Gyllene Tider is a Swedish pop band. Gyllene Tider means 'Golden Age' in English. Few Swedes have not heard the song "Sommartider", oft-heard during the late spring and early summer. The band is well-known for its catchy choruses and light-weight lyrics.
In 1977, Per Gessle met Mats Persson , a member of the band Audiovisuellt Angrepp , forming the duo Grape Rock . Later Micke Andersson , Anders Herrlin and Göran Fritzson joined and the quintet was born.
1978 - The band had become a group of local celebrities in Halmstad for their Christmas-concerts. They took advantage of this and released their quite rare yellow vinyl Gyllene Tider. The record sold in about 900 copies.
In 1979, the LP Gyllene Tider was released, becoming a huge success in Sweden. Flickorna pĺ TV2 was the biggest hit on that album. The group's name was changed to Gyllene Tider.
The second album was released in 1981 under the name Moderna Tider and also enjoyed success. It was followed up by a national tour. The next year Puls was released with the hit Sommartider.
The group tried to break through to the American market in 1984 with the album Heartland Café under the name Roxette. But it failed and the album flopped.
In 1989 the group officially broke up. But in the years following a few "Greatest hits" albums were released and a few reunions took place, in particular their immensely popular comeback tour in 1996.
In 2004 the band celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary with the first new album after 20 years and a big summer tour in July and August.
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