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Gandalf
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There is more than one artist with this name
In chronological order:
1) US psychedelic pop band. 1968
2) Mid 70s blues inspired Swedish progressive rock band.
3) Austrian new age composer/musician. Gandalf is a composer, musician and producer of meanwhile numerous album releases. His name originated from J.R.R.TOLKIEN´s cult-epic "The Lord of the Rings'. Gandalf plays a great variety of instruments (acoustic and electric guitars, sitar, saz, charango, bouzuki, balaphon, piano, synthesizers & sample-keyboards and various percussion) and blends acoustic with electronic and spheric sounds, weaves folk-elements into symphonic structures, creating his unmistakable unique style that made him become one of todays internationally most successful Austrian musicians.
4) Finnish melodic death metal band. Formed in 1993. Their first demo "Will Life Ever End?" (1993) was traditional Death Metal in the Swedish vein. Later material was more Gothenburg influenced with some Hard Rock elements.
In 1997 the band recorded an album named "Live to Suffer" and signed to Austrian label Dark Matter Records. Soon the band got an offer from Earache, signed to them and decided not to release the album as the result wasn't satisfying.
They split up in April 2002.
Gandalf (1) with the album entitled "Gandalf" was a 60s psych band from New Jersey/New York. The album cover for "Gandalf" is yellow and has a woman's face surrounded by flowers and butterflies. (Not to be confused with a death metal band!)
Sundazed records have recently released "Gandalf 2", a collection of unreleased material and demos found in the vaults of lead singer/writer Peter Sando.
Peter Sando still plays intimate shows in the Ringwood area of New Jersey, singing both from his solo work and songs from the Gandalf album.
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