Caesars (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Caesars


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Origin = flagicon|Sweden Borlänge, Sweden
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Genre = Alternative rock, indie rock
Years_active = 1995—present
Label = Dolores Recordings
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Current_members = Joakim Åhlund
César Vidal
David Lindquist
Nino Keller
Past_members = Jens Örjenheim

Caesars is a Swedish alternative rock band. In their native Sweden, the band was originally known as Caesars Palace, and in the rest of Scandinavia they are known as Twelve Caesars. Elsewhere they go by the name Caesars. Outside of Sweden, they may be best known for the song "Jerk It Out", which was originally featured in the snowboarding video Afterbang in 2002 and later appeared in an iPod advertisement in 2005, as well as the Electronic Arts video games SSX 3 and FIFA Football 2004, also known as FIFA Soccer 2004 and on the PlayStation 2 game LMA Manager 2005, and arcade game "Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova". The song is featured on their "39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)", "Paper Tigers", and "Love For The Streets" albums. They have won Swedish Grammy Awards for best album and best new artist. Their song "We Got to Leave" is the theme music to the television series "Confessions of a Matchmaker".

Caesars' new album, entitled "Strawberry Weed", was released in Scandinavia on March 5 2008. This 24-track long double album was produced by Ebbot Lundberg from Soundtrack Of Our Lives. A significant difference from previous albums is that guitarist Joakim Åhlund and drummer Nino Keller share vocal duty with César Vidal. [http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_921507.svd]

Band member Joakim Ahlund is also a founding member of the Teddybears.

tyle

The band employs several techniques in all of their songs: heavily distorted vocals, guitars, and, where applicable, a synth organ. This affords them a very "old-school" feel in stark contrast to their crisp basslines.

Band members

*Joakim Åhlund - guitars, vocals
*César Vidal - guitars, lead vocals
*David Lindquist - bass
*Jens Örjenheim - drums (1998-2000)
*Nino Keller - drums (2000-present)

Discography

Albums

*"Youth Is Wasted On The Young" (as Twelve Caesars), released December 8, 1998
*"Cherry Kicks" (as Caesars Palace), released 2000 (Gold In Sweden)
*"Love For The Streets" (as Caesars Palace), released 2002 (Gold In Sweden)
*"39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)", released April 22, 2003
*"Paper Tigers", released April 26, 2005 (#13 Sweden)
*"Strawberry Weed", released March 5, 2008 (#16 SWE)

ingles

*1995 - "Shake It 3 track E.P.: Shake It / Odd Job / Born Cool [7 inch Dolores] "
*1996 - "Rock De Puta Mierda 7 track E.P.: Phenobarbital / 3D-TV / Automatic / Crap-thinker / This Man, This Monster / Pupo Diavolo / You're My Favorurite"
*1998 - "Kick You Out / ???"
*1998 - "Sort It Out / ???"
*2000 - "From the Bughouse / Punkrocker (Original Version) / Love Bubble"
*2000 - "Crackin' Up / ???"
*2000 - "Fun 'n' Games / ???"
*2000 - "Only You [Promo] "
*2002 - "Jerk It Out / Out Of My Hands / She's A Planet"
*2002 - "Over 'fore It Started / Sparky"
*2002 - "Candy Kane / Artificial Gravity"
*2002 - "Get off my cloud (Rolling stones cover)/Bound and dominated LP-single from Dolores singelklubb 300EX"
*2003 - "Jerk It Out", released April 7 2003; re-released April 18 2005"
*2005 - "Jerk It Out / Up All Night [7" ej utgiven i Sverige] "
*2005 - "Jerk It Out (Jason Nevins Remix Edit) / Jerk It Out (Jason Nevins Extended Remix) / Jerk It Out (Jason Nevins "Rack Da Club" Remix) / Jerk It Out (Jason Nevins "Jerk It Harder" Remix) / Jerk It Out (Jason Nevins Remix Edit Instrumental)"
*2005 - "We Got to Leave / Longer We Stay Together"
*2005 - "Paper Tigers / Up All Night"
*2005 - "It's Not the Fall That Hurts / ???"
*2007 - "No tomorrow / Every Road Leads To Home"
*2008 - "Boo Boo Goo Goo/ ???"

External links

* [http://www.astralwerks.com/caesars/default.html Caesars American Label website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9ddyl33xpeb AMG Overview]
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