The Hellacopters discography
Discography of The Hellacopters between the years 1994 and 2008
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This is the discography of The Hellacopters, a Swedish rock band active between 1994 and 2008. The band was formed by Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Dregen (guitar), Robban Eriksson (drums) and Kenny Håkansson (bass guitar). The band released their Swedish Grammis-winning debut album[1] in 1996. Soon the band recruited The Diamond Dogs guitarist Anders Lindström to play keyboard shortly before being the opening act to Kiss[2] With the success of the band's second album Andersson was able to leave his other band Entombed to focus full-time on The Hellacopters. During the tour in support of the album, guitarist Dregen chose to leave the band to focus his time on his other band The Backyard Babies; to fulfill their touring responsibilities the band recruited Danne Andersson and Mattias Hellberg to fill in during the remaining dates of the tour.[3] With Hellberg and Lindström taking the place of Dregen during the recording of the band's third album,[4] the band changed their sound from their dirtier garage rock and garage punk sound to a more classic 1970s rock sound.[5] The band then hired Robert Dahlqvist as a full-time guitarist, solidifying the band's lineup until its breakup.[6][7] With Dahlqvist on board the band released three more studio albums and a cover album, with many EPs and limited edition releases as well. The Hellacopters disbanded amicably in 2008 so the members could move on to other projects.
Studio albums9
EPs6
Singles31
Split albums2
| The Hellacopters discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Singles | 31 |
| Split albums | 2 |
| Split singles | 12 |
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [8] |
FIN [9] |
NOR [10] | |||
| 1996 | Supershitty to the Max!
|
39 | â | â | |
| 1997 | Payin' the Dues
|
19 | 29 | â | |
| 1999 | Grande Rock
|
10 | 30 | â | |
| 2000 | High Visibility | 5 | 35 | â | SWE: 1 x Gold[11] |
| 2002 | By the Grace of God
|
2 | 8 | 13 | SWE: Gold[12] |
| 2005 | Rock & Roll Is Dead
|
3 | 20 | 25 | |
| 2008 | Head Off
|
4 | 13 | 12 | |
| 2022 | Eyes of Oblivion
|
1 | 4 | 28 | |
| 2025 | Overdriver
|
1 [13] |
7 [14] |
â | |
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [8] |
FIN [9] | ||
| 2002 | Cream of the Crap! Vol. 1
|
31 | 28 |
| 2004 | Cream of the Crap! Vol. 2
|
31 | â |
| 2006 | Air Raid Serenades
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13 | 39 |
| 2026 | Cream of the Crap! Collected Non-Album Works Vol. 3
|
5 [15] |
5 [16] |
Split albums
Split singles
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Electric Frankenstein vs The Hellacopters
|
A split along with Electric Frankenstein, The Hellacopters recorded two songs, one of which was the April Stevens song "I Want a Lip".[17] |
| 1998 | Rock & Roll Jihad
|
Recorded along with Dutch punk band The Nitwitz,[18] with whom Nicke later formed The Hydromatics.[19] |
| 1999 | New Bomb Turks / The Hellacopters
|
Besides recording Lowered Pentangles (Anything at All), Nicke and Dregen also recorded guitars with the New Bomb Turks.[20] |
| 1999 | The Hellacopters / Powder Monkeys
|
A two-song single of The Dictators covers recorded with the Powder Monkeys.[21] |
| 1999 | Check This Action
|
Another Powder Monkeys split, The Hellacopters recorded the Love cover "A House is not a Motel".[22] |
| 1999 | Blå Tåget / The Hellacopters
|
Recorded along with the Swedish progg band Blå Tåget for the Swedish festival "Gränslösafestivalen" against racism.[23] |
| 1999 | Gearhead Magazine #10
|
A split with Rocket from the Crypt, distributed with car/punk rock magazine Gearhead Magazine, also features guest appearances by Euroboy and Anders Moller.[24] |
| 1999 | Quadracopters / Hellajets
|
A two-song single recorded with mixed line ups of The Hellacopters and The Quadrajets.[25] |
| 2001 | The Hellacopters / Adam West
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First split with Adam West, contains two Damned covers.[26] |
| 2003 | Pack of Lies
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Recorded with Swedish rock band The Nomads.[27] |
| 2004 | The Hellacopters / Adam West
|
The second split with Adam West, the split contained four songs, two of which were cover of one of the other bands songs.[28] |
| 2005 | The Hellacopters / The Doits
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Released as limited tour edition along with The Doits, The Hellacopters recorded the Alice Cooper cover I'm Eighteen.[29] |
Extended plays
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Disappointment Blues
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| 1999 | Doggone Your Bad-Luck Soul
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| 1999 | Move Right Out Of Here
|
| 2001 | Geekstreak
|
| 2004 | Strikes Like Lightning
|
| 2007 | Same Lame Story
|
| 2016 | My Mephistophelean Creed
|
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE [8] |
FIN [9] | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Killing Alan" | â | â | |||||||||||
| "1995" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Now" | â | â | |||||||||||
| "(Gotta Get Some Action) Now!" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "Misantropic High" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | "What Are You" | â | â | |||||||||||
| "Riot on the Rocks" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "What Are You" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "Soul Seller" | 36 | â | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | "City Slang" | â | â | |||||||||||
| "Like No Other Man" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "Looking at Me" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "Hey" | 53 | â | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | "Dirty Women" | â | â | |||||||||||
| "Twist Action in New York" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "Down Right Blue" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "The Devil Stole the Beat from the Lord" | 50 | â | ||||||||||||
| "Twist Action Over America" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "Move Right Out of Here" | 49 | â | ||||||||||||
| "Scott Morgan and the Hellacopters" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | "Twist Action in 2000" | â | â | |||||||||||
| "It's Not a Long Way Down" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| "Toys and Flavours" | 36 | â | ||||||||||||
| "Hopeless Case of a Kid in Denial" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | "No Song Unheard" | 40 | â | |||||||||||
| 2002 | "By the Grace of God" | 13 | â | |||||||||||
| "Carry Me Home" | â | â | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | "Everything's on T.V." | 33 | â | |||||||||||
| "I'm in the Band" | 32 | â | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | "The Same Lame Story" | 16 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2008 | "In the Sign of the Octopus" | 57 | â | |||||||||||
| "Darling Darling" | 42 | â | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | "En valsmelodi" (with Thåström) |
51 [30] |
â | |||||||||||
| 2025 | "Melody" / "My Obsession" (with Spiders) |
53 [31] |
â | |||||||||||
| "â" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||||
Music videos
- "(Gotta Get Some Action) Now!"[32] (1996)
- "Soulseller"[33] (1997)
- "The Devil Stole the Beat from the Lord"[34] (1999)
- "Toys and Flavours"[35] (2000)
- "Hopeless Case of a Kid in Denial"[36] (2000)
- "No Song Unheard"[37] (2001)
- "Carry Me Home"[38] (2002)
- "By the Grace of God"[39] (2002)
- "Everything's on T.V."[40] (2005)
- "I'm in the Band"[41] (2005)
- "Bring It on Home"[42] (2006)
- "The Same Lame Story"[43] (2007)
- "In the Sign of the Octopus"[44] (2008)
- "Darling Darling"[45] (2008)
Other appearances
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Frank wants you to join the 1996 Punk Rock'n'Roll Horrorshow
|
The Hellacopters recorded a cover of the Kiss song "All American Man".[46] |
| 1997 | Hell on Earth: A Tribute to the Misfits
|
The band recorded a cover version of "Bullet" for this Misfits tribute.[47] |
| 1999 | Flattery - A Tribute to Radio Birdman
|
The band recorded "Time to Fall" on this Radio Birdman tribute.[48] |
| 2002 | Nationalsånger - Hymner från Vågen och EPAs torg
|
The band recorded "Sent en Lördagskväll" for this tribute to progg band Nationalteatern, this is the band's only recording with Swedish lyrics.[49] |
| 2002 | The Song Ramones the Same
|
The band recorded "What'd You Do" for this Ramones tribute.[50] |
| 2004 | St. Valentines Killers
|
A compilation containing the a version of the Smokey Robinson song "Little Miss Sweetness".[51] |
| 2007 | Ge Fan I VÃ¥ra Vatten
|
The band recorded "A View From Nowhere" for this charity album, which raises money to help save the northern pike and the atlantic salmon.[53] |
DVDs
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Goodnight Cleveland
|
| TBA | Upcoming live DVD
|