Astroqueen Announce New Bassist; Hint at New Material
Ahead of their first live appearance in 20-ish years, to be held in June at the inaugural Majestic Mountain Fest in Oslo, Swedish heavy rockers Astroqueen have announced the addition of Electric Hydra‘s Ellinor Andersson to their lineup on bass. Also Sweden-based, Electric Hydra released their self-titled debut (review here) in 2020 also on Majestic Mountain — which I’m pretty sure is already sold out of the reissue of Astroqueen‘s 2001 album, Into Submission, that it just put out — so it doesn’t seem out of line to think there was some connection made there between parties, but one way or the other, the lineup change speaks to an intention on the band’s part to do more than play a single show.
They say below “we have no idea where this new chapter leads,” and I’m willing to believe that — I don’t think they’re being purposefully cagey or anything — but you can read in their announcement that even in replacing Mattias Wester, they’re leaving the door open to doing more as a band if it works. Seems like the way to do it, honestly — feel it out and see where it goes.
From socials:
Astroqueen would like to welcome Ellinor Andersson (Electric Hydra) on the 4-string! It feels great to have low end again in the jam room. She will handle the legacy of Mattias Wester with precision and we would also like to thank Mattias for all the years we rocked out together. Unfortunately he can’t play loud music at this point due to tinnitus which is a real bummer, but we are also thankful to have his full blessing to carry on with Ellinor filling his shoes. We have no idea where this new chapter leads but we will do our first live show since 2003 in June in Oslo and we will take it from there and if it feels right, we might even record some new tunes down the line.
ASTROQUEEN 2022 is:
Johan Borgede – Drums
Daniel Tolergård – Guitar
Daniel Änghede – Vocals & Lead Guitar
Ellinor Andersson – Bass
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