Kee Marcello

Infobox musical artist

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| Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | Instrument = Guitar
Name = Kee Marcello
Born = Birth date and age|1960|2|20
Ludvika, Sweden
Birth_name = Kjell Hilding Lövbom
Genre = Hard rock, glam metal
Associated_acts = Easy Action, Mikael Rickfors, Europe, K2
Notable_instruments =
Years_active = 1979 - Present
URL = [http://www.keemarcello.com/ www.keemarcello.com]

Kee Marcello (born Kjell Hilding Lövbom on February 20, 1960 in Ludvika, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist best known as the former guitarist in the hard rock band Europe. He is currently a member of the glam metal band Easy Action.

Throughout the years, Marcello played in various bands such as Stetson Cody Group, Norbom Hilke and Noice, before he formed Easy Action in 1983. They released two albums, "Easy Action" and "That Makes One", before Marcello left the band in November 1986 to join Europe, replacing their original guitarist John Norum. Marcello had previously collaborated with Europe vocalist Joey Tempest on the single "Give A Helpin' Hand" for the charity project "Swedish Metal Aid". Marcello recorded two albums with Europe, "Out of This World" and "Prisoners in Paradise", before the band decided to go on hiatus in 1992.

In 1995 Marcello released his first solo album "Shine On", which had a west coast influenced sound, similar to The Eagles. In 2003 he formed the band K2 and released the album "Melon Demon Divine". When Europe reunited with John Norum later that year, Marcello decided not to be part of the reunion. "I told them I didn't want to participate in a [new] studio album because musically, I want to go in a different kind of direction than the music Europe stands for," he said in an interview, "Then we talked for a while about doing a six-piece tour – it didn't turn out that way because of different reasons."cite web |url=http://www.rathole.com/fireworks/17/2.asp |title=RATHOLE.com - Fireworks Magazine: Issue 17 |accessdate=2007-12-23 |format= |work=RATHOLE.com ]

In 2005 K2 joined forces with Canadian singer Alannah Myles at the Swedish final of the Eurovision Song Contest, performing the song "We Got It All". The song scored few points in the vote and didn't make it to the international final.

Easy Action reunited for a gig at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2006 and is currently working on a new studio album.

Discography

Albums

*Stetson Cody Group - "Rikskonserters Jazz/Rock 1978" (1978)
*Noice - "Europa" (1982)
*Easy Action - "Easy Action" (1983)
*Easy Action - "That Makes One" (1986)
*Mikael Rickfors - "Rickfors" (1986)
*Europe - "Out of This World" (1988)
*Europe - "Prisoners in Paradise" (1991)
*Red Fun - "Red Fun" (1993)
*Kee Marcello - "Shine On" (1995)
*Mikael Rickfors - "Happy Man Don't Kill" (1997)
*Kee Marcello's K2 - "Melon Demon Divine" (2003)

References

External links

* [http://www.keemarcello.com/ Kee Marcello's Official Site]
*MySpace|keemarcello|Kee Marcello