Month: March 2023

New Melodic Rock From Sweden

New Music

“Creye” are a rock band formed in 2015 by guitarist “Andreas Gullstrand.” They deliver a brand of melodic rock that takes you right back to the mid-eighties. After their self-titled debut album in 2018 a few line up changes followed and included new lead singer “August Rauer.” Their second album, Creye II, was released in 2021 and now the Swedish rockers have returned with Creye III (Weightless), an album with which their evolution as a premiere band in the Swedish melodic rock scene appears to continue unabated.

Creye’s single, Spreading Fire, is new this week on RadiJohan.

Inhaler return with Tribute to Greats

New Music

“Inhaler” are an Irish rock band formed in 2012. Their debut album, It Won’t Always Be Like This, released in 2021, topped the Album Chart in Ireland and the UK and made the Top 20 in the Netherlands and Germany. Their second album, Cuts and Bruises, has just been released.

According to the band, their new single is a tribute to great American songwriters Bob Dylan, “The Band” and Bruce Springsteen, stating that listening to these artists while travelling on big open highways resonated with them and helped shape the song into making them sound more like a live band than before.

If You’re Gonna Break My Heart by “Inhaler” is new this week on RadiJohan.

Controversial Concert Causes Contradictory Claims

Flashback

On the 1st of March 1969 Jim Morrison of “The Doors” allegedly dropped his trousers and exposed a bit too much of himself to the nearly 12,000 fans at a concert. Whether or not Morrison really exposed himself is unclear. His band-mate, Ray Manzarek, claimed that he just took his shirt off and waved it in front of his crotch to taunt the audience. A number of conflicting stories about the exact details of this incident exist. Morrison was eventually charged and convicted. He died while the case was under appeal.

In 2010 the governor of Florida granted Morrison a posthumous pardon.