==Biography=====Early days (1979–85)===The first incarnation of the band was named "Force" and came together in 1979, in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm, and was integrated by vocalist and keyboardist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson and drummer Tony Reno.
Skupine, ki so bile njihovi vzorniki in ki so kakorkoli vplivale na njihov glasbeni slog: Whitesnake, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Ufo in Michael Schenker Group.