Agent Side Grinder

Agent Side Grinder
Agent Side Grinder at Nocturnal Culture Night 2018 in Germany.
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Electronica, post-punk, industrial, darkwave
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Enfant Terrible, Hästen & Korset, Klangarkivet, Energy Rekords, Complete Control Productions, Progress Productions, Oráculo Records, Kollaps Records, Wave Tension Records
Members	Johan Lange Peter Fristedt Emanuel Åström
Past members	Aleksander Blomqvist Kristoffer Grip Henrik Sunbring Thobias Eidevald
Website	www.agentsidegrinder.com

Agent Side Grinder is a Swedish electronic band from Bromma, Stockholm, which was formed in 2005.^[1] The band has made seven albums and two remix albums, they've toured extensively throughout Europe.

Agent Side Grinder's first two albums, Agent Side Grinder^[2] (2008) and Irish Recording Tape^[3] (2009) were rooted in post-punk, industrial and dark electro.

Their third album Hardware (2012) showed a bigger and more textured sound. It was named "album of the month" in Vice Magazine,^[4] topped several annual "best of-lists" including Dagens Nyheter,^[5] Metro and Time Out Paris and won the Manifest-award^[6] (Swedish indie-grammy) for best synth album in 2013. also on the album were Swedish musicians Skriet and Henric de la Cour.^[7]

In 2015 they released Alkimia,^[8] a dramatic and melodic album that exceeded the success of "Hardware" (another Manifest win^[9][10]). The album contains a guest appearance by Nicole Sabouné.

After Kristoffer Grip, Henrik Sunbring and Thobias Eidevald decided to leave the band in 2017, Johan Lange and Peter Fristedt together with new singer Emanuel Åström returned in 2019 with their comeback album A/X.^[11]

Agent Side Grinder has done seven European tours and played festivals such as M'era Luna Festival, Wave-Gotik-Treffen,^[12] The Great Escape, Eurosonic, Les Transmusicales de Rennes, Entremurahlas,^[13] Bimfest,^[14] Drop Dead Festival and Arvikafestivalen. They have opened for bands such as Suicide and Laibach and collaborated with artists like Dirk Ivens, Kite and Henric de la Cour.

In 2020 the band released a second version of A/X titled 'REMA/X'. The album features 13 tracks, the majority of the tracks being remixes of songs from the previous album. REMA/X features remixes from bands such as Ash Code, She Pleasures Herself and many more. The album also includes a new song from Agent Side Grinder titled 'The Archives'.

In 2023 Agent Side Grinder released the album 'Jack Vegas' consisting of 8 new tracks. The album won the award for 'best synth' in the 2024 Manifestgalan Awards, this marks the bands third time winning the award and fourth time being nominated.

Current members^[1]

• Johan Lange – synthesizer, keyboard, programming, percussion, backing vocals
• Peter Fristedt – modular synthesizer, tape loops
• Emanuel Åström – vocals

Former members

• Alexander Blomqvist – bass guitar (2007–2011)
• Henrik Sunbring – synthesizer (2007–2017)
• Kristoffer Grip – vocals
• Thobias Eidevald – bass guitar (2011–2017)

• Agent Side Grinder, Line-up live at Nocturnal Culture Night 2018 in Deutzen
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  Johan Lange
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  Peter Fristedt
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  Emanuel Åström

• Official website