So, I was hungover, watching MTV and I saw Motörhead's video for their song 'Ace of Spades'. In an interview in 2018, Ulf explained: "The name came out of a hangover I had on New Year's Day. Linn said: "No one could pronounce the name of the group and nobody could remember it." They settled on Ace of Base in early 1991, after Ulf was inspired by the Motörhead song " Ace of Spades". Īfter responding to an ad in the paper Göteborgs-Posten, the new quartet started working in the studio with record producer John Ballard, and decided to come up with a new name in order to make a fresh start, as well as to avoid confusion with another band with the same name who were attracting bad reviews. Ulf is very good at technology and I am more good at melodies, so it was a very good combination." Inspired by a Jamaican reggae band who resided in a studio next door to theirs, they experimented with a fusion of reggae and pop - dubbed "China reggae" by their Jamaican friends - which would become the band's trademark sound. He thought it sounded fun and then we started writing. In an interview with Nöjesguiden, Jonas explained: "He shared a rehearsal room with us and we asked if he wanted to be with us on stage because he was really energetic. Jonas asked his friend Ulf Ekberg to stand in for Niklas. Johnny left the group in 1989, and Niklas made his departure known by failing to turn up to a gig at Bältespännarparken in Gothenburg on August 4, 1990, instead attending a Rolling Stones concert on the other side of town. They toured the clubs of Sweden with self-written material, techno inspired by 80s Italodisco and house music. The new band went through several names: Kalinin Prospect after an avenue in Moscow CAD (Computer-Aided Disco) and Tech-Noir, French for black technology, after a nightclub in the film The Terminator. In 1987, following a number of years as part of a new romantic and punk cover band called G Konrad (named after a Hungarian author), Jonas Berggren formed a band with two friends, Johnny Lindén and Niklas Tränk, for a school project his sisters Linn and Jenny later joined as singers. 1.10 2012–present: Departures, Hidden Gems and 30th anniversary.1.9 2009–2012: New members, The Golden Ratio, and Ace Thursdays.1.5 1999–2000: Singles of the 90s and Greatest Hits.1.2 1992–1994: International success and Happy Nation/ The Sign.Jenny Berggren continues to perform the group's hits in solo concerts around the world.
An expanded two-disc edition was included in the 2020 boxset All That She Wants: The Classic Collection.
In the last decade, they have released a number of demo tracks, first via their Facebook page, then in 2015 on the compilation album Hidden Gems. ĭespite being largely inactive since 2012, the group has never officially disbanded. By 2002, they had sold a total of 30 million copies of their first four studio albums, making them the third most successful Swedish group of all time, behind ABBA and Roxette. They continued to score hit singles throughout the 1990s, with songs such as " Beautiful Life", " Lucky Love", " Cruel Summer" and " Life Is a Flower". One of the most successful debut albums of all time, it was the first to produce three No. 1 singles on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart: " All That She Wants", " The Sign" and " Don't Turn Around". Later re-issued as The Sign, it was certified nine times platinum in the United States and was the best-selling album of 1994. They achieved worldwide success following the release of their debut album Happy Nation in 1992.
Ace of Base is a Swedish pop group, formed in 1990, originally consisting of siblings Jonas, Linn and Jenny Berggren, with Ulf Ekberg.
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