Sounds

The Sounds released their first album, Living in America, in Sweden in 2002. Hard work and ballsy brio ultimately paid off for the band in their native land, garnering them a platinum album, Swedish Grammys, and the requisite but unwanted tabloid coverage. When the album was released in the U.S. the following year, the band made its way Stateside and proceeded to sweat and pummel their way through gig after gig-as headliners; as the opening act for The Strokes; and as the buzz band on the 2004 Warped Tour-recruiting a growing and rabid fan base along the way. "We were really young back then," says Jesper. "We didn't know anything except how to tour and play. We came to the U.S. and did ten tours on the first album."