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Led by keyboardist and vocalist Mecki Bodemark, Mecki Mark Men are considered one of the first big Swedish psychedelic acts. They released an eponymous album in 1968, but soon after the members all went their separate ways (going on to help found other seminal Swedish bands such as Parson Sound). Due to label pressure, however, Bodemark found himself forming a new iteration of the band, essentially the [artist[Baby Grandmothers with him on vocals and Hammond organ. In 1968, they were the supporting act for The Mothers of Invention at Stockholm’s Concert House, as well as for Jimi Hendrix during his Swedish tour.
In 1969 the band released a second album called Running in the Summer Night, made a number of live television appearances and were part of the Swedish cast of the popular musical Hair. The following year, they went on a U.S. tour and played at rock festivals alongside The Byrds, Jethro Tull, and others. Unfortunately, however, the tour ended in chaos. They had stayed there for three months despite their visas only being valid for six weeks; they were also stuck in a hotel room that they could not afford. So they made a deal with their manager, returned home, and paid their debts by recording a third album, called Marathon. This second lineup of the band then dissolved, with most of the cast resurfacing as Kebnekajse. A fourth album was released in 1979 under the original name, despite Mecki Bodemark featuring as the only original member.
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