Carl Manstrand

About Carl Manstrand

Carl Månstrand is frontman for the Swedish band ManStrand. At the end of 2008 Carl got an idea to start a band to shocase his songs. Carl
had already played four years with another band called Freedom who played very soft pop music with a female lead vocalist! Carl approached bassist Fredrik Appelgren and the guys agreed to work together. After that Carl contacted guitarist Richard Hoerberg because he wanted a good and fast solo guitar player. Next he needed to fix the drum stool and contacted studio drummer Håkan Hansson after a several of choices and delays!

Next was to begin recording of Carl's project. Carl started recording the CD in February 2009 at his home studio. At first Carl thought his project would be completed by May. He was wrong. When you have multiple people involved in a project the more time it takes to complete the
sessions. Incidentally, Carl also bought in three female vocalists to sing background vocals.

Five of twelve songs on the CD were old songs Carl wrote some years ago, everything else is brand new. Richard bought some ideas
tot the table, especially on the songs 'Come On' and 'Classica'. Carl liked the ideas and added them! At first Carl didnt know what ManStrand’s
genre belonged to, so just for fun he adoped a new genre Whiplash Metal! Radios then classified the bands music as Classic Hard Rock! Carl's idea was to fix a label to distributethe album,but then he decided it was better to wait for a short time. Carl wants to get his music out to the media, especially Radios amd maybe keep ManStrand independent.

Since January 2010 many Radio Stations over the world have contacted the band wishing to add their music On Air. Half of them called the band first! Manstrand was the number one choice at European Klassik Rock ((expired link)) Radio Station in February 2010. Their song 'Classica', got voted by the listeners.

Heavy Metal Mayhem Radio Show wrote: "First Sweden gave us Viking's and now they give us ManStrand. Harking back to the glory days of Hard Rock And Metal, this three piece powerhouse bring to mind the sound created years ago by Deep Purple, Rainbow, Hendrix and Black Sabbath. Their music I thought was a perfect fit to be featured with tonights guest Joe Lynn Turner."

Carl says the band musical style is inspired by Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Jimi Hendrix, Rainbow, The Sweet, Rainbow, UFO etc.

Carl Månstrand - Lead vocals and guitar
Richard Hoerberg - Guitar
Fredrik Appelgren - Bassguitar
Håkan Hansson - Drums
(John Sempill - Drums on stage and in music-videos)

Tracklist on Hell with the king
1. Come on
2. Classica
3. Death Incarnate
4. Demon fighters
5. Passing the stars
6. She’s hot
7. Take a time
8. Hell (with) the king
9. Stars in the sky
10. She was only 17
11. Surrendered
12. She so eazy