Russ Ryden

Swedish musician, composer and lyricist, born February 11, 1960. In 1978 Ryden started the New Wave group Strasse together with Kaj Zack. The song "Den hotfulla kärleken" was one of the first Strasse songs to gain some attention in 1981. With Strasse, Ryden has worked with musicians such as Midge Ure and Mike Garson. In 1985 he released the single Rock The Night Away. Together with guitarist Max Abbey, as the duo Great Guns, they released the single Walk Me Through The Storm in 1987. In 1989, the single Midnight Angel was released under the pseudonym Bonowa Beat. Ryden and Abbey continued as Strasse in the 2000s with musician Charlie Storm, releasing the albums Transylvanian Flower in 2005 and Half Past Animal in 2009. In the summer of 2012, Ryden released the EP Repercutio.