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Ye Banished Privateers are a folk rock[2] band from Umeå, Sweden.[3]
| Ye Banished Privateers | |
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 Ye Banished Privateers in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Umeå, Sweden[1] |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2008 - present |
| Labels | Totentanz, Napalm Records |
| Website | http://yebanishedprivateers.com/ |
Their songs are inspired by traditional Irish and Scandinavian folk music and their lyrics are mostly based on sea and piracy history from the 17th and 18th century.[4][5] During their shows they portray a crew of pirates, wearing historical clothes and acting while playing, making the show itself a mix of music and theatre.[6]
The band was started in 2008 by Björn Malmros and Peter Mollwing, who gathered several other musicians with the idea of playing pirate folk music.[7]
Today, the band amounts to nearly 30 members.
Their first self-produced album, Songs and Curses, was released on 19 September 2012 for the International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
After playing several shows in their home country, they started touring Germany in 2014.
In the same year, on 12 September, they released The Legend of Libertalia[8] their second studio album, on Totentanz Records.
In 2015 and 2016 they toured mainly in Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.
They announced their third album in 2016,[9] but the release was delayed until 30 June 2017. First Night Back in Port finally came out when they signed a deal with Napalm Records.[10][11]
In 2020 Ye Banished Privateers released their fourth album Hostis Humani Generis.[12] The name of the album, Latin for "enemy of mankind"[13] is a term that was often used to describe maritime pirates; outsiders of society and a threat to the status quo.[14] Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the band was not able to release the album as planned and live-streamed a concert instead, an online event in which 12000 fans participated.[15]
They released a Christmas special album titled A Pirate Stole My Christmas on December 3, 2021 which featured classics of the holiday with a new pirate spin to them.
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Albums
2012 – Songs and Curses
2014 - The Legend of Libertalia (Totentanz Records)
2017 - First Night Back in Port (Napalm Records)
2020 - Hostis Humani Generis (Napalm Records)
2021 - A Pirate Stole my Christmas (Napalm Records)
Samplers
2013 – The Swashbuckling Sound of Pirates – Der Grosse Piraten Entertainment Markt – 20 pieces of Scurvy Seasongs (Totentanz Records)
2014 - Best of MPS 2014 (Totentanz Records)
- Anders "Nobility" Nyberg - cembalo, celesta, pump organ and miniature piano
- Anton "Taljenblock" Teljebäck - viola pomposa, pump organ, brass trash, stone and muddy lawn
- Björn "Bellows" Malmros – accordion, harmonica, ocean drum, dholak, djembe, pottery and tabla
- Evelina Rolon “Harpy”, Harp and bass
- Eva "Eva the Navigator" Maaherra Lövheim - fiddle, octapad
- Frida “Freebird” Granström - fiddle, brass, trumpet and octapad
- Hampus "Monkey Boy" Holm - German style bass drum and octapad
- Hampus "Bojtikken" Larsson - cajón, percussion, octapad, bouzouki and guitar
- Ina Molin - cajón and dholak
- Jens "Wan Chou Zhong" Tzan Choong - banjo, guitalele and sitar
- Jim "Silent Jim" Sundström - mandolin and voice
- Jonas "Hog Eye McGinn" Nilsson - 5-string banjo and guitar
- Magda "Magda Malvina Märlprim" Andersson - synthesizer and bouzouki Vocals
- Martin "Scurvy Ben" Gavelin - sawbone, cajón, morsing, Wah-wah pedal, crash, cripple and roll
- Peter "Quartermaster Blackpowder Pete" Mollwing - questionable vocals
- Richard "Old Red" Larsson - u-bass, double bass, bouzouki and 12-string guitar
- Lovisa “Quick Fhinn” cajó and percussion
- Stina Hake - recorder, dholak, whistles and cello
- William "Shameless Will" Hallin - lead chants and shouts
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