Nine people were stabbed during the performance leading the group to release a statement about the violence at the concert. Their sold-out show in Ireland in 2012 hit the headlines for all the wrong reasonsĭuring a sold-out show in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, the trio's concert descended into "chaos" with a number of stabbings during the festival, leading many Irish Political commentators to chastise dance music. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on how you see it, Prydz refused to join the group as he was a self-confessed 'control freak' in the studio and couldn't handle collaborating with others, even his close friends.Ģ. When the trio decided to stick with the name they initially wanted Prydz to be part of the group. After several appearances together fans and friends began calling the group the Swedish House Mafia, and that's where the name came from. In the early days of Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell and Steve Angello's DJ careers, the trio would regularly play shows with Eric Prydz.
The group tried and failed to recruit fellow Swede Eric Prydz to create a four-piece Whatever you might think about their music, there's no doubt they changed dance music forever.īelow are our eight moments that defined Swedish House Mafia.ġ. Swedish House Mafia also brought their brand of radio-friendly house to the masses with sell-out stadium shows across the world, soundtracking a new generation of dance music fans who were hungry for theatrical clubbing experience outside of clubs.
It turned out Billboard was way off the mark, and there are currently no plans for the Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and Axwell to tour together as Swedish House Mafia anytime soon.ĭuring their 6-year whirlwind career, the Swedish trio achieved a lot - they arguably kick-started America's love affair with dance music and EDM and it into the mainstream (scoring ten Top 10 singles and even got a Grammy nomination for 'Don't You Worry Child'). Since the group split in 2013, rumours of a reunion are never far away, and last year they reached fever pitch after Billboard Magazine reported the trio would reunite in 2017.
They were the first EDM supergroup to truly transcend the confines of the dance music world.
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