Transport League was formed in Partille, Sweden in September 1994
by B-thong singer Tony Jelencovich. The band was joined by Johan
Reivén on Bass and the bassplayer of B-thong ( Lars Häglund )
on Drums. It was meant as a sideproject in which Tony could put
his energy and creativity which would not fit within B-thong.
After entering a rockband competion and getting to semifinal the
band recorded two songs for a compilation cd. The cd was sent
out to Mascot records and Transport League were signed to Mascot
in December 1994. 98% of the songs on the album is written and
composed by Tony. It`s a matter of a need to constantly create
songs and some of those songs have such quality that it would
be a waste not to do anything with them. Listen to " Bolivian
Dog " or " Hell`n`back " and you`ll understand what we mean. As
of Tony has left B-thong shortly after their recent European tour
cause of musical and personal differences Transport League has
become a lot more than just a side-project. It now is Tony`s main
outlet in which he can explore his talents. Not only as a vocalist
and songwriter but also as a guitarist. The album " Stallion
Showcase " was recorded and mixed in two weeks in Studio Fredman by Fredrik Nordström in Gothenburg in the first part of 1995. The production turned out pretty powerful with a nasty sounding guitar a bulldozer bass and punching drums. The album breathes a ninetees rock`n`roll atmosphere. It`s heavy, raunchy and aggressive yet melodic, groovy and energetic. All of the songs has very much a live feel in them which is a contrast to the more static and technical approach which B-thong has. However, like B-thong, Tony`s awesome vocals give the songs an extra dimension. We`ve heard people come up with various comparisons; Kyuss, White Zombie, Danzig, Entombed, Led Zeppelin and even Masters of Reality to name a few. The songs offer plenty of variety and definitely have a " Transport League Twist ". The lyrics deal with all sorts of fun and fantasy like high proof alcohol, fast cars, women, alien bloodsuckers, satanic versus etc, all in a quite positive way. After the listed 11 songs on the album there are two more songs hidden somewhere. The first hidden track is a different " thunder " mix of " Cosmical Satanical ". The second hidden song is "Blood sucking superbitch " with some " trumpet " tunes added and turns in the end into a fast fun-punk song called "Rest ". Regarding the song " Rest " it`s actually a duett with the vocalist Oscar Carlquist from the band "In a Pigs Eye", he has a past in the Deathmetal band "Caedes". The band has just finished shooting a video for the track " Cosmical Satanical " and are focusing to tour in Europe before summer. The line-up has seen some changes since the recording of this album. Obviously after leaving B-thong Tony could no longer continue with Lars in the same band so Lars had to go. Johan also decided to leave shortly after the release. Besides a new drummer and a new bassplayer there´s also a
second guitar player added to the band to strenghten their live performance and to get some new blood into the band. In our opinon this is one of the best rock albums we`ve heard coming out of Sweden so far. The new drummer at that time was Patrik Herrström, a guy who has played with the swedish funk/metalband Roadratt. Patrik left Transport League cause of personall finacial problems. The band recorded two demo tapes with Patrik. The new drummer is Mattias Starander he has a past in the band Major N.A. A video for " Bolivian Dog " will be ready at the end of October. The video is directed, filmed and part edited by Tony J.
Showcase " was recorded and mixed in two weeks in Studio Fredman by Fredrik Nordström in Gothenburg in the first part of 1995. The production turned out pretty powerful with a nasty sounding guitar a bulldozer bass and punching drums. The album breathes a ninetees rock`n`roll atmosphere. It`s heavy, raunchy and aggressive yet melodic, groovy and energetic. All of the songs has very much a live feel in them which is a contrast to the more static and technical approach which B-thong has. However, like B-thong, Tony`s awesome vocals give the songs an extra dimension. We`ve heard people come up with various comparisons; Kyuss, White Zombie, Danzig, Entombed, Led Zeppelin and even Masters of Reality to name a few. The songs offer plenty of variety and definitely have a " Transport League Twist ". The lyrics deal with all sorts of fun and fantasy like high proof alcohol, fast cars, women, alien bloodsuckers, satanic versus etc, all in a quite positive way. After the listed 11 songs on the album there are two more songs hidden somewhere. The first hidden track is a different " thunder " mix of " Cosmical Satanical ". The second hidden song is "Blood sucking superbitch " with some " trumpet " tunes added and turns in the end into a fast fun-punk song called "Rest ". Regarding the song " Rest " it`s actually a duett with the vocalist Oscar Carlquist from the band "In a Pigs Eye", he has a past in the Deathmetal band "Caedes". The band has just finished shooting a video for the track " Cosmical Satanical " and are focusing to tour in Europe before summer. The line-up has seen some changes since the recording of this album. Obviously after leaving B-thong Tony could no longer continue with Lars in the same band so Lars had to go. Johan also decided to leave shortly after the release. Besides a new drummer and a new bassplayer there´s also a
second guitar player added to the band to strenghten their live performance and to get some new blood into the band. In our opinon this is one of the best rock albums we`ve heard coming out of Sweden so far. The new drummer at that time was Patrik Herrström, a guy who has played with the swedish funk/metalband Roadratt. Patrik left Transport League cause of personall finacial problems. The band recorded two demo tapes with Patrik. The new drummer is Mattias Starander he has a past in the band Major N.A. A video for " Bolivian Dog " will be ready at the end of October. The video is directed, filmed and part edited by Tony J.
This part will be updated very soon since a lot has happened Transport League since this was written.