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{{Short description|Swedish rock band}}<br />
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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Freak Kitchen<br />
| image = Freak Kitchen Moscow 2017-03-24.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Freak Kitchen performing in Moscow in 2017<br />
| image_upright = 1.2<br />
| background = group_or_band<br />
| years_active = 1992–present<br />
| genre = {{hlist|[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]|[[hard rock]]|[[progressive metal]]}}<br />
| origin = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden<br />
| label = Thunderstruck<br />
| current_members =<br />
* [[Mattias "IA" Eklundh]]<br />
* Björn Fryklund<br />
* Christer Örtefors<br />
| past_members =<br />
* Joakim Sjöberg<br />
* Christian Grönlund<br />
| website = {{Official URL}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Freak Kitchen''' is a Swedish rock band from [[Gothenburg]], formed in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freak Kitchen Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/freak-kitchen-mn0000648035 |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History and musical style ==<br />
Freak Kitchen's style of music is influenced by many genres besides traditional heavy metal, ranging from [[jazz]] to [[pop music|pop]]. The band described their third album as "A corny little heavy-pop-rock-Latin-world-jazz-avant-garde-metal-blues-record straight from hell!".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freakkitchen.com/albums/|access-date=2019-01-15 |title=Freak Kitchen's Official webpage on the album ''Freak Kitchen''}}</ref><br />
The album "Land of the Freaks", which was released in late October 2009, features Indian inspiration and the band is also joined by the two Indian musicians [[V. Selvaganesh]] and Neyveli S Radhakrishna on several tracks.<br />
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The lyrics of Freak Kitchen often contain humor and criticism of [[capitalism|capitalist society]], conformity, [[racism]] and the attitude of [[major label]]s.<br />
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Frontman Mattias Eklundh has a reputation as a guitar virtuoso, acknowledged by Guitar Player Magazine <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/check-out-matthias-ia-eklundh-in-freak-kitchens-video-for-freak-of-the-week|access-date=2019-01-15|title=Check Out Matthias IA Eklundh}}</ref> for instance, and live shows often contain parts where Eklundh plays the guitar using several foreign objects such as a vibrating [[dildo]]. Eklundh has also released four solo albums, ''[[Sensually Primitive]]'' (1996) (under the pseudonym Mr Libido), ''Freak Guitar'' (1999), ''Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled'' (2004) and ''[[Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord]]'' (2013).<br />
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They also co-headlined Fuel Great Indian Rock 2008 alongside [[Sahg]] and [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greatindianrock.com/history_intro.asp|access-date=2009-10-23|title=Fuel Great Indian Rock webpage}}</ref><br />
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Their album, ''Cooking with Pagans'', was released in 2014, with the first single, "Professional Help" released in November.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museonmuse.jp/?p=3926|title=Mattias IA Eklundh Interview August 2013}}</ref><br />
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The 2018 album ''Confusion to the Enemy'' contains a song with Swedish lyrics, "Så Kan Det Gå När Inte Haspen Är På", that roughly translates to "That's What Happens When You Don't Take Precautions".<br />
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== Members ==<br />
[[File:Freak Kitchen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|Freak Kitchen in 2008. L–R: Christer Örtefors, Björn Fryklund.|alt=A medium sized concert stage lit in many colors. In the left stands a longhaired guitarist on the right a bass player wearing an armystyle west and helmet. In the background are two drumkits with a drummer.]]<br />
'''Current'''<br />
* [[Mattias Eklundh|Mattias "IA" Eklundh]] – vocals, guitar (1992–present)<br />
* Christer Örtefors – bass, vocals (2000–present)<br />
* Björn Fryklund – drums (2000–present)<br />
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'''Previous'''<br />
* Christian Grönlund – bass, vocals (1992–2000)<br />
* Joakim Sjöberg – drums (1992–2000)<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
'''Albums'''<br />
* ''Appetizer'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 1994)<br />
* ''Spanking Hour'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 1996)<br />
* ''Freak Kitchen'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 1998)<br />
* ''Dead Soul Men'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2000)<br />
* ''Move'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2002)<br />
* ''Organic'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2005)<br />
* ''Land of the Freaks'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2009)<br />
* ''Cooking with Pagans'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2014)<br />
* ''Confusion to the Enemy'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2018)<br />
* ''Everyone Gets Bloody'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2024)<br />
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'''EPs'''<br />
* ''Junk Tooth'' (1997)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Official website}}<br />
*{{allmusic}}<br />
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[[Category:1992 establishments in Sweden]]<br />
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1992]]<br />
[[Category:Musical groups from Gothenburg]]<br />
[[Category:Swedish hard rock musical groups]]<br />
[[Category:Swedish heavy metal musical groups]]<br />
[[Category:Swedish progressive metal musical groups]]</div>2601:644:937C:28F0:CC13:1A52:E51B:DCDD