H.E.A.T. - Living On The Run (Sweden)
We start off with some "light" rock from Sweden. This song by H.E.A.T. reminds me a lot of the rock-music that was made by long-haired rockers in the 1980s. Lead singer of the band is Erik Grรถnwall, who won the Swedish version of Idols in 2009. Immediately after winning this talent contest he recorded some pop-songs, but he quickly decided this was not the kind of music he wanted to make. In August 2010 he joined rock band H.E.A.T., after their old lead singer decided to leave the band. Two years after the change of lead singer H.E.A.T. scored their biggest hit so far with this song.
Shanon - Broken (Estonia)
Shanon is a pop-rock band from Estonia. The band announced to split up on 1 April 2010, but this turned out to be an April Fools Day prank, because one month later the band released a new single called "Broken". Like all of their previous songs, "Broken" became a big hit in Estonia. The band never reached any success outside of Estonia, but they are certainly good enough to be shared in this post.
Wig Wam - Gonna Get You Someday (Norway)
If you are (like me) a big fan of Bon Jovi, you're going to love this next song. Critics say that the idea for this song was stolen from the song "You Give Love A Bad Name", but one can't deny that this song rocks. Even though the video makes it look like this song is from the 1980s, it was made only a couple of years ago. Interesting fact: Wig Wam represented Norway in the Eurovision Contest of 2005 with the song "In My Dreams". After a great rock performance that reminded me of KISS they finished on a respectable 9th place in the final.
Ewa Farna - Cicho (Poland)
Ewa Farna is a talented singer who started singing at a very early age. At the age of 13 she already released a first album in Czech Republic (where she was born). In 2009, at the age of 16, she recorded "Cicho" which is about a boring relationship in which both partners don't have a lot to say to eachother.
Unfortunately, like with most teenage pop stars, things went from bad to worse with Ewa in recent years. She was arrested in May 2012 after having caused a car accident while driving drunk. Let's hope she gets through this period in one piece and continues to make good music.
Volbeat - Still Counting (Denmark)
This last song may be a bit too much for some of you, but I felt I needed to include a hard-rock song as well for all those real rockers who are reading my blog and were looking forward to this post. :) Try it out, and if you don't like it, then in two weeks I will write another post with a theme that may suit your taste better.
We start off with some "light" rock from Sweden. This song by H.E.A.T. reminds me a lot of the rock-music that was made by long-haired rockers in the 1980s. Lead singer of the band is Erik Grรถnwall, who won the Swedish version of Idols in 2009. Immediately after winning this talent contest he recorded some pop-songs, but he quickly decided this was not the kind of music he wanted to make. In August 2010 he joined rock band H.E.A.T., after their old lead singer decided to leave the band. Two years after the change of lead singer H.E.A.T. scored their biggest hit so far with this song.
Shanon - Broken (Estonia)
Shanon is a pop-rock band from Estonia. The band announced to split up on 1 April 2010, but this turned out to be an April Fools Day prank, because one month later the band released a new single called "Broken". Like all of their previous songs, "Broken" became a big hit in Estonia. The band never reached any success outside of Estonia, but they are certainly good enough to be shared in this post.
Wig Wam - Gonna Get You Someday (Norway)
If you are (like me) a big fan of Bon Jovi, you're going to love this next song. Critics say that the idea for this song was stolen from the song "You Give Love A Bad Name", but one can't deny that this song rocks. Even though the video makes it look like this song is from the 1980s, it was made only a couple of years ago. Interesting fact: Wig Wam represented Norway in the Eurovision Contest of 2005 with the song "In My Dreams". After a great rock performance that reminded me of KISS they finished on a respectable 9th place in the final.
Ewa Farna - Cicho (Poland)
Ewa Farna is a talented singer who started singing at a very early age. At the age of 13 she already released a first album in Czech Republic (where she was born). In 2009, at the age of 16, she recorded "Cicho" which is about a boring relationship in which both partners don't have a lot to say to eachother.
Unfortunately, like with most teenage pop stars, things went from bad to worse with Ewa in recent years. She was arrested in May 2012 after having caused a car accident while driving drunk. Let's hope she gets through this period in one piece and continues to make good music.
Volbeat - Still Counting (Denmark)
This last song may be a bit too much for some of you, but I felt I needed to include a hard-rock song as well for all those real rockers who are reading my blog and were looking forward to this post. :) Try it out, and if you don't like it, then in two weeks I will write another post with a theme that may suit your taste better.
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