Karl Rosqvist, also known as Karl Rockfist, is a Swedish drummer. He played in the Swedish metal band Sorg in the early to mid 1990s. In 2001 he joined the California-based band Steel Prophet who are considered pioneers in the American

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scene. He recorded two studio albums with Steel Prophet. Both were released by

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Records worldwide. In 2004 he became a member of the Los Angeles band

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who signed a recording contract with

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. Rosqvist appears on all three releases by

. In 2007 he was the touring drummer in the metal band Danzig. He also performed

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songs live with original singer

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and guitarist

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. He also plays drums on the Danzig record

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released in 2017. He is also the drummer in the

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band

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and appears on their second release '' Into the Night'' which was released by Horror High Records in 2008. The band is considered an "all star band" which featured

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and

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from

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. In 2009 he played drums as part of the

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show Sgt. Pepper Live in Las Vegas, performing with artists such as the five time platinum selling recording artist

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and the Las Vegas Philharmonics. In 2009 Karl was also seen backing up

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piano player

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in his solo band along with fellow

bandmates

and Johnny Martin. In 2010 Karl joined the legendary rock singer

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's band. The band consists of ex-

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member

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on bass,

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from

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on guitar and

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from

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on guitar. In 2011 Ginger was replaced by Swedish guitarist

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and

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fame. In August, it was announced that legendary producer Jack Douglas (

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) would be producing Monroe's 2011 studio album. In September,

signed a recording deal with

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, who will distribute Monroe's upcoming studio and live albums. In 2010, the first single "American Dream" was released on One Voice by Capricorn, a band formed by Karl, Phil Caivano (of

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) and

(of

, Danzig,

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and

).Capricorn
The Michael Monroe record '' Sensory Overdrive'' topped the Finnish albums chart on its first week of release and spent 22 weeks in the Top 4. On 9 November 2011 ''Sensory Overdrive'' won the "Album of the Year" award at the 2011

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awards.

Discography

*Sorg "I Mina Drömmars Dal" (1995) *Sorg "Devastated Light" (1996) *Steel Prophet "Book of The Dead", Nuclear Blast Records (2000) *Steel Prophet "Unseen", Nuclear Blast Records (2001) * Various Artists "A Metal Crusade" – Tribute To Saxon, Dwell Records (2001) *Vindikation "Chamber of Discontent" (2004) *The Chelsea Smiles "Nowhere Ride EP", EMI/ Capitol Records (2005) *The Chelsea Smiles "Thirty Six Hours Later", Acetate Records/People Like You (2006) *Annapolis Soundtrack – Nowhere Ride – The Chelsea Smiles – (2006) *Flatout 2 In-Game Soundtrack – Nowhere Ride – The Chelsea Smiles – (2006) *Park Soundtrack – Nowhere Ride – The Chelsea Smiles – (2006) *Jimmy Williams "Sonic Divergence", Guitar Nine Records (2007) *Greetings From Los Angeles (Compilation), Acetate Records (2008) *Son of Sam "Into The Night", Horror High Records (2008) *The Chelsea Smiles (Self Titled), Demolition Records (2009) *Michael Monroe "Another Night In The Sun- Live in Helsinki", Spinefarm/Universal Music (2010) *Capricorn "American Dream 7 inch", One Voice Records (2010) *Michael Monroe "Sensory Overdrive", Spinefarm/ Universal Music (2011) *Michael Monroe "'78". Single/7-inch, Spinefarm/Universal Music (2011) *Michael Monroe "Superpowered Superfly". Single/7-inch, Spinefam/Universal Music (2011) *Michael Monroe "Trick of The Wrist", Single/7-inch, Spinefarm/Universal Music (2011) *Michael Monroe "Ballad of The Lower East Side", Single, Spinefarm/Universal Music (2013) * Michael Monroe "Eighteen Angels", Single. Spinefarm/Universal Music (2013) * Michael Monroe "Horns & Halos", Spinefarm/Universal Music (2013) * Michael Monroe "Blackout States", Spinefarm/Universal Music (2015) * Dregen (selftitled), Universal Music (2013) * Dregen "Flat tyre on a muddy road", Single/7-inch, Universal Music (2013) * Michael Monroe "Stained Glass Heart" Single/7-inch, Universal Music (2013) * Michael Monroe "The Best", Spinefarm/Universal Music (2017) * Danzig "Black Laden Crown", Nuclear Blast/ Evilive Records (2017) * Christian Martucci "Negative Balance" (2019) * Michael Monroe "One Man Gang", Silver Lining Music (2019)

Discography

References

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