Lowrider

Lowrider is a Swedish stoner rock band from Karlstad, active since 1996. The group consists of Peder Bergstrand, Andreas Eriksson, Ola Hellquist and Niclas Stalfors. It is known for work that sits in desert rock, rock and stoner rock, with a sound associated with the Swedish stoner rock scene.

Career

The band forms in the mid-1990s, with Peder Bergstrand on bass and vocals, lead guitarist and singer Ole Hellquist, guitarist Niclas Stalfors and drummer Andreas Eriksson. In 1999, Lowrider releases the Nebula/Lowrider Double EP with the American stoner rock band Nebula. The release comes ahead of the group’s European tour in 2000, when it plays fourteen venues in eight countries and co-headlines with Dozer, while also performing a show with Spiritual Beggars.

Lowrider’s debut album, Ode to Io, appears in the same year as the tour. The album draws a divided reaction in the music press: it receives critical praise in some quarters and is also dismissed by others as strongly derivative of Kyuss. Kerrang! awards it the “Most Convincing Kyuss Clones Award”.

After a long break, the band returns in 2020 with Refractions.