Trucker

There are more than one artists under this name: 1) Trucker was formed 1997 by singer Nicklas Bohman and guitarist Niclas Lundmark. They decided to give music a real chance. After some bandmembers coming and going, the set felt ready with drummer Nils Agnarsson and Fredrik Sundqvist on bass. Two demos later the band got ovations from local press and big huge Chrysalis. At this stage another AWSF band Wade lost their drummer Peter Sundqvist whom preferred Skellefte? to LA. Wade started to convince Nils about joining Wade.

1) Trucker was formed 1997 by singer Nicklas Bohman and guitarist Niclas Lundmark. They decided to give music a real chance. After some bandmembers coming and going, the set felt ready with drummer Nils Agnarsson and Fredrik Sundqvist on bass. Two demos later the band got ovations from local press and big huge Chrysalis. At this stage another AWSF band Wade lost their drummer Peter Sundqvist whom preferred Skellefte? to LA. Wade started to convince Nils about joining Wade. At the same time Trucker talked Peter into changing band. Done. They swapped. The very beloved Tr?stocksfestivalen came closer (July 1999). Trucker performed with their catchy tunes and cool songs. Success and then setback: Fredrik (bass) decided to quit. Luckily Pierre Pettersson, former Skumdum, helped out. The final set was complete and done. More demos were made. One of them got in the hands of Joakim Wallstr?m. Like a brilliant X-mas present the band signed a contract with independent label A West Side Fabrication at Christmas time 1999. What was first meant to be a debut single turned out to be the five tracks EP Step Aside. First track As I Am rotated heavily on Swedish radio. As always with quartet things tend to happen fast! Before they even released their debut, a follow-up was made, Kickbox Lady. You can be sure about one thing; this is not the last thing you'll hear from Trucker!
(Read more at www.westsidefabrication.com)

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2) Trucker are a band from Hamilton, New Zealand. Trucker were formed in 1996, by Jamie Stone (vocals, guitar), Stan Jagger (guitar), Paul Oakley (bass) and Paul Tregilgas (drums). They played the Battle of the Bands 1996 coming second overall to Department of Corrections; they had come second to the same band in their heat, gaining entry to the final by wildcard.

The following year Trucker's Vatican appeared on the Green Eggs and Hamilton compilation. In 1998 Paul Oakley left; he was replaced for a short time by Adrian Webclaw and later Dolf de Borst from Trinket. The same year Trucker won the UFM Battle of the Bands and started recording their album Jude.

In 1999 the album Jude was released on FACE Records, while the track Up Your Tempo also made it onto a New Music Compilation given away free with Rip It Up magazine. Jude featured tracks recorded with both Oakley and de Borst playing bass. Trucker were instantly a prominent name in the underground/student radio scene with hits such as Scary Bimbo, Infection, Up Your Tempo, Vatican and Hi-Ace.

The band had considerable success live, playing with such acts as The Hellacopters, Shihad, The 3D's, Dead Moon and Love's Ugly Children. They played the infamous Sweetwaters festival; New Plymouth's Mushroom Ball; and on TVNZ's Ground Zero.

In the year 2000 founding members Stan Jagger and Paul Tregilgas left the group, and were replaced by Julian Smith a.k.a 'Spook' (guitar) and Terry Edwards (drums). In 2001 the track On The Rocks appeared on the compilation Year Zero. Meanwhile Dolf de Borst's band [artists]Trinket had become The Datsuns; the various members went off in separate directions and Trucker were no more.

In 2004 Trucker reuinted for two dates to celebrate the release of a 10 inch vinyl EP, Wasted in Heaven, on (The Datsuns own) Hellsquad Records and FACE Records. The shows featured all members and previous lineups.

In 2012 a compilation of all previous Trucker recordings was released as a digital album called Combo. It featured tracks from the previous album and EP as well as a couple of previously unreleased tracks. It is available to download at http://truckernz.bandcamp.com/album/combo.

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3) The other Trucker is a rock band formed in 1995 by Todd Johnson in Lawrence, Kansas. They have released two full length albums, two EP's and two singles. Most of their songs can be downloaded from their website www.truckerrocks.com