Niklas Hellberg
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Niklas Hellberg is a Swedish
musician and producer
, most known for his collaborations with punk rocker Thåström.
band All That Jazz until its breakup in 1990. Hellberg was along with Thåström the main songwriters in Peace Love & Pitbulls
an industrial rock
band inspired by German
industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten
and Swedish heavy metal band Entombed
. After the bands break up in 1997 Hellberg continued to work with Thåström on his solo records both during recordings and turs. Around 2003 Hellberg and Thåström founded Sällskapet
along with guitarist Pelle Ossler
, which released their selftilted album in 2007.
With Peace Love and Pitbulls
With Thåström
With Sällskapet
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....
musician and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, most known for his collaborations with punk rocker Thåström.
Biography
Hellberg was during the late 1980s a member of the post-punkPost-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...
band All That Jazz until its breakup in 1990. Hellberg was along with Thåström the main songwriters in Peace Love & Pitbulls
Peace Love & Pitbulls
Peace, Love & Pitbulls was a Swedish/Dutch industrial rock band headed by Joakim Thåström.Thåström, who became famous in the 1970s and 1980s with his bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet, took a break from Sweden and moved to Amsterdam where he worked on the PLP project...
an industrial rock
Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...
band inspired by German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten
Einstürzende Neubauten is a German post-industrial band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. The group currently comprises Blixa Bargeld , Alexander Hacke , N.U...
and Swedish heavy metal band Entombed
Entombed (band)
Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal which initially differed itself from its American counterpart with its distinct guitar tone, by the early 1990s their sound had...
. After the bands break up in 1997 Hellberg continued to work with Thåström on his solo records both during recordings and turs. Around 2003 Hellberg and Thåström founded Sällskapet
Sällskapet
Sällskapet is a Swedish rock band formed by Pelle Ossler, Joakim Thåström and Niklas Hellberg.-History:Sällskapet is a Swedish electronic post-industrial rock band that appeared in 2007 and is headed by the rock legend Thåström. Other band members include Pelle Ossler and Niklas Hellberg...
along with guitarist Pelle Ossler
Pelle Ossler
Pelle Ossler is a Swedish rock musician and singer, most known for his collaboration with Joakim Thåström, both on Thåström's solo releases and their industrial project Sällskapet.- Recording career :...
, which released their selftilted album in 2007.
Discography
With All That Jazz- All That JAzz (1987)
- Color Blind (1990)
With Peace Love and Pitbulls
- Peace Love & PitbullsPeace Love & Pitbulls (album)Peace Love and Pitbulls is the first, self-titled, album by Swedish rocker Joakim Thåströms industrial music project. It was released in 1992.-Tracklisting:#" Radio King Kong" - 4:41...
(1993) - Red sonic underwearRed sonic underwearRed Sonic Underwear is the second album from the Swedish industrial rock band Peace Love & Pitbulls . It is notable for its extremely heavy songs with lots of guitars, drum machines and industrial sounds.-Tracklisting:#"Itch" - 0:26...
(1994) - Das neue konzept EP (1995)
- 33 (Peace Love and Pitbulls album)3 is the third and last album from the Swedish industrial rock band Peace Love & Pitbulls and was released 1997. This album is less focused on heavy sounds, the industrial atmosphere of the previous albums has been very toned down for this album. Here the focus lies on sound scapes built up with...
(1997) - War In My Livingroom 92-97 (2007)
With Thåström
- Mannen som blev en grisMannen som blev en grisMannen som blev en gris was released in 2002 and is Joakim Thåström's fourth solo album...
(2002) - Skebokvarnsv. 209 (2005)
- Solo Vol 1 (2006)
- Kärlek är for dom (2009)
With Sällskapet
- SällskapetSällskapet (album)Sällskapet is the self-titled debut album by Swedish electronic post-industrial rock band Sällskapet. The band existed as a secret hobby band for three years before the album was released in 2007. The album contained ten songs and a bonus DVD with music videos for five songs and the bonus track...
(2007)