Homeland

Homeland was always Mikael Carlsson and associates who tended to come and go. In 2004 the band consisted of Peter Andersson (pedal steel, banjo, guitar), Per Möller (drums), Mattias Larsson (bass and b-vox), Dan Englund (piano, accordion) and Mikael (vocals, guitar). In 1994 Mikael was invited to play guitar in Barbie Loves Ken, which was fronted by Ola Lundin on guitar and vocals. The two teamed up and later formed Ogden Flood, a rock-combo heavily influenced by the slack rock of Pavement and Archers of Loaf. Ogden Flood recorded several jam sessions and demos with drummer Johan Dahlbeck before they parted their ways for individual soloprojects. Ola went off with Dustin Diamond and Mikael with Royal Cassette, which soon became Homeland in 1998. Members from the Homeland line-up also played in Lemko Hall, Det Gamla Landet (Mattias), Now (Per), Clayfeet Stompers (Peter), with Christian Kjellvander (Dan) and Motel North (Peter, Dan).