Freddie Wadling

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Freddie Wadling

Freddie Wadling (born August 2, 1951 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, actor and opera writer, whose over 30-year musical career spans from punk to classical ballads. He played bass in a number of bands during the 1970s and early 1980s. One notable band was Liket Lever (which roughly translates to The Corpse Lives). In the early 1980s, he joined the cult band Cortex. During this period Cortex released the album Spinal Injuries in 1981. The song "The Freaks" sung by Freddie Wadling became a signature song for him and was used in the soundtrack of Tjenare Kungen. Wadling also played in Straitjackets and the controversial Leather Nun, but his importance for the Swedish punk scene has been small - in contrast to his influence in the alternative/experimental rock scene. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was vocalist of the Swedish alternative pop/rock duo Blue for Two. The duo started in Gothenburg in 1984 with him on vocals and Henryk Lipp as songwriter and synthesizers. They had a string of albums including Blue for Two (1986), Songs from a Pale and Bitter Moon (1988), Search & Enjoy (1992), Earbound (1994) and Moments (1997). The band became very popular and one of the main bands in the Swedish alternative scene in the 1980s. For their live performances, they were often accompanied by Sator guitarist Chips Kiesbye. After Two for Blue stopped performing by the end of the 1990s, Freddie Wadling developed a prosperous solo career, releasing a great number of albums, and very notably the highly acclaimed En skiva till kaffet (1999) and Jag är monstret (2005) He also got attention with being part of the Fleshquartet for which he was awarded the Cornelis Vreeswijk Prize in 2005. The latter also contains collaborations with Thomas Öberg, Per Gessle and Tomas Andersson Wij. Waldling was also featured in band Mikrotone. He also joined Timbersound, formed in 1994 with Magne Furuholmen and Kjetil Bjerkestrand. 2010s saw a comeback by Freddie Wadling at two levels. He released his solo album With a Licence to Kill in 2011 that reached #12 on the Swedish Albums Chart and as Blue for Two he released with Henryk Lipp the album Tune the Piano and Hand Me a Razor that reached #18 on the Swedish Albums Chart.