Electric Banana Band
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| Origin | Sweden |
| Genres | children's music, rock |
| Years active | 1980- |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records |
Electric Banana Band is a Swedish children's music/rock music band formed in 1980.
Electric Banana Band was formed as a response to the success of Trazan & Banarne, a highly acclaimed Swedish children's television programme, also produced by two of the band members, Lasse Åberg and Klasse Möllberg. The band takes on a jungle theme, partially borrowing elements from The Phantom, a widely popular comic in Sweden, as well as Tarzan. Their jungle theme included both their costumes, designed to reflect the nicknames of the lineup, as well as the songs, which usually had nature-inspired themes.
Despite being mainly a studio band, the band does some occasional touring, mainly at free events as the members of the band are not dependent upon the success of the band.
In the 2003 film Smala Sussie the band was mentioned several times and became somewhat of a comedic plot element.
The band competed in Melodifestivalen 2006 with their song Kameleont (Chameleon).
Members
- Lasse Åberg - Lead Vocals
- Klasse Möllberg - Lead Vocals
- Janne Schaffer - Guitar
- Jonas Gideon - Keyboards
- Lars Olsson - Drums
- Jouni Haapala - Percussion
- Fredrik Jonsson - Bass
- Tobias Wendeler - Vocals
- Riltons Vänner - Vocals
Past members
- Stefan Blomquist - Keyboard
- Per Lindvall - Drums
- Åke Sundqvist - Percussion
- Christer Jansson - Percussion
- Tommy Cassemar - Bass
- Sven Lindvall - Bass
- Magnus and Henrik Rongedal - Vocals
- Marianne Flynner - Vocals
- Maria Wickman - Vocals
- Annica Boller - Vocals
- Mårgan Höglund - Drums
- Thobias Gabrielsson - Bass
