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Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop band. Gyllene Tider means 'Golden Age' in English. Few Swedes have not heard the song "Sommartider", oft-heard during the late spring and early summer. The band is well-known for its catchy choruses and light-weight lyrics.
In 1977, Per Gessle met Mats Persson, a member of the band Audiovisuellt Angrepp, forming the duo Grape Rock. Later Micke Andersson, Anders Herrlin and Göran Fritzon joined and the quintet was born. The group's name was changed to Gyllene Tider.
1978 - The band had become a group of local celebrities in Halmstad for their Christmas-concerts. They took advantage of this and released their quite rare vinyl ep; Billy. The record sold in about 900 copies.
In 1979, the LP Gyllene Tider was released, becoming a huge success in Sweden. Flickorna på TV2 was the biggest hit on that album.
The second album was released in 1981 under the name Moderna Tider and also enjoyed huge success. It was followed up by a national tour. The next year Puls was released with the hits Sommartider and Flickan i en Cole-Porter-sång.
The group tried to break through to the American market in 1984 with the album Heartland (a six track mini version of the album The Heartland Café released in Sweden) under the name Roxette. But it failed and the album flopped after selling about 8,000 copies.
In 1985 the group officially broke up. But in the years following a few "Greatest hits" albums were released and a few reunions took place, in particular their immensely popular comeback tour in 1996.
In 2004 the band celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary with the first new album after 20 years and a big summer tour in July and August. The tour called GT25 was a huge success, in fact it was the biggest tour in Scandinavia ever, gathering large crowds all over Sweden.
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Album Discography
- 1978 Billy (EP) (aka "the yellow EP")
- 1979 Gyllene Tider
- 1981 Moderna Tider
- 1982 Puls
- 1984 The Heartland Café (also released in the USA under the name "Roxette")
- 1991 Parkliv (Live 1981)
- 1997 Återtåget (Live 1996)
- 2004 Finn 5 Fel!
- 2004 GT25 Live! (Live 2004) (also on DVD from Ullevi)
Greatest Hits and similar
- 1989 Instant Hits + Pers Garage
- 1995 Halmstads Pärlor
- 2000 Konstpaus - samtliga inspelningar från 90-talet och lite till...
- 2004 GT25! Samtliga Hits
DVD
- 1997 Återtåget (documentary from TV4, live and interviews )
- 2004 Karaoke Hits!
- 2004 Parkliv (concert/documentary fom 1981 filmed by Lasse Hallström, released on DVD 2004)
- 2004 GT25 Live! (live at Ullevi 2004)
External links
- Gyllene Tider - Elektroniska Tider (http://www.evensson.com/gyllenetider/) (With full discography and info)
- GylleneTider.com (http://www.gyllenetider.com)
- The Daily Roxette (http://www.dailyroxette.com) (Latest Gyllene Tider news)sv:Gyllene Tider