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Overdrive

Country of origin:: Sweden
Location:: Karlshamn, Blekinge
Status:: Split-up
Formed in:: 1980

Genre:: Heavy Metal
Themes:: N/A
Last label:: Black Writs Records

Years active:: 1980-1985, 1993, 1997, 2003-2022

Formed in August 1980, combining members from local bands Paradize (recorded one 7" in '80) and Ocean (recorded two 7"'s in '78 & '80 and an album in '81) and split in 1985. They started as a covers band, playing songs by Riot V and Def Leppard.

Before the split in '85, they recorded a rehearsal demo of at least 6 songs (without vocals) written for what they planned would be their next release, ...

Complete lineup
Last known lineup
Past members

Last known
Kenta Svensson	Drums (1980-1985, 1993, 1997, 2003-?)
See also: ex-Brandlarm, ex-Crosseyed Mary, ex-Etype, ex-Heartline, ex-Ocean, ex-Pride
Janne Stark	Guitars (1980-1985, 1993, 1997, 2003-?)
See also: Constancia, Legend Revisited, Locomotive Breath, ex-Overheat, ex-Planet Alliance, Bandolier Kings, Falling Hazard, Mountain of Power, ex-BALLS, ex-Flash, ex-Grand Design, ex-John Garner's Sir Lord Baltimore, ex-Marbles, ex-Merryweather Stark, ex-Merryweather Stark Wackerman, ex-Mörrum's Own, ex-Paradize, ex-Teenage Rampage, ex-The Kaars, ex-TNT, ex-Zello, ex-Zoom Club
Kjell Jacobsson	Guitars (1980-1985, 1997, 2003-?)
See also: ex-Locomotive Breath, ex-Brandlarm, ex-Heartline, ex-Ocean, ex-Pride, ex-Reaction, ex-Spänn fläsket
Per Karlsson	Vocals (2003-?)
See also: Portrait, ex-Unchained
Johnny Granström	Bass (2019-?)
Past
Kenth Ericsson	Bass (1980-1985)
See also: ex-Parasite, ex-Area, ex-Interaction, ex-Paradize, ex-Silencium
Pelle Thuresson	Vocals (1980-1985, 1997), Bass (1993, 1997, 2012-2019)
See also: ex-Overheat, ex-Flash, ex-Paradize, ex-TNT (Swe)
Zoltan Djember	Bass (1985)
See also: ex-Ocean, ex-Pride, ex-Renegade
Jörgen Aspring	Vocals, Guitars (1993)
See also: ex-Black Roses, ex-Blue Town, ex-Etype, ex-Pride

Kenta Svensson	Drums (1980-1985, 1993, 1997, 2003-?)
See also: ex-Brandlarm, ex-Crosseyed Mary, ex-Etype, ex-Heartline, ex-Ocean, ex-Pride
Janne Stark	Guitars (1980-1985, 1993, 1997, 2003-?)
See also: Constancia, Legend Revisited, Locomotive Breath, ex-Overheat, ex-Planet Alliance, Bandolier Kings, Falling Hazard, Mountain of Power, ex-BALLS, ex-Flash, ex-Grand Design, ex-John Garner's Sir Lord Baltimore, ex-Marbles, ex-Merryweather Stark, ex-Merryweather Stark Wackerman, ex-Mörrum's Own, ex-Paradize, ex-Teenage Rampage, ex-The Kaars, ex-TNT, ex-Zello, ex-Zoom Club
Kjell Jacobsson	Guitars (1980-1985, 1997, 2003-?)
See also: ex-Locomotive Breath, ex-Brandlarm, ex-Heartline, ex-Ocean, ex-Pride, ex-Reaction, ex-Spänn fläsket
Per Karlsson	Vocals (2003-?)
See also: Portrait, ex-Unchained
Johnny Granström	Bass (2019-?)

Kenth Ericsson	Bass (1980-1985)
See also: ex-Parasite, ex-Area, ex-Interaction, ex-Paradize, ex-Silencium
Pelle Thuresson	Vocals (1980-1985, 1997), Bass (1993, 1997, 2012-2019)
See also: ex-Overheat, ex-Flash, ex-Paradize, ex-TNT (Swe)
Zoltan Djember	Bass (1985)
See also: ex-Ocean, ex-Pride, ex-Renegade
Jörgen Aspring	Vocals, Guitars (1993)
See also: ex-Black Roses, ex-Blue Town, ex-Etype, ex-Pride

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Added on: 2002-10-15 19:00:13	Last modified on: 2024-12-04 19:26:05