BwO

Brainchild of ex-Army of Fans frontman Alexander Bard, the Swedish pop group Physiques Without Organs (better referred to as BwO) formed in 2003. The group arrived collectively when Martin Rolinski, a rugby player who’d produced waves like a finalist in Popstars, approached Bard through maker Anders Hansson. Bard latched onto Rolinski, asked Marina Schiptjenko (previously of Bard’s earlier task, Vacuum) along for the trip, and BwO had been created. The group’s name was produced from the beliefs of Gilles Deleuze, a French philosopher whom Bard (a lecturer of beliefs himself) talked about in his 2000 publication Netocracy. You start with their 2004 debut, Prototype, BwO quickly increased to demi-stardom in Scandinavia and Eastern European countries; Prototype yielded seven Best 40 singles and proceeded to go platinum in Sweden. Their second recording, 2006’s Halcyon Times, went gold soon after it had been released, as well as the album’s 1st solitary, “Temple of Like,” shot to number 2 for the Swedish graphs. BwO performed at Melodifestivalen 2005 and 2006; they were able to reach the semifinals within their 1st yr of competition, and then become trounced by fellow Swede Martin Stenmarck. The group released a cover of Alcazar’s “Conserve My Satisfaction” in early 2007, and a full-length recording, Fabricator, was slated going to shops in Sweden later on that year.