Europe biography
On July 21, 2009, bassist and former member of Force, Marcel Jacob, committed suicide. He was 45 years old.
Europe's eighth studio album, Last Look at Eden, was released on September 9, 2009. The title track was released as a single in June. The band has described it as a modern retro rock album. "This time, we're taking some new directions with our songs, and we're exploring different styles," they stated, "There is a definite classic rock vibe on some of the tracks... a tip of the hat to groovin', funkin' 1970s rock songs - but ones we have bought into the here and now." The second single, "New Love in Town", was released as a digital download on September 3, 2009.
In an interview with Abhijeet Ahluwalia for EspyRock on November 30, 2009, Joey Tempest outlined the future of Europe, announcing the follow-up to Last Look at Eden will come in 2011: "We're gonna keep working at this rate we're working at, which is pretty good. We'll probably come out with an album in 2011 and tour in 2012 again. We're looking 2-3 years ahead all the time, and in the next 5 years I see Europe with 2 more albums, 2 more world tours and hopefully having established ourselves even better in a lot of territories around the world."
On August 6, 2011, Europe headlined the closing ceremonies of the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Rinkaby, Sweden before an audience of 40,061 Scouts and Guides which included King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
On July 12, 2011, Europe confirmed that Kevin Shirley would produce their ninth studio album. The recording sessions started on October 3, 2011. On January 24, 2012 the band announced the album title, Bag of Bones. The album was released on April 18, 2012 in Japan by Victor Entertainment and on April 25 in Sweden by Gain Music Entertainment.
Band members
Current members
- Joey Tempest - lead vocals, acoustic & rhythm guitar¹, keyboards² (1979-1992, 1999, 2003-present)
- John Norum - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1979-1986, 1999, 2003-present)
- John Levén - bass (1981-1992, 1999, 2003-present)
- Mic Michaeli - keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm guitar³ (1984-1992, 1999, 2003-present)
- Ian Haugland - drums, percussion, backing vocals (1984-1992, 1999, 2003-present)
¹Live
²Until 1984
³Live during the
Prisoners in Paradise Tour 1991-92
Former members
- Tony Reno - drums, percussion (1979-1984)
- Peter Olsson - bass (1979-1981)
- Marcel Jacob - bass (1981; died 2009)
- Kee Marcello - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1986-1992, 1999)
http://www.southsonic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3090&Itemid=73 SouthSonic.co.uk review of Bag of Bones by Alaina Henderson
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