E.F. Band was a Swedish

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....

 band that was part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

The New Wave of British Heavy Metal was a heavy metal movement that started in the late 1970s, in Britain, and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. The movement developed as a reaction in part to the decline of early heavy metal bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black...

. The band formed in 1979 by Pär Ericsson

Pär Ericsson

Pär Ericsson is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for IFK Göteborg.Born in Karlstad, he was raised in Deje. Starting his career in Deje IK, he later moved to Carlstad United BK...

 and Bengt Fischer, two former members of the progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Epizootic. The "E.F." portion of the band's name was derived from the first letter of Ericsson and Fischer's last names. The band hired drummer Dave Dufort

Dave Dufort

Dave Dufort is a British rock drummer who has played with Ian Hunter, Kevin Ayers, Mike Oldfield and Screaming Lord Sutch, and was a member of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands E. F. Band, Angel Witch and Tytan...

, who had played with Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...

 and Screaming Lord Sutch

Screaming Lord Sutch

David Edward Sutch , also known as "Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow", or simply "Screaming Lord Sutch", was a musician from the United Kingdom...

 and thus completed the trio. Dufort left the band before the release of their first full-length album and was replaced by drummer Dag Eliason, thereby making the band an entirely-Swedish trio. John Rich joined as lead vocalist in 1982 and featured on the second album Deep Cut. London-based Roger Marsden (ex Deep Machine, Angel Witch

Angel Witch

Angel Witch is a British heavy metal band which formed in London, England in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement.-Biography:...

) replaced Rich in 1983 and sang on the band's third album One Night Stand. E.F. Band broke up in 1986 http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3324

Singles

• Night Angel 7" (contains "Night Angel" and "Another Day Gone") (1979)
• Self Made Suicide 7" (contains "Self Made Suicide" and "Sister Syne") (1979)
• Devils Eye 7" (contains "Devils Eye" and "Comprende") (1980)

Albums

• Metal for Muthas, Vol. 1
  Metal for Muthas
  Metal For Muthas is the name given to a series of heavy metal compilations made during the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The original compilation was Metal For Muthas , released in February 1980...
  
  ("Fighting For Rock and Roll") (1980)
• Last Laugh Is On You (1981)
• Deep Cut (1982)
• One Night Stand (1985) http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=8672&PHPSESSID=9f5aa194aaf92de18d0dd8d121dd41e9