Jocke phoned Magnus "Adde" Andreasson, who at that time was living in Los Angeles where he had been a student at Musicians Institute.

Adde, who had formerly been the original drummer of Link and his own band Dorian Gray, accepted the offer and moved home to Gothenburg.

[1] During 1999 the band's second single "Someone Special" became a hit song in Sweden and ended up on the Top 20 of national radio music charts.

The song is an anthem to their hometown, and in February 2001 the two bands performed a joint set in Gothenburg where all members played together.

On Midsummer's Eve they repeated this concept when both bands were the joint support act for AC/DC at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg.

The album had a more laid back and polished feel than its action rock predecessors, and spawned two singles; "Shame" and "Mother's Love" / "Significant Other".

A festival show in Tokyo during the summer was also released on DVD[7] With this triumphant return, the band branded their new style as 'street metal'.

During their summer tour they played the biggest stage at Sweden Rock Festival, a show that would later be released on DVD.

In March 2009 the world's biggest heavy metal label Nuclear Blast announced the signing of Hardcore Superstar.

On 12 April 2010 they announced four potential song titles from their upcoming album, being "Last Call", "Sick as a Dog", "Won't Be Bullied" and "Sadistic Girls".

On 19 May 2010, the band released the titles of four more potential songs from their upcoming album, being "Lowlife", "Beat On the Bully", "Party Ain't Over ´til I Say So" and "Here Comes That Sick Bitch Again".

On 9 August 2010, Split Your Lip was announced as the title of the album, as well as a tentative release date, set for January 2011.

When the band performed a free show in their hometown Gothenburg on 11 August 2010, they premiered the songs "Here Comes That Sick Bitch", "Last Call for Alcohol" and "Sadistic Girls".

On 24 January 2015 the band performed a full headline set to a sold-out crowd at the Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, after more than ten years since their latest American show.

The night before they also played a six-song opening set for Steel Panther at the 2015 NAMM Jam in Anaheim, California.

At the beginning of March 2015 a second single was released from the upcoming album, Touch the Sky, and during the spring tour they premiered several new songs live.

A large inspiration for the album came when a fan in England managed to dig out old demos from 1994 with the band's predecessor Link, and some of the songs were 20 years old.

In January and February 2022 a fourth and fifth single came out, "Forever and a Day" and "Fighter", and on the eve before the album release in March the title track was premiered as a video.

Johan Reivén, who produced Abrakadabra and Hardcore Superstar, joined as a temporary live drummer for 2023.