World famous band "Europe"

This article will cover the Europe group. Sure, many have heard of her. Europe’s most famous single is The final countdown, released in 1986 and included in the album of the same name. But if someone is not familiar with the work of this group, this article will tell you all about it.

general information

Europe was founded in 1979 in Sweden in the city of Upplands-Väsby. World fame brought the album The final countdown. The leader of the group is Joey Tempest. It would be nice to go over his biography, right?

Founder Biography

Joey's real name is Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson. A talented musician was born on August 19, 1963 near Stockholm. Before becoming famous around the world, he mastered playing the guitar and piano, was a member of various groups, until in 1979 he met John Norum.

Together they organized the Force group, whose name changed in 1982 to Europe, well known to all. In the same year they became the winners of the Rock-SM contest, the main prize of which was the recording of the album.

From this their path to glory began. They quickly became popular. Many dreamed of getting to the concert of Europe. Joey was not only an unsurpassed vocalist, but also a talented composer. He has authored such world hits as Rock the night, Superstitious, and The final countdown.

In 1992, Europe broke up, but Joey continued his career as a solo artist. Even working alone, he achieved incredible success. Fortunately, in 2004 the band revived, bringing inexpressible delight to their fans. It pleases the world with its creativity to this day.

Discography

Let's move on to discography. Below are the albums of Europe.

• Europe - 1983. Europe's debut album. It included 16 songs. Immediately after entering, he won the hearts of many and took 8th place in the charts of Sweden. With this album, they went on a tour of Scandinavia. The most popular of this album was the single Seven Doors Hotel. It was she who took 10th place in the music top in Japan.
  
• Wings of Tomorrow - 1984. 17 songs. From this album, singles such as Scream of anger, Open your heart and Stormwind became instant hits, and the second even attracted the attention of the famous company CBS Records, with whom they later entered into an international contract in 1985.
  
• The Final Countdown - 1986. 17 songs. This album brought Europe group fame not only within their country, it became famous all over the world. Three times platinum in the USA, the holder of 8th place on the Billboard 200 chart, a dominant place on the charts of 25 countries. It was an incredible breakthrough for the group. But they were not going to stop there.
  
• Out of This World - 1988. 17 songs. The album, which was not so successful but no less pleasing to the fans, included the single Superstitious, which at that time occupied the first lines of the world charts, which had already become platinum in their homeland in 24 hours.
  
• Prisoners in Paradise - 1991.16 songs. The success of this album has been overshadowed by bands such as the world famous Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam due to the growing popularity of the grunge genre.
  
• Start from the Dark- 2004.17 songs. This album helped the band return to world scenes again. The name was described as "gloomy but promising." However, after a silence of 13 years, it was a real breakthrough. The songs got heavier, which could not but surprise the fans.
  
• Secret Society- 2006. 17 songs. After lengthy performances, the next album was released. The severity of the singles calmed down a bit, but still did not disappear. The guys chose the course and their plans did not have to stray from it.
  
• Last Look at Eden - 2009. 17 songs. The album did not let fans lower their heads and feel sad for the long absence of new singles after subsequent, no less lengthy performances.
  
• Bag of Bones - 2012.16 songs. The album cover caused a lot of emotions among the fans. And not surprisingly, they had been waiting for his release for almost 3 years.
  
• War of Kings - 2015.16 songs. This album was not pure hard rock. Like it or not, fans can’t be held back by one “burden”. The songs were diluted in their own way with other notes, which added novelty to their work.
  

• Walk the Earth - 2017.16 songs. In the last album, references to Joey’s senior colleagues can be seen very clearly. He borrowed the style of play from them and used it in episodes of his creations.

  

Group Status Today

Musicians work to this day, in the process of creating new singles and new albums. Currently, the members of the group are Ian Hogland, Mick Michaeli, John Levan, John Norum and, of course, the unsurpassed Joey Tempest. In this composition, in 2018 they won the Grammis Award - the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy, in the nomination there were 5 participants.

Time passes, everything changes. Unfortunately, Europe is not as popular as it was many years ago. New generations are born, tastes and preferences change, favorites become history, new stars come in their place.

Despite their diminishing popularity, all the world fame and fame of the Europe group were honestly deserved by their unsurpassed talent and hard work. And the single, which was mentioned earlier, will certainly leave a bright mark in history.