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Artist
Hasse Bruniusson
12+ albums
swedishProgressive rockRIOAvant-Progfunny
about
Hasse started to play the drums in the mid-sixties, he was the drummer in the then famous "OBJECTIONS". This was the time when you could be a real pop star, and Hasse was one of them. Then came the influences of psycedelia, The Doors etc. Beatles made the White album, and the young drummer started to think in terms of JAZZ when listening to "Revolution Number 9" (not really a jazz number but more like a electronic music experiment). In 1969 Hasse started a new group with Lars Kranz former Objections rhythm guitarist on Bass and Lars Hollmer on Fender Rhodes electric piano, plus Henrik "Bebben" Ahberg on congas. They developed a highly original sound thru jamming, classical meets folk meets blues, all in a very spacey, high energy style of own compositions. The group was named "SAMLA MAMMAS MANNA", and they were soon one of the most popular groups in Sweden at that time. They added a guitarplayer - Coste Apetrea - and "Bebben" left for further studies. They recorded several albums and toured in Scandinavia and Europe as well as numerous radio- and TV-performances. Hasse became highly respected among musicians in Sweden and soon gained cult status because of his very uniqe playing and extravagant stage output that he developed along with the other members in "SAMLA". "Samla" split and Hasse worked as a theatre musician for a while, plus different studio sessions with progrock. 1979 Hasse played percussion in "Fantasia" - a group I formed after leaving KAIPA. He has also do
