Freddie Wadling

Freddie Wadling
File:Freddie Wadling.jpg Freddie Wadling performing at Bryggarsalen in Stockholm, Sweden, April 2011
Background information
Born	(1951-08-02) August 2, 1951 Gothenburg, Sweden)
Genres	Rock, punk
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1970s – present
Associated acts	Liket Lever, Cortex, Straitjacket), Leather Nun, Blue for Two

Freddie Wadling (born August 2, 1951 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, actor and opera writer, whose over 30-year musical career extends from punk to classical ballads.

In various bands

He played bass in a number of bands during the 1970s and early 1980s. One notable band was Liket Lever (which roughly translates to The Corpse Lives).

In the early 1980s, he joined the cult band Cortex. During this period Cortex released the album Spinal Injuries in 1981. The song "The Freaks" sung by Freddie Wadling became a signature song for him and was used in the soundtrack of Tjenare Kungen.

Wadling also played in Straitjacket and the controversial Leather Nun, but his importance for the Swedish punk scene has been small - in contrast to his influence in the alternative/experimental rock scene.

In Blue for Two

Main article: Blue for Two

In the 1980s and 1990s, he was vocalist of the Swedish alternative pop/rock duo Blue for Two. The duo started in Gothenburg in 1984 with him on vocals and Henryk Lipp as songwriter and synthesizers. They had a string of albums including Blue for Two (1986), Songs from a Pale and Bitter Moon (1988), Search & Enjoy (1992), Earbound (1994) and Moments (1997). The band became very popular and one of the main bands in the Swedish alternative scene in the 1980s. For their live performances, they were often accompanied by Sator guitarist Chips Kiesbye.

Solo career

After Two for Blue stopped performing by the end of the 1990s, Freddie Wadling developed a prosperous solo career, releasing a great number of albums, and very notably the highly acclaimed En skiva till kaffet (1999) and Jag är monstret (2005) he also recorded songs by John Dowland with the Forge Players in 1998.

He also got attention with being part of the Fleshquartet for which he was awarded the Cornelis Vreeswijk Prize in 2005. The latter also contains collaborations with Thomas Öberg, Per Gessle and Tomas Andersson Wij. Wadling was also featured in band Mikrotone. He also joined Timbersound, formed in 1994 with Magne Furuholmen and Kjetil Bjerkestrand.

2010s saw a comeback by Freddie Wadling at two levels. He released his solo album With a Licence to Kill in 2011 that reached #12 on the Swedish Albums Chart and as Blue for Two he released with Henryk Lipp the album Tune the Piano and Hand Me a Razor that reached #18 on the Swedish Albums Chart.

Discography

Albums

In Cortex

• 1981: Spinal Injuries
• 1986: You can't kill the Boogeyman

In Blue for Two

• 1986: Blue for Two
• 1988: Songs from a Pale and Bitter Moon
• 1992: Search & Enjoy
• 1994: Earbound
• 1997: Moments
• 2012: Tune the Piano and Hand Me a Razor

With music project Mother

• 2008: LP (with music project Mother)

Solo albums

• 1989: Something Wicked This Way Comes
• 1991: Picnic on a Frozen River
• 1991: The Dice Man (Collection album)
• 1997: A Soft-Hearted Killer Collection (Collection album)
• 1999: En skiva till kaffet
• 2000: Skillingtryck och mordballader
• 2005: Jag är monstret
• 2009: Den mörka blomman / The dark flower
• 2011: With a Licence to Kill (Reached #12 on the Swedish Albums Chart)
• 2016: Efter Regnet (Reached #7 on the Swedish Albums Chart)

Featured in

• 2012: Dark Passages - Nocturnal Incidents (Kingdom of Evol feat. Freddie Wadling)

External links

• Freddie Wadling at the Internet Movie Database
• Swedish fansite: http://www.freddiewadling.net
• Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/freddiewadling