THE HELLACOPTERS - Release Video For 'The Electric Index Eel (Revisited)' + "Grande Rock" Re-Release Containing Remastered And Revisited Versions

Swedish action rock legends THE HELLACOPTERS have announced the release date for the long overdue physical re-issue of their classic album Grande Rock from 1999, which hasn't been available to purchase on vinyl for over 20 years. This new edition of Grande Rock will be released on February 16th, 2024, as a 2LP, 2CD and digital edition all of which contain both the remastered original album as well as a revisited and remixed version with additional guitars by Dregen, plus additional percussion and piano and new backing vocal tracks. Just like the original release back in 1999, the vinyl edition exclusively features the Venom cover 'Angel Dust' as a bonus track.

To give you an example of the Grande Rock Revisited experience, a video for the revisited version of 'The Electric Index Eel' can be watched below.

PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE GRANDE ROCK (+ REVISITED) HERE:
https://hellacopters.bfan.link/grrep 

LISTEN TO 'THE ELECTRIC INDEX EEL (REVISITED)':
https://hellacopters.bfan.link/teiesg

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR 'THE ELECTRIC INDEX EEL (REVISITED)' below:

Available Formats:

2CD JEWELCASE

GATEFOLD 2LP (w/ blue cover (front) and orange cover (back))
- Transparent Magenta
- LP1 Sky Blue, LP2 Transparent Orange
- Clear & Ocean Blue Marbled

DIGITAL ALBUM
(the digital album will have a reversed order of "Grand Rock Revisited" followed by "Grande Rock (remastered)")

Swedish high energy rock and roll band THE HELLACOPTERS released their eighth studio album titled Eyes Of Oblivion on April 1st, 2022. It marked the first full-length since the release of their temporary farewell record Head Off in 2008, and was met with massive acclaim from fans and media alike. Charting #1 in Sweden, #3 in Germany, #6 in Finland, the band celebrated a triumphant return culminating in a show with the mighty Iron Maiden in Gothenburg in July 2022, and gigs with Ghost in Germany in June 2023.

On February 16th, 2024 they will now release not one, but two stunning versions of their classic Grande Rock album. Entitled Grande Rock Revisited it has been remastered by Henke Jonsson, and furthermore has been completely remixed by Michael Ilbert at Hansa Studios, Berlin using the original multi-track tapes and reanimated with a whole lot of additional layers of rock! The result showcases how the record could have sounded in a parallel universe with Dregen being in the band at the time, and with a more balanced mix, something the band had been pondering about for quite a while. “We all love loud guitars”, Nicke explains, “but not at the expense of drums and bass, which is pretty much the gist of the original mix. It’s ALL guitars”. So whether you do not want to spend way over 100 Euro for one of the rare original LPs or are excited to hear a revamped, re-rocked new mix of Grande Rock, Grande Rock Revisited gives you both plus a double-album-cover design by singer/guitarist Nicke added as visual treat on top. THE HELLACOPTERS make Rock Grande again!

THE HELLACOPTERS - Sign With Nuclear Blast + Classic Album "Grande Rock" Available Digitally For The First Time!

THE HELLACOPTERS
Sign With Nuclear Blast Records!

Acclaimed Third Album Grande Rock Available On
Digital Services For the First Time!

+ New Studio Album To Be Released In Spring 2022 +

Legendary Swedish high energy rock'n'roll band THE HELLACOPTERS has signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records! To celebrate the new partnership, their classic third album, Grande Rock, from 1999 has been made available on digital services for the first time ever. Furthermore, the band has wrapped up the recording of a brand new HELLACOPTERSstudio album which will see the light of day in Spring 2022! Stay tuned for more updates!

Click here to listen to the album Grande Rock: https://bfan.link/granderock

A remastered version of the vintage video clip for the smashing single and long-time fan-favorite "The Devil Stole The Beat From The Lord" (taken from "Grande Rock") can be watched below.

THE HELLACOPTERS frontman Nicke Andersson comments:
"The excitement levels are sky-high over here at camp Hellacopter. I know I said this was never gonna happen but I was wrong. Once in a blue moon that’s the case and not only do we have a brand new album ready to be unleashed upon you, dear disciples of the rock - we also have the immense pleasure of doing this together with the finest of folks at Nuclear Blast Records. Good times ahead indeed!"

Jens Prüter, Head Of A&R Nuclear Blast Europe comments:
"I was more than happy to see THE HELLACOPTERS again at their recent reunion shows. To quote Dave Grohl from an interview at the Australian Big Day Out Festival (where the band played with the FOO FIGHTERS and RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS): 'The Hellacopters are amazing. They’re one of the best bands you’ve ever seen in your life. I’m telling you. It’s amazing.' Of course, at the reunion shows, I asked the band if they would also do a new album, but I didn’t want to build my dreams up too high. But I guess dreams can come true. Special thanks to Nicke, Robert, Boba, Dregen, and their manager Patrick for giving Nuclear Blast the opportunity to work with THE HELLACOPTERS. The upcoming album proves that they are still amazing. I’m telling you.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM GRANDE ROCK: https://bfan.link/granderock

THE HELLACOPTERS were formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson (vocals and guitar), Andreas Tyrone "Dregen" Svensson (guitar), Kenny Håkansson (bass) and Robert Eriksson (drums). Andersson is renowned for his work in death metal band ENTOMBED and Dregen from his main band BACKYARD BABIES. Together with THE HIVES, THE HELLACOPTERS are considered one of the most important and influential Swedish rock bands - they achieved two Gold certifications, won the Swedish grammy and a Kerrang! award, and have amassed 100 million streams to date. The Hellacopters reunited in 2016 and have proven an unstoppable force ever since, performing at Sweden Rock Festival, Psycho Las Vegas, Download, Hellfest, Roskilde, Ilosaarirock, and many more.

Behind The Scenes Of Grande Rock:

"In September 1998 we had made around 100 shows, after our previous album 'Payin’ The Dues' was released in Oct ’97 and decided it was time to record a new album, our third. We wanted to try out something new and entered Silence Studios in Koppom, the darkest woods of western Sweden, instead of Sunlight Studio in central Stockholm, which had been our main studio up until then. We were also one guitar player short. Original guitarist Dregen had just quit the band a few months earlier and since we hadn’t found a steady replacement at the time it was decided that Anders "Boba" Lindström would play second guitar as well as piano and organ. We had the intention of doing it all by ourselves in this remote residential studio without any distractions whatsoever. The basic tracks were done in only three days and then Kenny Håkansson (bass) and myself left to see The Rolling Stones in Stockholm. Nicke and Boba soldiered on and a week later when the rhythm section came back to the studio, most of the guitars and vocals were already done. When the album was finished, the touring for the previous album continued in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and USA/Canada for another 3 months leaving the record to be mixed without any of the band members present, also the only time this has ever happened.

"Grande Rock" turned out to be a landmark album and the first one of ours that was released simultaneously in May 1999 by four different labels in four different continents (!). Right before it was released we had recruited Robert "Strings" Dahlqvist on the second guitar who became Dregens official replacement. The Grande Rock World Tour followed and saw the band playing 130 shows in 25 countries.

Now, in 2021, 22 years after its initial release and since long a hot item within record collectors and only available through second-hand record stores, 'Grande Rock' will for the first time ever be out digitally on all platforms."

(And this is not the end of Grande Rock either, more news will follow.)

Sincerely, Robert Eriksson, THE HELLACOPTERS