NOVEMBER

There are at least 5 different bands called November. 1) November was a swedish rock band formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1969 by Christer Stålbrandt, Richard Rolf and Björn Inge. Their music was partly inspired by american acid rock but heavy and blues based like a mixture of Cream, Mountain and Led Zeppelin. The name November was taken after a successful gig opening for Fleetwood Mac in Gothenburg 1st November of 1969. November was one of the first swedish rock bands with swedish lyrics. Most of the lyrics where written by Stålbrandt influenced by the 60's flower power movement. Despite the swedish lyrics, November was quite popular in England. While touring in England the lyrics was often translated to English, the crowd however was insisting on the band performing with swedish lyrics. November was dissolved 1972 after the release of the album "6:e November". Christer Stålbrandt moved on starting the group Saga, Björn Inge joined jazz rockers Energy, and Richard Rolf was one of the forming members of Bash and later on joining Nature. 1994 they released "Live", recorded on tour in 1971. 2) November is also the name of a Danish indie-rock band from Copenhagen, who released their first EP in january 2006.