S-ROCK - DON'T MISS IT!

Sometimes there are big rumors in the music biz around a band
that is not heard from many. Sometimes they make success , but
when it is time for a 2nd album nobody cares - It was just another
hype.

LAMBRETTA is totally opposite. When the englishmen have to read
about a new BEATLES everytime they open NME, LAMBRETTA
have spend time preparing. Instead of hanging out in the right places,
get to know the right people and hang on to the new trends they
have focused on their music. The debut album did not really make it
to the charts - but the interest for their follow up has nevertheless
been quite big.

Things has happened fast. In early September not many knew that
the album was due to release.

"When a list in over the autumn releases was published in one
major newspaper our album was not mentioned", says the guitar
player AndersEliasson and looks satisfied. "But now the word is
out !"

LAMBRETTA had been a band for quite a while when their debut
single "Blow My Fuses" was released. That song was a big radio
hit and topped the Swedish "Top of Summer"almost the whole
summer of '99. The video also won the cathegory "Best Video of
the Year". Therefor LAMBRETTAhas been considered "a one hit
wonder" by some. The one's that took their time listening to their
album would notice it was quite a nice piece of work.

It is still great , but nothing compared to what's about to come
now!

Even the one's warned was blown away by their 1st single
"Bimbo". A straight in the face kind of song with a groovy heavy
metal riff , massive melodies and an attitude , but still down to earth.
That song together with a couple more on the album was written
by the musical "dream team" Per Aldeheim, Alexander Kronlund
and Max Martin.

So, LAMBRETTA is just another band waiting to be given "the
magic touch"? "We really had no intention asking them for
material" the band says. The fact is that they had written a song
aimed for LAMBRETTA and asked the company if they thought
that we would be offended by their offer. "They knew we did
write all of our material ourselves".

LAMBRETTA listened and loved the song and agreed that the
song quality was a lot more important than the members' egoes.

"I wrote 80% of the 1st albums songs and now it's like 3 songs"
says Anders, but has no problems with that as it is for the bands
best. And LAMBRETTA is really a band. They who have seen them
live can assure you they are real energizers on stage. They do not
like other Swedish apologize for their presence and have a
"butter-cool" attitude - They deliver.

Few have discussed LAMBRETTA without mentioning the
difference of age in the group.

When Linda Sundblad joined up she was just 15 years old - just
half the age of some of the members. Everyone thought she did
ot just fit in, but also gave a vitamin injection to the group and to
the whole Swedish music scene; young, smart and talented she
became the rock version of Robyn. Many thought she should not
stay long in the band, and there was a lot of efforts for making her
going solo. But Linda refused.

"The more they tried to convince me to do my own thing and
leave the band, the more sure I got to stay and show them that
they were wrong" she says. "Because I know how strong we are
together - how important everyone in the band are. Playing a lot
of gigs without having an album to promote has proved it. We rock
and enjoy the stage - and people notice it".

Linda is 20 now and has been really growing in the roll of "Female
Swedish rock star supreme". Just check out the "Bimbo" video
or the way LAMBRETTA opened the Grammy awards a year ago -
they really kicked the Swedish music biz´s ass.

If LAMBRETTA earlier stood for pop with heavy guitars , they are
today more of a classical rock band with extra big hooks.
Nevertheless the real sensitive songs are there, too. They still
takes the best out of 4 decades of rock music into the new
millenium. At some time the word "arena rock" got a bad rumor.
Like if it was a genre of its own . The truth is that arenas are
really a nightmare for acts not fitting in there , but can be really
tempting and create a nice atmosphere - if it´s the right band
onstage.

When you listen to LAMBRETTA's 2nd album it is easy to imagine
hand in the air, lots of lighters and a crowd jumping as one man. All
this to a tight and accurate band that knows their material is really
strong. The stripes of LAMBRETTA is completed with extremely
good road behaviours.

*Taken from the official website of LAMBRETTA*

(Discography)

LAMBRETTA (UNIVERSAL MUSIC, 2002)
BREAKFAST (UNIVERSAL MUSIC, 1999)

The Official Website : http://www.lambrettamusic.com/