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The Swedish Rock scene has over the years produced a large number of successful rock bands, and most important, Heavy Rock bands. 

The Awesome machine was formed in late 1996 by guitarist Christian Smedström and former bassplayer Stefan Magnusson, followed by vocalist Lasse Olausson and drummer Peter Thorne, finally deciding to form a band together. Tobbe Bovik took over the drum stool after Peter in March ‘98. Since their self-titled debut 10-inch vinyl was released in October ’98, bass player and original founder decided to leave the band due to musical differences. His shoes were filled after auditioning Anders Wenander (a long-time friend of Tobbe) in December ’98. Anders was actually the first one they tried out! 

With their background set firmly in the heaviest of legendary rock bands; they knew their direction immediately. Several compositions were already in the pipeline, and the new formed line-up shaped it all to their common taste of 1970’s and 80’s hardrock and rock’n’roll. 

Following almost a year of composing and rehearsing; combined with local club shows, TAM went to record their first full-length, ‘…it’s ugly or nothing’, at Los Angered recordings with Andy La Rocque (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate) as the engineer and co-producer. The choice fell on ten songs, representing the bands background and direction, as well as their composing ability. 

The summer of 2000 was spent mostly on the road, including some of the big festivals in Sweden. In September 2000 a signature model by Eagle Guitars, designed by Christian, called “Awesome” was released. The rest of the year 2000 was spent on the road throughout Europe together with bands like Dozer and Karma 2 Burn.