic Records
Website	TeddybearsRock.com
Members
Patrik Arve Joakim Åhlund Klas Åhlund

Teddybears (formerly Teddybears STHLM) is a Swedish rock band formed in 1991.

1 History
2 Members
3 Trivia
4 Discography
- 4.1 Singles
- 4.2 Albums
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

They began as Skull, a grindcore group. ^[1] The band initially consisted of singer Patrik Arve and the brothers Joakim Åhlund and Klas Åhlund, before drummer Olsson joined them. They released their debut album You Are Teddybears in 1993 and their second album, titled I Can't Believe It's Teddybears STHLM followed in 1996. Their third album Rock'n'Roll Highschool came out in 2000 and consisted of electronic elements, which were a departure from the band's previous hardcore music. A fourth album, 'Fresh', was released in 2005 and included the singles Cobrastyle and Hey Boy.

As for the name, "If you're familiar with the Swedish or Norwegian black metal scene, you know back then every band was called things like 'Corpse Grinder From Hell,' Åhlund says. "So we called ourselves the Teddybears as an 'anti' thing."[2] Band members wear large bear masks in album art and promotional photographs.

Joakim Åhlund is also the lead guitarist and songwriter for the Caesars, who are best known for "Jerk It Out", a song used in an iPod commercial. Klas Åhlund has also produced most of the Caesars' albums. Klas Åhlund also produced Robyn's 2005 self titled album, and she covered their hit "Cobrastyle" on her most recent release The Rakamonie EP released exclusively in the UK.

The two brothers also direct television ads and music videos through production outfit Spader Knekt.

In a recent commercial, Intel had used a sample of the band's song "Different Sound," to promote their new Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.

The group has a global music publishing deal with BMG Music Publishing. They have signed to Atlantic Records and Big Beat/Atlantic Records released their first North American album, Soft Machine on September 12, 2006, under the shortened moniker Teddybears. [3] The album includes appearances from Iggy Pop, Annie, Ebbot Lundberg of The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Mad Cobra, and Neneh Cherry.[4]

[edit] Members

Patrik Arve - Vocals,Lead Guitar
Joakim Åhlund - Drums
Klas Åhlund - Guitar

[edit] Trivia

"Yours to Keep" The single "Yours to Keep" featuring Neneh Cherry (a remake of the version with Paola from Rock'n'Roll Highschool) was the free download Single of the Week on the iTunes Store the week of September 12, 2006. This single was used as the opener to the snowboard video afterlame (2004), the surf film Get in the Van, and is also featured on the Virgin Mobile 2006 Christmas commercials.

"Punkrocker" The Teddybears' single, "Punkrocker (Featuring Iggy Pop)" has been garnering radio play and is also featured in a Cadillac television commercial, titled 'Roll' and features a time-line of Cadillac automobiles, from the original 1902 Cadillac to the 2007 Caddillac SRX sports convertible. The song was also covered by Swedish dansband Torgny Melins, as "Dansbander".

"STHLM" is an abbreviation for Stockholm.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

"Different Sound (Feat. Malte)" has been used in the following places:

on episode 14 "Starlet Fever" of CBS' Shark
on an Intel Core Duo TV advertisement
in the 2007 romantic comedy Music and Lyrics
on episode 41 "The Mole" of Numb3rs
on episode 4.11 ("Everything In Its Right Place") of One Tree Hill

"Cobrastyle" is a dance/reggae song, and The Teddybears' most well-known hit to date. Cobrastyle uses the piano riff from "Good Thing" by The Fine Young Cannibals, and uses elements from Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". It has been used in the following places:

by Heineken in their Meet You There advertising campaign, which debuted worldwide in Singapore.
featured in the popular video game FIFA 06
played at New York Giants games at Giants Stadium
advertising for the soft drink Tab Energy
on an episode of HBO's Entourage
on an episode of NBC's Las Vegas in September 2005
on an episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy in November 2006
as an official theme song for WWE SummerSlam 2006 pay-per-view event
featured on the Employee of the Month soundtrack
appears in a television commercial advertising the film called No Respect
appeared in an episode of the American reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
appeared in the 2006 film Man of the Year.
appears in a trailer for the film Epic Movie
appears in the new television commercial for a FOX Network series, Bones.
appeared in the 2004 film After the Sunset.
appeared in the 2006 film The Benchwarmers.
appeared in the 2005 film The Honeymooners.
appeared in an episode of The Black Donnellys.
appears in American Eagle Outfitters Stores promotional store music.
appeared on abercrombie's music player for Winter 2006.
appeared on Hollister Co.'s music player for Spring 2007.
played at Cleveland Indians games at Jacob's Field

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Current Band Name
1993	You Are Teddybears	Teddybears STHLM
1996	I Can't Believe It's Teddybears STHLM	Teddybears STHLM
2000	Rock 'n' Roll Highschool	Teddybears STHLM
2005	Fresh	Teddybears STHLM
2006	Soft Machine	Teddybears