Baltimoore is a Swedish

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band, led by Swedish singer Björn Lodin. Lodin was originally approached by

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in 1987 to record a solo album, but Lodin opted to use the moniker ''Baltimoore'' rather than his own name. In 1992, Lodin relocated to

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, where he met

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n-born guitarist

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. They joined forces for two Baltimoore albums, ''Double Density'' and ''Thought for Food''. Due to personal and musical differences, Kotzev left the band in 1994 to start his own project,

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. Baltimoore was then on hiatus until 2000, when Lodin resurfaced with ''Original Sin''. He would move back to Sweden the same year. In 2006, the band ended its relationship with Finnish record label

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to start up their own label, BLP Music, on which their two latest albums, ''Kaleidoscope'' and ''X'' (both 2006), are released. Lodin then contributes to an album "Chameleon" released by Balls before beginning work on a new Baltimoore album entitled ''Quick Fix'' in late 2008 set for release in the second quarter of 2009.

Members

Current members

* Björn Lodin - vocals * Mankan Sederberg - guitars (2004 - ) * Thomas Larsson - guitars (1989, 2000–2003, 2006 -) * Weine Johansson - bass (1991 - ) * Hempo Hildén - drums (2004 - )

Former members

* Stefan Bergström - guitars (1989–1990, 2004 - ) *

- guitars, keyboards (1992–1994) *

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- keyboards (1989–1990) *

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- keyboards (1992) * Örjan Fernkvist - keyboards (2001, 2009) *

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- bass (1989) * Anders Åström - bass (1989) *

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- bass (1990) * Nikolay Kardzhilov (Koko) - bass (1992) * Rolf Alex - drums (1989–1991) *

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- drums (1992) *

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- drums (1994, 2001–2003)

Discography

* ''There's no Danger on the Roof'' (1989) #37 SE * ''Freak'' (1990) * ''Double Density'' (1992) * ''Thought for Food'' (1994) * ''Original Sin'' (2000) * ''The Best of Baltimoore'' (2001) * ''Ultimate Tribute'' (2003) * ''Fanatical'' (2005) * ''Kaleidoscope'' (2006) * ''X'' (2006) * ''Quick Fix'' (2009)

References

External links

Official Baltimoore website

Official Baltimoore MySpace page
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