Swedish rockband from Stockholm. Active from 1996 to 2007.
Did 2 extra shows in Germany, November, 2009.
Sons Of Cyrus @ Lunabar, Münster, Germany
Photo by Christian Kock, 22 of June, 2005
New 7" single out now!
Released on Sounds of Subterrania, limited to 300 copies
Sons of Cyrus history:
Loverboy and some happy Italians @ the Bam Magazine Party, Italy 2006
The Orphans (1996)
Sons of Cyrus was formed by some stockholm high school teenagers in 1996 under the name The Orphans. The singer Loverboy (Love Jonasson) was the youngest, only 13 years old and still going to junior high school. The guitarist Loco Lopez (Erik Jonasson), the brother of Loverboy made most of the songs for the band.
Loco Lopez (Erik Jonasson)
Sons of Cyrus early years (1997-2001)
After some line-up changes in 1997 the band changed name to Sons of Cyrus.
For some years SoC mostly played live in Sweden but in 2001 things started to happen.
Topi & Max in Germany
Albums and tours (2001-2004)
The stockholm label Big Brothel Records, run by Staffan Fagerberg, released a 7" single with SoC and in 2002 a rerelease of the SoC debut 7" The Warriors.
In cooperation with recordshop owner Janne Littorin, Big Brothel released in 2004 the debut album of SoC.
Sons of Cyrus started to tour Europe and became after some years more popular in Germany than in Sweden. German and american labels showed now interest in the band and the BBC legend John Peel played the SoC song What to Do in his radio show. The music video for the song What to Do were also shown on the swedish TV channel Z-TV.
The second SoC album Rock & Rollercoaster came out in 2004, produced by Chips Kiesby, the producer of many Hellacopters albums. After Loco Lopez (Erik Jonasson) withdrawal, the band continued without it's creative founder.
Sons of Cyrus in Oslo, Norway
Photo by Marcus Harrling
New members and the beginning of the end (2004-2007)
Max Volume (Max Groundstroem) joined the band as the new guitarist and SoC went on playing shows especially in Germany. Also Torgny (Tobias Rylander) joined on harmonica. New records were released on german and american labels but not many new songs were made.
In the summer of 2006 the singer Loverboy (Love Jonasson) moved to Berlin.
In November 2006 Sons of Cyrus went on a last tour to Germany together with the Stockholm band Meine Kleine Deutsche.
The last performance was at Debaser in Stockholm on the 13th of December, 2006. The club was packed, as many friends and fans came to see the band one last time. On Sunday, the 25th of March, 2007, Sons of Cyrus were officially disbanded.
Loverboy & Patrick (The Hara-kee-rees) @ Cortina Bob, Berlin.
Photo by Kobi, 28th of November 2009
Topi on drums & Mackie @ Cortina Bob, Berlin.
Photo by Kobi, 28th of November 2009
A glimpse of the past (2009)
Mackie the Mac, Loverboy, Topi the Kat and Max Volume did 2 magic extra live shows in Berlin and Eisenach in November 2009 together with the german garage band The Hara-kee-rees. At the same time Gregor Samsa released the 7" I want your Blood on his german label Sounds of Subterrania.
The single includes two Sons of Cyrus songs recorded in Italy some years earlier.
Sons of Cyrus in Kreuzberg, Berlin, 2009
Sons of Cyrus, The The Hara-kee-rees, Zentralheizung of Death & Christoph Lindemann (3rd from the left) @ Crocodile, Eisenach, 29th of November, 2009
Countries that SoC were touring in:
Italy, Germany, The Netherlands, Finland, England, France, Norway, Estonia, Denmark, Austria and Sweden.
Sons of Cyrus on the ferry to Estonia
Some bands that SoC were playing live with:
The Detroit Cobras, The Nomads, Shout out Louds, Mando Diao, Meine Kleine Deutsche, The Hara-kee-rees, , The Sounds, The Kidnappers.
Sons of Cyrus videos
What to Do music video made by Kalle Haglund, 2004.
Sons of Cyrus playing Didn't Know @ Cortina Bob, Berlin
28th of November, 2009
Baby please don't go video made by Rocky, 2000.
Loverboy crowd surfing at the last Sons of Cyrus gig ever.
Crocodile, Wutha (Eisenach), 29th of November 2009.
Sons of Cyrus & Patrick from The Hara-Kee-Rees playsStrychnine (The Sonics) @ Cortina Bob, Berlin, 28th of Nov 2009 (poor sound quality).
