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Dregen (born Andreas Tyrone Svensson on 12 June 1973 in Nässjö, Sweden) is a Swedish musician best known as the former guitarist The Hellacopters and current guitarist of Backyard Babies and the newest member of Michael Monroe's band, replacing Ginger as guitarist. He is married to the singer Pernilla Andersson who is also the mother of his first child, a son called Sixten.〔http://neon-lights.info/news/michael-monroe-band-dregens-joy-of-fatherhood-and-ruisrock-2013〕 On 1 June 2015, the couple announced its separation.〔http://www.expressen.se/noje/dregen-och-pernilla-andersson-separerar/〕 He is still a member of Backyard Babies, claiming in an interview with Rocksverige.se that the band will come together later and be stronger than ever.〔http://rocksverige.zitiz.se/intervjuer/2011/09/17/intervju-dregen-om-backyard-babies-soloskivan-och__54666〕 Dregen will release his own autobiography in the autumn of 2013〔http://www.dregen.se/index.asp?sida=blahblahblah&s=81〕 ==History== Dregen formed the Backyard Babies with his childhood friends Nicke Borg, Peder Carlsson and Johan Blomqvist in their own town of Nässjö, Sweden. The band moved to Stockholm to pursue wider success. The group signed a record deal and released their debut album ''Diesel & Power'' in 1994. Also in 1994, Dregen met singer and guitarist Nicke Andersson who at that time played drums with Swedish death metal outfit Entombed. Together they formed another band, The Hellacopters. The Hellacopters found success in 1996 with their album ''Supershitty to the Max!'', which won a Grammis. It was followed in 1997 by the record ''Payin' the Dues''. The band also toured with KISS. That same year, Backyard Babies released another Grammis winning album – ''Total 13''. By the end of the 1990s, Dregen decided to leave The Hellacopters and focused on recording and performing with Backyard Babies.〔 p. 66-73〕 The album ''Making Enemies is Good'' was released in 2001, and Backyard Babies were awarded another Grammis. They toured the world several times and even also did a European tour opening up for AC/DC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Music Might )〕 Since then, the band have released a number of EPs, singles and albums such as ''Stockholm Syndrome'', ''People Like People Like People Like Us'', ''Backyard Babies'' and ''Them XX''. The later resulted in an anniversary tour in 2010, following which the band announced an indefinite hiatus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Blabbermouth.net )〕 In May 2011 Dregen also joined Michael Monroe, from former band Hanoi Rocks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Blabbermouth.net )〕 Monroe, writing on his website, said As of July 2011, Dregen was working on his first solo album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Blabbermouth.net )〕 It was released in September 2013 as ''Dregen''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dregen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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