Greenleaf (band)
{{Short description|Swedish rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Greenleaf
| image = Greenleaf – Ackerfestival 2015 04.jpg
| caption = Greenleaf performing in 2015
| image_upright = 1.2
| alias =
| origin = Borlänge, Sweden
| genre = {{flatlist|
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = {{flatlist|
- Molten Universe
- Small Stone
- Napalm{{cite web|url=https://label.napalmrecords.com/greenleaf|title=Greenleaf|website=Napalm Records|access-date=August 30, 2022}}
- Magnetic Eye Records{{cite web |title=Magnetic Eye Records {{!}} Greenleaf - The Head & The Habit |url=https://en.merhq.net/en/Artists/Greenleaf/Greenleaf-The-Head-The-Habit.html |website=en.merhq.net |access-date=4 July 2024}}
}}
| associated_acts = Dozer, Demon Cleaner, Lowrider, Truckfighters
| website = [https://www.facebook.com/greenleafrocks/ Greenleaf] on Facebook
| current_members = Tommi Holappa
Hans Fröhlich
Sebastian Olsson
Arvid Hällagård
| past_members = Daniel Lidén
Peder Bergstrand
Fredrik Nordin
Daniel Jansson
Singe
Bengt Bäcke
Johan Rockner
Jocke Ahslund
Oskar Cedermalm
Erik Bäckwall
Olle Mårthans
}}
Greenleaf is a Swedish rock band created as a side project in late 1999 by Tommi Holappa (Dozer), Daniel Lidén (Demon Cleaner) and Bengt Bäcke (record producer/studio engineer; Dozer, Demon Cleaner, Lowrider). In 2003, Lidén joined Dozer, making three of the four Dozers members also members of Greenleaf, so the band took a back seat until 2007.
In 2018 Magnetic Eye Records released The Wall [Redux] album which was a recreation of Pink Floyd's 1979 double album The Wall recorded with different musicians on each track. Greenleaf contributed the single track, "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 / Goodbye Cruel World" which combined
the final two tracks from side two of the original album.{{cite web|url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-wall-redux-mw0003208296|title = Various Artists ''The Wall (Redux)|website = AllMusic|access-date = July 22, 2023}}
In a statement shared with Ultimate Classic Rock, Magnetic Eye Records said, "The Wall [Redux] isn't a tribute album, but a powerful musical statement that's certainly appropriate at a cultural moment when the themes of separatism, alienation and divisiveness set forth by Roger Waters and company are more relevant than ever."{{cite web|url = https://ultimateclassicrock.com/asg-pink-floyd-mother/|title = Listen to ASG’s Cover of Pink Floyd’s ‘Mother’: Exclusive Premiere|last = Kielty|first = Martin|date = October 18, 2018|website = UltimateClassicRock|access-date = July 22, 2023}}
''The Head & The Habit'' (2024–present)
The album The Head & The Habit was released June 21, 2024.{{cite web |title=The Head & The Habit, by Greenleaf |url=https://greenleaf-sweden.bandcamp.com/album/the-head-the-habit |website=Greenleaf |access-date=4 July 2024 |language=en}} The first single released for the album was "Breathe, Breathe Out". Vocalist Arvid Hällagård commented on the theme of the song and album saying it "encourages embracing one’s
current state, appreciating what you have, and navigating through life with a sense of control and acceptance."{{cite web |last1=Weaver |first1=James |title=Greenleaf announce new album 'The Head & The Habit' |url=https://distortedsoundmag.com/greenleaf-announce-new-album-the-head-the-habit/ |website=Distorted Sound Magazine |access-date=4 July 2024 |date=1 April 2024}} It was released on LP, CD, and digital formats.{{cite web |title=The Head & The Habit - Greenleaf {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-head-the-habit-mw0004271059#releases |access-date=4 July 2024 |language=en}}
Providing the lead in the production of the album was Karl Daniel Liden whom guitarist Tommi Holappa
referred to as an honorary "fifth member" of the band. They also broke the album into two parts stating that the "tracklist for this album was decided with the idea of vinyl in mind, because we wanted two sides, both of which
Discography
Note: lineup changes in bold.
=Albums=
;Greenleaf EP (2000) – Molten Universe
- Peder Bergstrand (Lowrider) – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Bengt Bäcke – bass
- Daniel Lidén – drums
(Review:
[http://www.stonerrock.com/forums2/allposts.asp?summary=1&Forum=ap809241559&ID=1387&access=2&status=1&StartAt=0&subject=Greenleaf+%2D+s%2Ft Stonerrock.com])
;Revolution Rock (2001) – Molten Universe
- Fredrik Nordin (Dozer) – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Bengt Bäcke – bass
- Daniel Lidén – drums
(Review: [http://www.stonerrock.com/forums2/allposts.asp?summary=1&Forum=ap809241559&ID=3253&access=2&status=1&StartAt=0&subject=Greenleaf++%2D+Revolution+Rock Stonerrock.com])
;Secret Alphabets (2003) – Small Stone Records
- Fredrik Nordin – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Daniel Jansson (Demon Cleaner) – guitars
- Bengt Bäcke – bass
- Daniel Lidén – drums
(Reviews:
[http://www.stonerrock.com/forums2/allposts.asp?Forum=ap809241559&ID=13838&StartAt=0 Stonerrock.com]
[http://www.hellridemusic.com/bands/g/greenleaf_review.shtml Hellride Music]
[http://www.musiq.no/anmeldelse.php?anmno=613 Musiq]
[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r658925|pure_url=yes}} Eduardo Rivadavia, Allmusic])
;Agents of Ahriman (2007) – Small Stone Records{{cite web|title=Greenleaf - Agents Of Ahriman|url=https://www.discogs.com/Greenleaf-Agents-Of-Ahriman/release/3265371|accessdate=9 April 2017|publisher=discogrs|language=English}}
- Oskar Cedermalm (Truckfighters) – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Jocke Ahslund – keyboards
- Bengt Bäcke – bass
- Erik Bäckwall (ex-Dozer) – drums
(Reviews:
[http://www.aural-innovations.com/issues/issue38/greenleaf.htm Aural Innovations]
[http://www.metal-rules.com/review/viewreview.php?month=February&year=2008&pos=17 Metal Rules]
[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1074233|pure_url=yes}} Eduardo Rivadavia, Allmusic])
;Nest of Vipers (2012) – Small Stone Records
- Oskar Cedermalm – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Johan Rockner – guitar
- Bengt Bäcke – bass
- Olle Mårthans – drums
;Trails & Passes (2014) – Small Stone Records
- Arvid Hällagård – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Bengt Bäcke – bass
- Sebastian Olsson – drums
(Reviews:
[http://www.theevilengineer.com/?p=752 The Evil Engineer])
;Rise Above the Meadow (2016) – Napalm Records
- Arvid Hällagård – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Johan Rockner – bass
- Sebastian "Kongo" Olsson – drums
;Hear the Rivers (2018) – Napalm Records
- Arvid Hällagård – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Hans Fröhlich – bass
- Sebastian Olsson – drums
;Echoes from a Mass (2021) – Napalm Records
- Arvid Hällagård – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Hans Fröhlich – bass
- Sebastian Olsson – drums
(Reviews:
[https://yourlastrites.com/2021/03/26/greenleaf-echoes-from-a-mass-review/ Last Rites])
; The Head & The Habit (2024) – Magnetic Eye Records
- Arvid Hällagård – vocals
- Tommi Holappa – guitar
- Hans Fröhlich – bass
- Sebastian Olsson – drums
=Singles=
- "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3" / "Goodbye Cruel World" on The Wall [Redux] by Various Artists LP/CD (2018)
{{cite web | url = https://reduxrecords.bandcamp.com/track/another-brick-in-the-wall-pt-3-goodbye-cruel-world| title = Various Artists The Wall (Redux)| date = November 9, 2018| website = bandcamp| access-date = July 22, 2023}}
References
External links
{{commons|Category:Greenleaf}}
- [https://www.facebook.com/greenleafrocks/ Greenleaf] on Facebook
- {{allmusic}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724194002/http://www.smallstone.com/30-greenleaf.html Small Stone Records Biography]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723111408/http://www.live4metal.com/greenleaf2008.htm Interview with Tommi Holappa of Greenleaf]
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