 pridebowl is a swedish and american punk rock band. == history == === 1994-1995 === pridebowl was created by aaron goulding (vocalist and writer from newport beach, california), henrik nilsson, stefan glendell, oskar andersson and martin bodin who are all from varberg, sweden. the band took form by the end of september 1994 and within a couple of months their demo tape, titled ambitious ways was completed. pridebowl's vocalist aaron left for home on december 29. just before pridebowl split up many record labels received a copy of the demo tape. lost & found records from germany was soon to take interest and promised a seven-inch of the pridebowl demo and scattered exposure. this never happened though. through satanic surfers (who pridebowl had played with just before christmas) a demo found its way to the bad taste records headquarters where everyone was very impressed with this young quintet. in march aaron was flown back to sweden to start rehearsing and later on recording the first pridebowl ep long-distance (btr 4). === 1995-1996 === the sound of pridebowl can be said to be speedy, melodic punk rock with serious, explosive lyrics and catchy rhythms. pridebowl simply means to roll with your pride, no matter what tries to bring you down. basically, keep your chin up, the bad never lasts as long as the good and value yourself or no one else will. a number of compilation albums, surfing, and bodyboarding videos followed and in january 1996 the band was back in the studio again. this time they recorded at studio underground (where satanic surfers and no fun at all had previously recorded) and the 12 tracks were released as dripping of the past late february the same year. this was followed by a cd-single in march and a video of the title track, the soft song in may. the video was shot by apollon bild & film who had previously made videos by millencolin, roxette and e-type to name but a few. in june/july 1996 pridebowl played nine shows in california with bands like strung out, good riddance, home grown and falling sickness. in september/october they toured sweden with adhesive followed by europe in february together with labelmates intensity and astream. before leaving on this tour though they once again went to vÃ¤sterÃ¥s to record their second full length, where you put your trust". the sales of the album quickly exceeded drippingsâ¦ and it was also licensed to shock records in australia. === 1997-1998 === in the last week of march 1997 the band embarked on the first (and only) canadian tour. it was the third annual sno jam tour and pridebowl played approximatel
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