The Poodles were a Swedish hard rock band formed by singer Jakob Samuel (a.k.a. Jake Samuels), bass guitarist Pontus Egberg, guitarist Pontus Norgren, and drummer Christian Lundqvist. The band's songs include "Metal Will Stand Tall" and "Night of Passion", the latter of which was performed in 2006 in Melodifestivalen, the annual music competition to decide the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. The Poodles performed in Melodifestivalen again in 2008, this time with the musician E-Type, and played at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2006 and 2008.

History

Prior to the formation of The Poodles, Norgren and Samuel were members of Talisman and also played together in a The Lord of the Rings-themed power metal trio called The Ring. In 2006, Samuel was asked to sing the track "Night of Passion", and asked Lundqvist to join him as drummer for the session. Bass guitarist Egberg (formerly of Lion's Share) and Norgren subsequently joined them to perform the song as The Poodles.

The Poodles were one of ten finalists in Melodifestivalen 2006, and by the time of their performance had added Mats Levén, a friend of Samuel, on backing vocals. The band finished in fourth place and released a first album, Metal Will Stand Tall, in Sweden in May 2006. The band signed a deal with Germany's AFM Records and then released the album in the rest of Europe on 19 January 2007.

The single "Night of Passion" was certified platinum and a follow-up single, "Metal Will Stand Tall", a duet with Therese Merkel from the Swedish dance band Alcazar, was certified gold. The song "Kingdom of Heaven" was co-written by Samuel and Marcel Jacob.

The band made an initial selection based on 35 songs to be used for its second album. 12 tracks were chosen for this album, which was titled Sweet Trade, and it was released on 28 September 2007 by AFM Records. "Seven Seas", produced by Matti Alfonzetti and Johan Lyander, was selected as the first single. It was written by Samuel, Jonas Reingold and the actor Peter Stormare.

On 22 April 2008, Norgren left the band to join HammerFall and was replaced by Henrik Bergqvist.

On 22 October 2016, The Poodles appeared at the three-day Rockingham 2016 melodic/hard rock festival in Nottingham, United Kingdom.[1]

In 2017, Samuel and Egberg were reunited in the project band Kryptonite, with the drummer Robban Bäck (Mustasch, ex-Eclipse) and the guitarist Mike Palace, recording an album for Frontier Records.

On 20 December 2018, the band announced that it would disband with immediate effect, due to other musical projects.

Band members

  • Jacob Samuel 2015
    Jacob Samuel 2015
  • The Poodles 2015
    The Poodles 2015
  • Jacob Samuel 2015
    Jacob Samuel 2015
  • The Poodles 2015
    The Poodles 2015
  • The Poodles 2015
    The Poodles 2015
  • Jacob Samuel 2015
    Jacob Samuel 2015
  • Jacob Samuel 2015
    Jacob Samuel 2015

Final line-up

  • Jakob Samuel – vocals
  • Christian Lundqvist – drums
  • Henrik Bergqvist – guitar
  • Germain Leth – bass

Previous members

  • Pontus Norgren – guitar
  • Pontus Egberg – bass
  • Johan Flodquvist – bass
  • Emil Lindroth – keyboards, vocals
  • Kristian Hermansson – vocals

Discography

Albums

Studio albums
Year Album Peak positions Certification
SWE
[2]
2006 Metal Will Stand Tall 4
2007 Sweet Trade 8
2009 Clash of the Elements 5
2011 Performocracy 1
2013 Tour De Force 5
2015 Devil in the Details 27
2018 Prisma
Live albums
Year Album Peak positions Certification
SWE
[2]
2010 No Quarter 50

Singles

Year Album Peak positions Certification Album
SWE
[2]
2006 "Night of Passion" 2
"Metal Will Stand Tall"
(feat. Tess Merkel) 		2
"Song for You" 7
2007 "Seven Seas"
(feat. Peter Stormare) 		10
"Streets of Fire"  –
2008 "Line of Fire"
(E-Type & The Poodles) 		3
"Raise the Banner"
(Swedish official song for the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008) 		1
2009 "One Out of Ten" 1 Clash of the Elements
Other singles (non charting)
  • 2009: "I Rule the Night"
  • 2011: "Cuts Like a Knife"
  • 2011: "I Want It All"
  • 2013: "40 Days and 40 Nights"

Compilations

  • 2006: Various artists – Melodifestivalen 2006

References

  1. ^ "2016 Lineup". Rockingham Entertainment. Archived from the original on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The Poodles discography". Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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