History

Formation

Eskobar has its roots in the early 1990s when Daniel Bellqvist left his band to join Frederik Zäll’s band called FOF (an acronym for "Fish Or Fantasy?") in 1994. The two musicians had previously met in their high school band class. In their incarnation as FOF, Daniel played bass while Frederik played guitar, and since Grunge was the popular musical style of the time, the band settled on this genre as their signature style. During this time the band also changed its name to Cripplefish.

Getting signed

After a year floundering with Swedish record label MNW, the band recorded a three track demo in 1998 that was shuffled from EMI to Sony Publishing, where Sony eventually agreed to finance a ten song demo. This critical demo ultimately became a watershed moment for the band: one of the ten songs, "Tumbling Down", had a sound that set it apart from the other nine. Instead of being of a derived style like all of the band's previous songs, for the first time in Eskobar's history, this song demonstrated the band was capable of originality. The other nine songs were discarded, and a newer more free-flowing set of songs was recorded. This demo saw the band signed with V2 Music where they took the name Small Change.

Fame

"Someone New," a duet with Heather Nova released in 2002, was an international hit and has since taken on a life of its own — at one point a Belgian girl's choir (Scala with the Kolacny brothers) even did a version of the song. The success of the song has been attributed to the "Someone New" music video, which also featured Heather Nova, and made its rounds on the European music television channels. Although both artists are still primarily known in Europe, the popularity of "Someone New" saw Eskobar and Heather Nova's fan base reach America through MTV.

Discography

Albums

• Eskobar (May 3rd 2006)
• A Thousand Last Chances (2004)
• There's Only Now (2001)
• Til We're Dead (2000)

Singles

• Devil Keeps Me Moving (2006)
• Persona Gone Missing (2006)
• Even If You Know Me (2005)
• You Got Me (2004)
• Bring The Action (2004)
• Love Strikes (3" CD) (2003)
• Love Strikes (2003)
• Singles Collection Volume Two (Box) (2003)
• Singles Collection Volume One (Box) (2003)
• Love Strikes" (2003)
• Move On" (2002)
• On The Ground (2002)
• Someone New (2002)
• Tell Me I'm Wrong (2001)
• Into Space (2001)
• Tumbling Down (Dead Mono Version) (2001)
• Counterfeit EP (2000)
• Tumbling Down (2000)
• Good Day For Dying (2000)
• On A Train (7" Vinyl) (2000)
• On A Train (1999)
• Promo Single (7" Vinyl) (1999)