Bonafide (band)

[1] Releasing their eponymous debut album the following year and playing two shows at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2008, as well as opening for bands like Deep Purple, Quireboys, and Status Quo, quickly brought them a nationwide audience.

After the addition of guitarist Mikael Fässberg (from original Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno's touring band) [1][2] and drummer Sticky Bomb (real name Per-Åke Holmberg, from Kriminella Gitarrer, Wilmer X and Torsson), a revised version with a few new songs was released in October 2007.

The following year, 2008, saw the band playing two shows at the Sweden Rock Festival, one of them in place of former Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach, who cancelled his appearance at short notice.

[1] Drummer Sticky Bomb was replaced for a tour of Spain in the spring of 2010 by Niklas Matsson (from Backdraft and Raging Slab),[1] who became a permanent member later in the year.

Original bass player Micke Nilsson quit the band in the fall of 2011 and was replaced by Martin Ekelund (from Waterdog),[2] who made his recording debut during 2012 on the third full-length album, Ultimate Rebel,[6] recorded during February[7] at Gig Studios in Stockholm with engineer Conny Wall (Electric Boys, Ane Brun, Imperial State Electric).