Moose (Swedish band)

Close your eyes when you listen to Moose and they’ll take you down to a traditional rock joint like Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago or Antones in Austin, Texas.

You’re gonna get excited. You’re gonna feel it. A word of warning: Strap on your safety belt because, friend, Moose is gonna TEAR IT UP! You'll hear no sleepy-time blues with Moose. It's all steamin’ hot and rocking. We are talking SHOW! Sweden’s best Rock n’ Blues quartet is formed by four accredited, professional musicians, who need to play the music they love straight from their hearts and feel it thump deep down in their guts.

BIO
Moose was formed in 2002 by four old friends who all had a love for blues in common. Initially they were just planning to do one show at a party. But after rehearsing a while and playing that gig they all felt that this was something serious!

The name Moose is not just the name of a huge four legged creature with horns, it’s also a way to express in Swedish that something sounds mashed, (Mos = Mashed Potatoes in Swedish) which everyone in the band thought was a great way to describe their sound! The band grew tighter and got more and more gigs all over Sweden.

Later that year they got in contact with people from the festival “On The Waterfront”, the largest music festival in the state of Illinois, who invited the band to play the festival in the summer of 2003. On top of that the festival also helped the band book a short 8-gig tour around Illinois. So in the summer of 2003 Moose took the Blues back home!

Moose really rocked in the States, and the Americans were very enthusiastic about Moose and their music. They were immediately invited for another tour in 2004, with 2 larger festivals and 8 club gigs.

It was sometime in-between the two US tours that Moose started to write their own material and the thoughts of making an album started forming. Moose went into the studio and recorded what will become their full length debut “Executioner”. Due to be released in the first half of 2006. The band also got themselves a manager to help them in their career.

In December 2005 Moose had a four page feature in the December issue of Sweden’s largest musicians magazine called “Musiker Magasinet”. They are now booking a spring tour and planning the release of their debut album.