Teddybears - Devils Music (2010)

Notable for their eclectic musical style as much as for wearing large bear
heads, Teddybears were formed in Sweden in the early '90s. Although the
group - whose members also direct videos, short films, and commercials -
takes on a variety of genres including electronic, dance, rock, and reggae,
Teddybears' original incarnation was as a grindcore band.

Members Patrik Arve and Joakim Ahlund (who is also guitarist for The
Caesars) had met in art school in Stockholm, soon adding Ahlund's brother
Klas on guitar. In defiance of typical grindcore band names, the group
switched its first name, Skull, to Teddybears, named after a band from the
'50s featuring Phil Spector. After Teddybears' drummer left, the other
members relied upon drum machines, guitars, and vocoders.

The result was the electronic-leaning Rock 'n' Roll Highschool in 2000,
followed by Fresh in 2005. Signing on with Atlantic, the band's first US
release, Soft Machine, came out in September 2006 and featured guests Iggy
Pop, Annie, Neneh Cherry, Mad Cobra, and Ebbot Lundberg of the Soundtrack
of Our Lives. Devil's Music followed in 2010, starring the likes of Eve,
B.o.B, the Flaming Lips, CeeLo Green & the B-52's, and Robyn.

After years of silence, they returned in 2015 with teaser tracks featuring
reggae star Beenie Man and dancehall king Cutty Ranks. They released Rock
On in early 2016.