Conny Bloom is the

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for Ulf Conny Blomqvist, (born 23 November 1964 in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

) who is a

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and songwriter. He is best known as the frontman for the funk metal band,

Electric Boys The Electric Boys are a Swedish band founded in Sweden in 1987 playing funky hard rock with roots in the 70s groove rock and 60s pop and psychedelia. Career They were formed by Conny Bloom (real surname: Blomqvist) (guitar/vocals) and Andy Ch ...

. Bloom also served a stint as a guitarist of the Finnish

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band Hanoi Rocks and in

Silver Ginger 5 Silver Ginger 5 was originally formed in 1999 as a solo project for Ginger, lead singer-songwriter of The Wildhearts. The band was not formed until ''after'' the recording of the album '' Black Leather Mojo'', and despite the name only ever had ...

Career

Bloom began working in the musical arena and teamed up first with bassist

Andy Christell Andy "A.C." Christell (born 14 June 1964 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish bass guitarist. He is known for playing in glam rock outfit Electric Boys and is the current bassist for Hanoi Rocks. He is a very close friend of Conny Bloom's and t ...

, working as a duo, with Bloom supplying the vocals and guitar to Christell's bass guitar. They were signed by

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and scored a local Swedish hit with the single "All Lips and Hips" in 1988. With guitarist Franco Santunione and drummer Niklas Sigevall, they formed the band, the

. Their sound was a unique, and a bit more funky rather than straight rock and roll. The band's debut, ''Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride'' held a better balanced version of Bloom and Christell's first hit, and they moved on to record another, ''Groovus Maximus'', which never outdistanced their debut, and finally, after a change in lineup with the guitarist and drummer who had joined the duo leaving for new replacements, ''Freewheelin'' was released, but without much better critical or commercial success. He is somewhat of a celebrity in Sweden and has also, especially with Electric Boys and later

, gained some international attention. After joining Hanoi Rocks, in 2004, however, Bloom has put his other projects in hold. He is also known in the UK for starring in an advert for Jameson Irish Whiskey.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB9JuvI4H18 – the ad

Discography

Solo

*1996 ''Titanic Truth'' (as Conny Bloom's Titanic Truth) *1999 ''Psychonaut'' *2006 ''Been There, Done What? Live'' *2020 ''Game! Set! Bloom!''

Electric Boys

Albums

*1990 ''Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride'' *1992 ''Groovus Maximus'' *1994 ''Freewheelin *2011 ''And Them Boys Done Swang'' *2014 ''Starflight United'' *2018 ''The Ghostward Diaries''

Singles

* 1988 "All Lips 'N Hips" (original version; only became a hit in Sweden) * 1990 "All Lips 'N Hips" * 1990 "Psychedelic Eyes" * 1992 "Mary in the Mystery World" * 1992 "Groovus Maximus" * 1992 "Dying to be Loved" * 1994 "Ready To Believe"

Other Recordings

King Kong Song "King Kong Song" (working title "Mr. Sex"), written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, is the name of a 1974 recording by Swedish pop group ABBA, included on their album '' Waterloo''. In 1974, the song competed in the Swedish ra ...

– ABBA cover for the 1992 Swedish ABBA tribute album "ABBA: The Tribute", released on the Polar Music label.

with Hanoi Rocks

Albums

*2005 ''

Another Hostile Takeover ''Another Hostile Takeover'' is the seventh studio album by the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks, released in 2005. This was the second album, of the "reborn" Hanoi Rocks of the new millennium. When it was released, critics praised the album, but fa ...

'' *2007 ''

Street Poetry ''Street Poetry'' is the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks's eighth and final studio album. The album reached the top 10 on the Finnish charts, and succeeded very well elsewhere in Europe too. The first single spawned was "Fashion", and the second w ...

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, Conny 1964 births Living people Musicians from Stockholm Swedish heavy metal guitarists Hanoi Rocks members Silver Ginger 5 members Electric Boys members Ginger & the Sonic Circus members