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{{Short description|Swedish rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = bob hund
| image           = bobhund.jpg
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| caption         =
| alias           =
| origin          = [[Sweden]]
| genre           = [[Indie rock]]
| years_active    = 1991–2025
| label           = Woah Dad!, [[Silence Records]] Adrian Recordings
| associated_acts = [[Bergman Rock]], [[Sci-Fi SKANE]], [[Philemon Arthur and The Dung]]
| website         = [http://www.bobhund.se// bobhund.se]
| current_members = [[Conny Nimmersjö]]<br>Johnny Essing<br>Jonas Jonasson<br>Mats Hellquist<br>[[Thomas Öberg (singer)|Thomas Öberg]]<br>Christian Gabel
| past_members    = Mats Andersson
}}
'''Bob Hund''' ([[Swedish language|Swedish]] for "Bob Dog") is an [[indie rock]] band from [[Sweden]]. Their [[music]] has been described as "what you might expect if you managed to merge [[Pere Ubu (band)|Pere Ubu]] and [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] with a touch of [[Kraftwerk]]".<ref>{{cite web |first=Kristoffer |last=Noheden | title=Bergman Rock review | url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orbergmanrockbr.htm | work=On Record | date=2004-01-06 | accessdate=2009-04-12}}</ref>
bob hund have performed mostly in [[Scandinavia]] as well as in [[Poland]] and [[England]]. Some of their performances include [[Roskilde Festival|Roskilde]], [[Hultsfred Festival|Hultsfred]], [[Ruisrock]] and [[Quart Festival|Quart]] [[music festival]]s.

== History ==
[[File:Bobhundlogo.jpeg|thumb|left|alt=Logotype of the band [[bob hund]]|Logotype of the band bob hund]]
bob hund was formed in 1991 by Jonas Jonasson (keyboards) and [[Thomas Öberg (singer)|Thomas Öberg]] (vocals) after meeting in high school. After six formative months the band's line-up was finished, with Conny Nimmersjö and Johnny Essing on guitar, Mats Hellqvist on bass and Mats Andersson on drums.<ref name="officialwebsite">[http://www.bobhund.nu/bob-hund bob hund Official Web Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309040134/http://www.bobhund.nu/bob-hund |date=2009-03-09 }}</ref> Legend has it that Essing joined rehearsals to pay off a 100 SEK debt to Hellqvist, and just kept coming back.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100212152733/http://hem.passagen.se/redrum/bobhund.html Interview]}} with Thomas Öberg, 4 juli 1998.</ref> 

The band once stated in an interview that the name ''bob hund'' originates from a cartoon dog named Bob Dog in [[Get a Job (1985 film)|Get a Job]], that they once saw while watching television. The dog in question led a very unlucky life. 

The band was signed to [[Silence Records]] in 1993, and that same year released their debut EP, ''bob hund''.<ref name="silence">[http://www.silence.se/artister/bobhund.htm Silence Records Official Web Site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514130050/http://www.silence.se/artister/bobhund.htm |date=May 14, 2011 }}</ref> The following year they released their first album, also called ''bob hund'', and won Rock Band of the Year at the Swedish Grammy Awards, ''Grammisgalan''. (They won another Grammis for Best Lyrics in 1996.)<ref>[http://www.grammis.se/ Grammisgalan]. Official Web Site. See, History.</ref>

In 1995, after extensive touring, the band went on hiatus as the members worked on new material, which would later make up the foundations for ''Omslag: Martin Kann'' (1996)<ref name="silence"/> - named after a friend of the band, who've done most of the band's graphics work over the years. The album broke the top 10,<ref name="charts">[http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bob+Hund SwedishCharts.com] bob hund Discography</ref> but singles ''I stället för musik, förvirring'' ("Instead of music, confusion") and ''Düsseldorf'' would both fail to break the singles top 10 - peaking at 13 and 28 respectively.

Though exclusively singing in Swedish, they started to gain attention outside of Sweden and Scandinavia. The band claimed in a press release that [[Graham Coxon]] - who has voiced his admiration of the band in interviews - asked to play with them, but that the band declined the offer.<ref>[http://www.groove.se/site/artikel.asp?artId=526 Groove] - Interview with Graham Coxon</ref><ref name="vecka48">[http://www.silence.se/bobhund/press/pressrelease.asp?m1=read&m2=press&skiva=19&latar=11 Press release for Helgen v.48] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718112344/http://www.silence.se/bobhund/press/pressrelease.asp?m1=read&m2=press&skiva=19&latar=11 |date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref>

bob hund once again toured extensively, and was awarded Live Band of the Year by Swedish tabloid [[Aftonbladet]].<ref name="vecka48"/> In December 1998 ''Jag rear ut min själ! Allt skall bort!!!'' ("I'm Selling Off My Soul! Everything Must Go!!!") was released followed by the live album ''bob hund sover aldrig'' ("bob hund Never Sleeps").<ref name="silence"/>

At the start of the new millennium, equipment worth 115,000 SEK was stolen from their van.<ref>[http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/0002/16/hund.html Aftonbladet] February 16, 2000</ref> During this time, the band members had slowed down the activity of bob hund to concentrate on side projects - among others [[Bergman Rock]], a rock band consisting of all bob hund members, but where Öberg sang in English rather than Swedish. New bob hund material would not surface until single ''Ska du hänga med? Nä!!'' ("Are you tagging along? Nah!!") and album ''Stenåldern kan börja'' ("Let the Stone Age Begin") was released in early 2001. The album would be the band's first, and as of August 2010 only, to chart at number one.<ref name="charts"/>

2002 saw the release of ''Ingenting'' ("Nothing"), a compilation album containing old demos from 1992–1993, a limited vinyl pressing of 1000 copies only, single ''Den lilla planeten'' ("The Small Planet"). The two CD ''10 år tillbaka och 100 år framåt'' ("10 Years Back and 100 Years Forward") was also released this year.  The first disc being a singles compilation, and the second disc contained a live performance recorded in London 2001. During the performance Öberg can be heard explaining, in English, that he'll only speak Swedish to the crowd so they'll know they've paid for the real deal.<ref>''10 år tillbaka och 100 år framåt'' - disc 2</ref>

After the release of ''Det där nya som skulle vara så bra'' ("That New Thing That Was Supposed To Be So Good") the band went on an extended hiatus to concentrate on Bergman Rock and the dance side project [[Sci-Fi SKANE]]. The band started touring as bob hund again in late 2006, but would not release any new material until 2008s single ''Tinnitus i hjärtat'' ("Tinnitus of the Heart")<ref>[http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/07/06/vilket-bob-hund-kalas-med-2-nya-latar/ SVT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004035332/http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/07/06/vilket-bob-hund-kalas-med-2-nya-latar/ |date=2011-10-04 }} - Sveriges Television, September 2008</ref> and album ''Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk'' ("Folk music for folk who can't behave like folk").

On 16 June 2009 Christian Gabel officially joined as the seventh member of the band, filling in on drums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bobhund.nu/christian-gabel-ny-medlem-i-bob-hund |title=Christian Gabel ny medlem i bob hund &#124; bob hund |accessdate=2009-06-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304053926/http://bobhund.nu/christian-gabel-ny-medlem-i-bob-hund |archivedate=2012-03-04 }}</ref>
In the following year the new lineup released the four-track EP ''Stumfilm'' ("Silent Movie").

On 16 March 2011 the group released the album ''Det överexponerade gömstället'' ("The Overexposed Hideout"). As a form of commemoration of their 20th anniversary, a second album was released the 15th of February 2012, called ''Låter som miljarder'' ("Sounds Like Billions").

On 6 July 2013 the band organized a festival in Folkets Hamn, Helsingborg. At this festival the group would auction off their old instruments and other objects that were left in their old rehearsal studio. The group themselves did not play at this festival, and were instead DJ:ing.

On 12 September 2014 the band premiered a new soundtrack for the silent film [[Man With a Movie Camera]] at Cinemateket in [[Stockholm]], with subsequent performances in [[Helsinki]], [[Luleå]], [[Gothenburg]] and [[Malmö]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Bob Hund - Mannen med filmkameran|url = https://www.facebook.com/events/1421457504771133|website = Cinemateket|accessdate = 2016-08-23}}</ref>

On 16 September 2016 they released their twelfth studio album, ''Dödliga Klassiker'' ("Mortal Classics").

==Discography==

===Studio releases===
* ''[[bob hund (1993 album)|bob hund (1)]]'', 1993 (EP)
* ''[[bob hund (1994 album)|bob hund (2)]]'', 1994 (Album)
* ''[[Omslag: Martin Kann]]'' (''Cover Art: Martin Kann''), 1996 (Album)
* ''[[Jag rear ut min själ! Allt skall bort!!!]]'' (''I'm Selling Out My Soul! Everything Must Go!!!''), 1998 (Album)
* ''sover aldrig'' (''never sleeps''), 1999 (Live Album)<ref>{{cite web|title=sover aldrig by bob hund|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6fkgEylmbuhTQLcLHemum3?si=GmRZibJfTHGWzgdTHdHM8Q|website=Spotify| year=1999 |accessdate=30 May 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[Stenåldern kan börja]]'' (''The Stone Age May Begin''), 2001 (Album)
* ''[[Det där nya som skulle vara så bra]]'' (''That New Thing That Was Supposed To Be So Good''), 2003 (Single) - Limited to 500 copies on vinyl
* ''[[Folkmusik för folk som inte kan bete sig som folk]]'' (''Folk music for folk who can't behave like folk''), 2009 (Album)
* ''[[Stumfilm]]'' (''Silent Film''), 2010 (EP)
* ''[[Det överexponerade gömstället]]'' (''The Overexposed Hideout''), 2011 (Album)
* ''[[Låter som miljarder]]'' (''Sounds Like Billions''), 2012 (Album)
* ''[[#bobhundopera]]'', 2015 (Live Album)
* ''[[Dödliga Klassiker]]'' ("Mortal Classics"), 2016 (Album)
* ''0-100'', 2019 (Album)
* ''BOBHUNDTEATERKONSERT'', 2021 (EP)
* ''Drömmen är en råvara, verkligheten är en raffinerad produkt'' (''Dreams are a raw material, reality is a refined product''), 2023 (Album)

===Compilations===
* ''[[Ingenting (bob hund album)|Ingenting]]'' (''Nothing''), 2002 - Demos from 1992/1993, limited to 1003 copies on vinyl, and made available as free digital downloads on the band's web site<ref>[http://www.silence.se/bobhund//ljud/ingenting/default.asp?m1=&m2=download&typ=256 Silence Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718112734/http://www.silence.se/bobhund//ljud/ingenting/default.asp?m1=&m2=download&typ=256 |date=2011-07-18 }}</ref>
* ''[[10 år bakåt & 100 år framåt]]'' (''10 Years Back & 100 Years Forward''), 2002 - A collection of single and EP tracks, where the second disc contains a live recording from London, 2001.
* ''Det allra näst bästa'' (''The very second best''), 2022 - A collection of previously unreleased studio recordings from the 90's

==Awards==
* [[1994 in music|1994]] – Swedish Grammy "Best Live Band"
* [[1996 in music|1996]] – Swedish Grammy "Best Lyrics"
* [[1999 in music|1999]] – Guldägget (The Golden Egg) for "Best Packaging" on ''Jag rear ut min själ! Allt skall bort!!!''

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bobhund.se/ bobhund.se] – Official website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040608010218/http://hem.bredband.net/robcum/Musik/Bobhund/ bob hund in English] – English translations of song lyrics

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[[Category:1991 establishments in Sweden]]
[[Category:Swedish musical sextets]]