Background
Eriksson was born in Eskilstuna and moved a few years later to Edsbyn.
Eriksson was born in Eskilstuna and moved a few years later to Edsbyn.
Eriksson is currently playing With his new band called Tramp and recently reunited Swedish punk band Strindbergs. Early life and career He got his first drumkit at the age of 13 but didn"t get a hi-hat or a cymbal until the next year when he had saved up enough money. Eriksson soon started discovering bands and artists such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Hep Stars and The Spotnicks.
Later he discovered bands such as Iron Maiden, Kiss and Saxon through a relative who worked at a Swedish booking agency.
Soon Eriksson started playing drums in various punk, rock and metal bands and got to know Nicke Andersson the drummer of heavy metal band Entombed. The Hellacopters The Hellacopters went on to become one of the more important rock bands in the Nordic region and has released six albums with their own material, a cover album, two non album work compilations and a greatest hits album.
The band has also toured all over the world and opened up for bands such as Kiss, The Rolling Stones and ZZ Top. In late 2007 the band announced their retirement after the release of Head Office a collection of their favorite songs recorded by the band.
The band finished their with four shows in two days that were filmed and broadcast on the band"s MySpace page, a double live album and a Digital Video Disc is currently in the works.
Tramp Eriksson is also working with his currently unsigned rock band Tramp, which features members from the Turpentines, Henry Fiat"s Open Sore and Captain Murphy. The band is currently unsigned and have two songs released on their official MySpace, Eriksson describes the band"s sound as more dramatic similar to early Alice Cooper records. Other work 2004 Stefan Sundström - Hjärtats Melodi 2010 Tramp - Indigo.
2003 Eriksson joined an all star lineup of Swedish rock musicians to pay tribute to The Nomads, the members of the band liked it so much that the Wild Kings as they called themselves, decided to start the monthly Wild Kingdom club