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2003-11-07 The
"Eye to eye" re-issue is now available in Europe at the
following places. Aor Heaven and Just For Kicks (both are German
Companies). On AOR Heaven the albums is no. 5 on their AOR Heaven
Top 10 and on Just For Kicks the album is displayed first of all. The
history section will be up very soon, but is delayed because of
a computer crash. Please have patience! |
| 2003-10-14 Hello all! It´s been a while since we had an update about the band, well to begin with we´re now uploading some info about the Eye to eye album. Check it out The first part of the history section will be up this weekend. we´re still waiting for some more pictures but we´ll add on as we go. This part covers the start of the band and moves on a few years. The rest will be put up piece by piece until we´re where we are today. Please remember that you can read more closely about how the albums were made in the discography section (after each album). Updates
on what´s going on right now are also expected soon. Check
back every now and then, there´s always a new Q&A or something
to get yourself updated on. Welcome! |
| 2003-09-11 Power Play Records have announced that the re-issue of "Eye To Eye" will be released on October 1 st. We´ll announce purchase info and stuff right here as soon as we get some news. In the meantime you can have a look at the new artwork here. |
| 2003-08-27 - Interview
with Jocke Lundholm Power Play Records have posted the second part of their interview with 220 Volt. Jocke Lundholm speaks this time in support of the re-issue of the "Eye To Eye" album and about influences and such. The album will include 2 bonus tracks! We´ll let you know more details soon, but for now we know that the artwork has been approved and that Power Play is working hard on getting the album out soon. Read the interview here. Also look out for the history section we promised you. We´ll be posting it bit by bit in the next few weeks. Apparently, the search is on for pictures from the recordings of the 220 V albums. |
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2003-08-13 |
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2003-07-17 |
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2003-07-09 |
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2003-07-08 |
2003-06-12 We have changed our domain to 220volt.se Don't forget to change your bookmarks. |
| 2003-06-11 New 220 Volt Show July 31st in Östersund!!! 220
Volt will perform at Marité in Östersund on July 31st.
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| 2003-06-07 The Power Play Records (licensed and legal) re-issue of 220 Volt´s "Eye To Eye" album is moving along. Reports from Power Play reveals that the production will probably start in June. As far as we know, the album has all new artwork and two bonus tracks. We´ll try to post the artwork and release date here as soon as it´s available from Power Play. |
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2003-06-06 |
| 2003-06-04 We have recieved some pictures and a review from Eskilstuna, check it out at "Pics & Concerts". |
| 2003-05-22 Tomorrow night, Fri 23rd, 220 Volt and Talisman enters the stage at the Blå in Eskilstuna. Reports from the gig are welcome at the Contacts page |
| 2003-09-10 There's a new interview with Thomas Drevin, Mats Karlsson and Joakim Lundholm at www.power-play-records.com. check it out  |
| 2003-05-09 Congratulations Mike Krusenberg on your 37th birthday. |
| 2003-04-28 220 Volt plays at the Blå in Eskilstuna on May 23rd |
| 2003-04-28 EXCLUSIVELY ON 220VOLT.NU Kjell Björk, 220 Volts first manager and producer of the Prisoneer of War/Sauron single, tells us his story about the early years with 220V. Read it here |
| 2003-04-20 We wish Thomas a happy birthday, 40 years. |
| 2003-04-15 Check out the onlineversion of the new magazine "SLICE" and read about 220V (swedish) |
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2003-03-29 |
| 2003-03-25 Congratulations Peter Olander on your 38th birthday. Peter |
| 2003-03-01 Work has begun on a history section. You will be able to follow the bands way from the early years and all the way up until today. We´re trying to track down some photo´s and stuff to enhance the story. If you´ve met the band sometime, somewhere, and have photo´s of this, you´re very welcome to submit them. Please read instructions on the contact page on how to do this. We´re also trying to get the band to use some of their private photo´s for this. There are rumours of a few shows in May and June. Dates will be posted when we get them. |
| 2003-02-19 Do you want your own copy of the new album Volume 1? We got the links to the online-stores where you can buy it. Check out the new page "Buy Volume 1" |
| 2003-02-18 For he's a jolly good fellow for he's a......... Congratulations Peter Hermansson on your 40th birthday "An elderly Volter" |
| 2003-02-01 We've added some comments to the discography pages 2003-01-28 IT´S TAKEN SOME TIME, BUT WE´VE FINALLY POSTED THE COMPLETE 220 VOLT DISCOGRAPHY (SO FAR). CHECK YOUR COLLECTION. IS IT COMPLETE? WHAT ARE YOU MISSING? HAVE FUN! |
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2003-01-19 Yes, we will soon have a complete discography, we're just waiting for some comments from the band. |
| 2003-01-15 Check out the comments from the band regarding the 20th anniversary of "Prisoner Of War" New pics from the anniversary show (pics & concerts) |
| 2003-01-15 U.S label Power Play Records are working on a re-issue on 220 Volt´s "Eye To Eye" album. (Originally released in 1988/89 depending on where you live) They are also supporting 220V in the States and elsewhere by selling the new "Volume 1" album. We´re told that it will feature a couple of bonustracks. When we have the complete information and a set release date, we will post it right here. Power Play Records |
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2003-01-09 The update on the 20th anniversary gig on Nov 30th last year will be up soon. The band will be making their own comments about it. More pics will be up and some are really cool. The
band is looking at gig possibilities for 2003 and dates will posted
here when we have some. |
| 2002-12-14 We´d like to inform all who has been in contact with us from outside of Scandinavia... 1. The band is overwhelmed by your interest in 220 Volt. 2. We´re close to solving the problem for all of you to obtain your own copy of the new album. You will soon get a chance to order the album "Volume 1" online. More on this in a few days. All of you from Spain, Austria, USA, Japan, Germany, Holland and more...Thanks for contacting us! Stay tuned, we´re working hard to make an album available for you. Please remember that there are only a 1000 copies. The band will be back with personal views on the 20th anniversary concert soon. Check back every now and then. |
| 2002-12-03 Read about the anniversary show at the new page. Live at Teatern |
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2002-12-02 |
| 2002-11-27 The band will be at the releaseparty on Friday the 29th and may perform a song or two for their friends. The main show will be on Saturday the 30th though. Tickets for the 20th Anniversary Concert at Gamla Teatern on Saturday the 30th of November are available at Skivhörnan in Östersund. They are the only source to buy tickets. There´s a package price for all of you who´d like to buy the new album and a ticket to the show. |
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2002-11-21 |
| 2002-11-17 Volume 1 has been delayed but will be released 19th or 20th November. There are two interviews/stories in the local papers of Östersund, check out the links. ÖP 
LT Thanks to Joakim Espell for letting us know. |
| 2002-11-05 The new album is done, it´s called "Volume 1". Release date is very soon. We´ll let you know in just a few days. We´re also working on a solution for all people outside Sweden to obtain a copy, since it´s a 1000 copies limited edition. Tickets to the 20th anniversary gig and releaseparty will be released Friday 8/11. The band is very excited and looking forward to the end of November. They hope to see a lot of you people at Gamla Teatern in Östersund on the 30th of Nov and also at the releaseparty on the 29th. |
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2002-10-28
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| 2002-10-22 220 Volt will perform at Gamla Teatern in Östersund on Nov 30th. This is to mark the 20th anniversary of their first ever single "Prisoner of war" / "Sauron". Gamla Teatern is an old theater and used to be a regular gig for the band in 1980-1983, so it felt natural for the band to "play it again". The event will be backed up by a releaseparty at O´Leary´s in Östersund on the 29th of Nov. This will be a public thing as well, but the band will invite some special guests for some special treatment. The new album will be played and it´s possible that some new footage will be shown.Both shows will feature 4 More Fun as special guests. We will get back soon with info on where and how to obtain tickets. The new album is coming along nicely and the band is putting the finishing touches on it right now. They´re hoping to have it in store about three weeks in advance of the show on Nov 30th. 5 songs have been recorded and are almost done, we´ll soon have the complete running order and tracklist and of course it will be posted here. Lyrics and mp3:s will also be up in a few weeks. |
| 2002-09-26 Recordings are underway for the new album,which will include both studio and live recordings. Everything has gone well so far but it´s not finished yet. The title of the album isn't decided yet, but rumours from a person close to the "Volters" says that it goes under the working title, "The return of the big Baron". It hasn't been confirmed from any of them to us at 220Volt.nu though. We'll get back to you as soon as we know for sure. Check back every now and then cause we´ll soon have new gigdates for the fall and info about the 20th anniversary thing in November. |
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2002-09-20 The
new CD released by Munich´s Hardest Hits is coming close to
release. 220 Volt is featured with one brand new track on the album.
On Monday Sep 30 it will be in German record stores. It is possible
to place an order on their website. We´re not sure if the
album will be released in any other country, but we´ll check
and get back on that. Recordings
are underway for the 2002 version of "Prisoner of war/Sauron".
Everything has gone well so far but it´s not finished yet.
Also check back every now and then cause we´ll soon have new
gigdates for the fall and info about the 20th anniversary thing
in November. |
| 2002-09-03 There´s been some e-mail traffic to this site about the lack of MP3 samples and videosamples. Please remember that the site has been up for a rather short period of time, be patient. Things are being worked on and we will have stuff here in due time. /Mr.Master |
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2002-08-21 In
case you wonder anything about the song, all we can say is that
it´s a heavy shuffle with some basic rock n´roll harmonics
to it. Some say it´s a bit like "Airborne fighter"
from the "Powergames" album, but we´d like to think
it´s based more on traditional heavy rock as opposed to heavy
metal. The riff, title and the opening vocal line was grabbed from
a song that the band had as early as 1980 !! It´s been completely
reworked of course, but the intial idea is an old riff. Exciting! |
| 2002-07-18 The band is finishing off some (demo) recordings and if all goes well, they will have a new product out in November. The idea is to release a 5 track studio recording and some stuff that´s been recorded live. More shows will be recorded in the fall and they hope to sneak some of that in too. Next step is a full album but don´t expect that until next spring. |
| 2002-07-11 Now you can participate on this website, check out the new Contacts and Q & A pages |
| 220
Volt played Sweden Rock Festival on June 8th 2002. The band were openers
on the "Rock Stage" on Saturday afternoon. The gig was the
beginning of a new phase in the bands history. The band was thrilled to be in front of a big crowd again, and the inspiration to write more new songs to present this fall is high, to say the least. The band would like to thank the wonderful audience on SRF for making it such a great day !!. This goes for all the people who came to see the warm-up shows too. |
| June 7th was spent in Norrköping, Sweden where the band held a clinic for music students. The band talked about music in general and took some questions from the students aswell. The clinic was set up by Mats brother Ulf, who teaches at the school. Many thanks to Ulf !! Songs performed were: Gypsy Queen, Don´t come my way, Firefall, White Knight, Electric Power and Black Angel. It was the first clinic the band ever made, but they enjoyed it and hope to be able to do it again. |
| May 31st and June 1st saw 220 Volt perform 2 shows in Storuman and Malå in the north of Sweden. Both shows were taped on video. |
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May 17th the band performed their first gig in 19 years with this
particular line-up. The band played the Community House in Hackås,
about a half hour drive outside of their hometown Östersund,
Sweden. The house was packed even though it was a lowkey gig with almost no marketing whatsoever. Lots of "old" fans turned up, and there were big smiles all around. |
| May 9-12, the band rehearsed in Östersund. Now with "Herm" back on the drums. The final arrangements were decided and recorded so that the band could have a listen at home before the first gig. |
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May
1-4, the band rehearsed again, this time with drummer Björn
Höglund from the band Hoven Droven. Peter "Herm"
Hermansson had a prior engagement and was playing with another band.
Björn had some time off from his regular gig and could help
the Volters out. He´s a great drummer and kind enough to step
in, Thanks Björn !! |
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2002-04-29
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| Reports from the field says that the bands way to Sweden Rock Festival and the celebration of the 20th anniversary of their first single ( in November 2002 ) will be documented. 220volt.nu will try to dig out more information about this. We'll keep you informed |
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