Robert Dahlqvist
| Robert Dahlqvist | |
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Robert Dahlqvist performing with the Hellacopters, 2008.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jens Robert Dahlqvist |
| Also known as | Strängen, Strings |
| Born |
16 April 1976 Uddevalla, Sweden |
| Died | 1 February 2017 Bagarmossen, Sweden |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar |
| Labels | Psychout Records, Razzia Records, White Jazz Records, BMG, Sweet Nothing Records, National, Universal Music, Wild Kingdom |
| Associated acts | The Hellacopters, Thunder Express, Dundertåget, Stefan Sundström, Diamond Dogs, The Solution |
| Website | Official MySpace |
| Notable instruments | |
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Epiphone Crestwood Gibson Les Paul |
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Robert Dahlqvist (16 April 1976 – 1 February 2017) was a Swedish guitarist and vocalist best known for his tenure with the rock band The Hellacopters. He was also the lead singer and guitarist in Thunder Express, a band originally started as a side project to his work with The Hellacopters. At the time of his death, aged 40, Dahlqvist had nearly completed his second solo album, the first under the name of Strängen.
Dahlqvist was born in Uddevalla, Sweden, and got his first guitar at the age of ten and attended music school but quit after a month frustrated over not being allowed to play Kiss songs. Five years later, at age fifteen, his mother got him an electric guitar and he started to focus more seriously on his playing. Dahlqvist soon started playing in bands and worked at a bar where he got to know members of the Swedish rock band The Hellacopters.
After the departure of guitarist Dregen in early 1998, The Hellacopters brought in temporary replacements Chuck Pounder and Mattias Hellberg to tour with them. In 1999, The Hellacopters recorded Grande Rock with the band's pianist Anders Lindström on rhythm guitar and started to look for a permanent guitarist. When Dahlqvist heard about this he contacted the band and asked for the opportunity for an audition, and after a few jam sessions together Dahlqvist was chosen as the band's new guitarist.
During his time in The Hellacopters, Dahlqvist recorded four studio albums, four EPs, two split albums and many other releases. Bands and artists that The Hellacopters collaborated with during Dahlqvist's time in the band included Gluecifer, The Flaming Sideburns, Scott Morgan, Backyard Babies, Pelle Almqvist, Thomas Öberg and many others. In October 2007, The Hellacopters announced they would be breaking up after releasing their last full-length album Head Off and completing their The Tour Before the Fall farewell tour.
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