Anders Olof Wendin (born 16 March 1975,

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) is a Swedish rock musician, best known for his solo project Moneybrother.

Career

After the split-up of his ska-punk band

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, Wendin took a new direction and released Moneybrother's debut album '' Blood Panic'' in 2003. His second album, '' To Die Alone'', was released in 2005. The music of Moneybrother can be described as a soul-oriented blend, incorporating influences from rock, reggae and disco. In December 2006, Moneybrother released his third album, '' Pengabrorsan''. The title is a literal Swedish translation of Moneybrother, and the album is his first in the Swedish language. It consists of cover versions of English songs, translated into Swedish. August 2007 saw the release of his fourth album '' Mount Pleasure'', which debuted at number one on the Swedish album chart. In 2017, Wendin participated in the eighth season of the Swedish reality TV-show ''

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Backing band

Current members

*Patrick Andersson -

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*August Berg -

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*Gustav Bendt -

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*Henrik Nilsson -

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*Patrik Kolar -

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Former members

* Indy Neidell -

*Magnus Henriksson -

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

*August Berg -

*Viktor Brobacke -

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*Henrik Svensson -

Discography

Albums

*'' Blood Panic'' (2003) *'' To Die Alone'' (2005) *'' They're Building Walls Around Us'' (2005) *'' Pengabrorsan'' (2006) *'' Mount Pleasure'' (2007) *'' Real Control'' (2009) *'' This Is Where Life Is'' (2012)

EPs

*''Thunder in My Heart'' (2002)

Singles

*''It's Been Hurting All the Way With You, Joanna'' (2003) *''They're Building Walls Around Us'' (2005) *''Blow Him Back Into My Arms'' (2005) *''My Lil Girl's Straight From Heaven'' (2005) *''Dom vet ingenting om oss'' (2006) *'' Downtown Train (Tåget som går in till stan)'' (2007) *''Just Another Summer'' (2007) *''Guess Who's Gonna Get Some Tonight'' (2007) *''Down At The R'' (2007) *''Born Under a Bad Sign'' (2009)

Compilation

*''Rebell 10 år'' (2004)

References

External links

Moneybrother on Myspace
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