STOCKHOLM’S ELLA ROUGE PREMIERE SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE RISING SWEDISH ROCK SEXTET FEATURES VOCALIST/SONGWRITER LUDVIG ANDERSSON – SON OF FAMED ABBA MEMBER BENNY ANDERSSON Stockholm rockers ELLA ROUGE are becoming a sensation propelled by unforgettable melodies, masterful musicianship and the captivating stage presence and impassioned vocals of Ludvig. The singer, who solely wrote the majority of the tracks on the band’s debut album, is the young son of ABBA’s leader and main songwriter Benny Andersson. ELLA ROUGE has already hit #1 on the revered Web site MySpace in the alternative, rock and power pop categories. “Eldorado High,” an autobiographical rocker with a wry edge, is the band’s first single in their homeland, and is currently the most-listened to track by the band on MySpace (myspace.com/ellarouge). The single has been followed onto the airwaves with the playful “Jekyll and Hyde” and the rambunctious “The L.A. Dogs.” The band is in the midst of global exploration. With influences going back to the early days of rock n’ roll, the band also has admiration for recent artists from the UK, U.S. and its homeland. “The Stockholm scene is always boiling with interesting new bands. The Sounds, The Knife and Jose Gonzalez… the list is endless,” says Ludvig, explaining, “If any of them has had any effect on my own songwriting I am not sure. And of course I’ve had some parental influences as well,” he admits. The album was recorded in producer Micke Lynader’s studio on an island in the Baltic Sea in the middle of a bone-chilling winter. “During recording we lived together in six army beds in the attic of the studio,” remembers guitarist Max Lachmann. ‘We did everything together. We had fights, parties, good times, sad times and lot of jam sessions together.” From a barrelhouse honky-tonk piano to a duel-guitar attack and a potent rhythm section, ELLA ROUGE is a rock band in the truest sense with every member helping to shape the band’s sonic intensity. # # # | 
