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Eleven Pictures
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One of the greatest and most underrated bands of the last 20 years, Eleven Pictures from Sweden. Critically acclaimed for their 3 albums - Flowerland, Initials and Superfical to the Core. Two of the founding members are heading up the new and brilliant - The Dakota Project- Check them out here in My Space for updates and their forthcoming new recordings. This is a tribute and celebration to their talent and music THE ALBUMS - FLOWERLAND The road has been long and winding indeed. In 1995 the debut cd ”Flowerland” was released in over 25 countries. Flattering of course, having been a band for only a couple of years, but not half as flattering as all the bombastic reviews that ”Flowerland” got. It made a huge impression on the rock press in Europe. With all of this good press, Eleven Pictures set off on a small tour in Holland and Belgium. The high point of this tour was of course playing the renowned Dynamo-Festival, which that year had sold over 120 000 tickets. Quite a crowd for a debuting band! ”Flowerland”, featured a more ”metallic”-sound compared to what Eleven Pictures has since come to be. The band felt incredibly limited by all the imagery and narrow minds in the hard-rock community, and most likely just grew as a band. Given the fact that some of the members were only 20 years old around the release of the album, this comes as no surprise. INITIALS In April -’96 Eleven Pictures starts to record the self-produced album that came to be ”Initials”. The album
