The Airwaves (S)
B i o g r a p h y
The band is formerly known as "Swedish Whistler" and has been
around since the mid 90's. In the summer of 1997 Swedish WHISTLER produced
their first CD; an EP called "Pop
Fiction" (released 11/05/1998 by Norwegian Bed Not Found Records). Because
Swedish WHISTLER was the most downloaded unsigned band on Swedish musicsite
Deo.com they had a place on the great KalasTour, together with well-established
bands in Sweden like Kent, TeddyBears Stockholm, Sahara Hotnights etc.
Swedish WHISTLER won the music contest "Orkester 2000" arranged
by Swedish Radio P4 Kronoberg The prize was a studiorecording and money as
well. This studio recording + some more recordings became their the next
CD: "Great Lizard Cuckoo" Released by the US Label, PeaceWork Records.
The summer 2002 Swedish Whistler went to California, USA, for their first
mini-tour abroad. They also played at the International Pop Overthrow - festival
in Los Angeles.
October 2003 they went to Liverpool for a second mini-tour abroad. Doing
4 gigs in 5 days. One of them at The Cavern.
They started to co-operate with the label Riverside Records (Sweden) and
soon their first single was released with major distrubution through Bonnier
Music.
In august 2004 they once again headed UK, this time to Cambridge for a gig
at the Rockinbeerfest in Huntingdon / Cambridge.
Their co-operation with Riverside Rec increased and a second single under
a new bandname (The Airwaves) have been made to promote an upcoming whole-length
album.
D i s c o g r a p h y:
Popfiction - (1997&98) Bed Not Found Records
Dazzling Days - (1998) Bed Not Found Records / Swebmusic.com
Compilation album 1 - Rockposers Made It! (2001) Bateman Records
Compilation
album 2 - Hold The Vocals (2001) Go-Kustom Records www.go-kustom.com
Compilation
album with several bands playing covers. Swedish WHISTLER's contribution is
Hot Butters "Popcorn"
Compilation album 3 - Teen Feeding Frenzy (2002)
Go-Kustom Records(Seattle, US)
Swedish WHISTLER's contribution on this compilationalbum
is Kylie Minoques "I
Should Be So Lucky"
Great Lizard Cuckoo - (2002) Bateman Records / PeaceWork Records
Compilation album 4 - Girlfriends & She-devils (2003) Go-Kustom Records, "Bitchy
One" by Swedish Whistler included
Always - (2003) - 3 track CD released by Riverside Records Swe
Compilation album 5 - Into the jet stream of pop (2004) Beautiful music ,USA
- comp with original songs
Other cover-compilations:
Vegetable Man Project Vol 2 - (Oggettivolanti) www.oggettivolanti.it
Vegetable Man Project Vol 3 - (Oggettivolanti)
Vegetable Man Project Vol 4 - (Oggettivolanti)
Vegetable Man 10 Sec - (Vinyl) (Oggettivolanti)
Lets Try It Another Way - (Laughing Madcaps Yahoo group)
The Interpreters: The Roky Erickson Tribute Album - http://www.geocities.com/bythefansforthefans/index.html
Before There Was A Dark Side - (Free Range Pigs)
No One Is Pink - (Neptune Pink Floyd) www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk
The Return Of The Sons Of Neptune
By several reasons they decided to change the bandname to The Airwaves
(wich has been a sideproject for a while) and, with a few differences in
the band,
let go of the former name. In Brighton, 21st - 24th of September 2006,
our last performances as Swedish Whistler were made.
www.theairwaves.se