Outtrigger (band)

Outtrigger
Origin	Helsingborg, Sweden
Genres	Metalcore, alternative metal, hard rock
Years active	2009-present
Website	www.outtrigger.se
Members	John Löfgren Simon Peyron Joakim Agnemyr Adam Axelsson
Past members	Oliver Buvac Timmy Andersson

Outtrigger is a Swedish metal group from Helsingborg established by Timmy Andersson and Simon Peyron in 2009 when they were classmates. In 2010, three other members joined in, Joakim Agnemyr, Adam Axelsson and John Lofgren, making it a 5-piece band.^[1] Originally lead vocals was Oliver Buvac, until he left and lead vocals was taken over by co-founder Simon Peyron. The band played live concerts and in 2012 came second in the music competition Rockkarusellen and again second in 2013 in Popkorn, Skåne's largest music competition.

The band's breakthrough came with a metal cover of Robin Stjernberg's song "You" the day after the song won the Melodifestivalen 2013.

In November 2013, it was announced that Outtriger was taking part in Melodifestivalen 2014 in a bid to represent Sweden in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.^[2] Singing their song "Echo" in February 15 preliminary semi-finals, they were given a Second Chance, with a duel against Elena Paparizou with Paparizou qualifying and Outtrigger failing to reach the Melodifestivalen final.

Members

• Simon Peyron - vocals (formerly also guitar)
• Joakim Agnemyr - bass
• Adam Axelsson - guitar
• John Lofgren - drums

Previous members

• Oliver Buvac - vocals
• Timmy Andersson - guitar

Discography

EPs

• 2010: Untestified Revolution (EP)
• 2014: Echo (EP)
• 2014: The Last of Us

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		SWE [3]
2013	"Awaken Me"	–
	"You"	–
2014	"Blame on You"	–
	"Echo"	42
	"Superman is Dead"	–

References

1. Eurovision Addict: Outtrigger: "We always put 110% into our live performances"
2. Rocknytt: Outtrigger och Ammotrack klare för Melodifestivalen (Swedish)
3. "Outtrigger discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

External links

• Official website