Artist: Citizen Bird: mp3 download Genre(s): Rock Other Discography: Citizen Bird Year: 2002 Tracks: 2 Live from WHFS Year: Tracks: 3 Formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, psychedelic careen fivesome Citizen Bird -- singer Simon Ohlsson, guitarist Andreas Nilsson, drummer Anders Gustafsson, bassist Jukka Rintamaki, and keyboardist Jon Olmeskog -- came together as a group of artistic production school students in the later '90s. The band (besides loss under the name Silverbullit in Europe) released its debut in 1997 on Swedish indie label Fine Tone. In April 2002, it released Citizen Bird on NONS/MNW in Europe and Stinky Records in the U.S. Also in 2002, the band was nominated for Best Rock Act at Sweden's adaptation of the U.S. Grammy Awards. As part of its U.S. spell the same year, the banding played at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX. |