Whale
At a point in the 1990s when grunge was giving way to Brit pop, Swedish rockers
Whale came up with a weird alt. rock hit that was played on near constant
rotation on MTV and became an unlikely summer anthem. Formed in 1993 by
television presenter Cia Soro, producer Gordon Cyrus and stand-up comedian
Henrik Schyffert, the band's debut single Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe exploded with
shouty rage and distorted guitars before softening to Cia's odd, cutesy, sugary
vocal hooks. The track initially found an underground, cult audience in clubs
across Scandinavia before winning the MTV Europ...
