Division of Laura Lee
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Division Of Laura Lee is a band of Swedish musicians/skateboarders originally from Vänersborg
, Sweden
heavily influenced by post-punk
bands, britpop
and the DC music scene (Dischord Records
). The name comes from Laura Lee
, a soul singer, and the phrase "Division Of" which was spotted on a cardboard box at their practice space. The band resides in Gothenburg
, Sweden.
In 2011 Division Of Laura Lee started working on a new album with Jason Lytle.
Two of the founding members also play in Frantic Mantis
.
Vänersborg
Vänersborg is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 21,672 inhabitants in 2005. Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Since 1999 Vänersborg is the seat of the regional parliament of Västra Götaland County...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
heavily influenced by post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
bands, britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
and the DC music scene (Dischord Records
Dischord Records
Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles...
). The name comes from Laura Lee
Laura Lee
Laura Lee is an American soul and gospel singer and songwriter, most successful in the 1960s and 1970s and influential for her records which discussed and celebrated women’s experience.-Career:...
, a soul singer, and the phrase "Division Of" which was spotted on a cardboard box at their practice space. The band resides in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden.
In 2011 Division Of Laura Lee started working on a new album with Jason Lytle.
Two of the founding members also play in Frantic Mantis
Frantic Mantis
Frantic Mantis originally began in 2003 as a Swedish/US collaboration of Håkan Johansson and Per Stålberg of Division Of Laura Lee and Shelby Cinca from Frodus...
.
Members
- Håkan JohanssonHåkan JohanssonBorn December 4, 1975 in Vänersborg, Sweden, Håkan Johansson is the drummer for Division Of Laura Lee and Frantic Mantis and drummed for the post-punk band Uncle. He is also the founder of Carcrash Records Born December 4, 1975 in Vänersborg, Sweden, Håkan Johansson is the drummer for Division Of...
: Drums - Per Stålberg: Guitar, Vocals
- Jonas Gustafsson: Bass, Vocals
- David Fransson: Guitar, Vocals (2000–Present)
- Henrik Röstberg - Guitar (1997–1999)
Albums
- Violence Is Timeless (I Made This, 2008)
- Das Not Compute (Burning HeartBurning Heart RecordsBurning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 and based in Örebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America...
/EpitaphEpitaph RecordsEpitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
, 2004) - 97-99 (Lovitt RecordsLovitt RecordsLovitt Records is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina at the time...
, 2003) - Black City (Burning HeartBurning Heart RecordsBurning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 and based in Örebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America...
/EpitaphEpitaph RecordsEpitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
, 2002) - At the Royal Club (Arabesque, 1999)
Singles
- Violence Is Timeless EP (I Made This, 2010)
- LAX (I Made This, 2008)
- Central Park (I Made This, 2008)
- Dirty Love (Epitaph, 2005)
- Das Compute (Epitaph, 2004)
- Trapped In (Burning Heart, 2003)
- Black City (Burning Heart, 2002)
- Need To Get Some (Burning Heart, 2002)
- Pretty Electric (Burning Heart/Green Hell, 2001)
Vinyl Singles
- Split 7" with Impel (Carcrash Records, 1999)
- Split 7" with Milemarker (Elephant Kids, 1998)
- There Is A First Time For Everything 7" (Dolt Records, 1998)