The guys of Brainpool don’t care. Take it from a band who spent their first three CDs in their repertoire being pop stars. They’ve had success under various identities, and now that they’re supposedly older and wiser, they aren’t blinking an eyelid at calming down. Junk, their most recent effort, is a two–disc rock opera with very conspicuous political messages. Now that particular CD is out and making its impression on their native Sweden, Brainpool is writing a ballet with a working title of The Anthology of Failure, or Hail to the Losers.



Brainpool has performed their rock opera live with classically trained musical accompaniment from the Malmö Symphonic Orchestra. This major event in the band’s history was broadcast on Swedish National Radio and television, postponing the evening news, and easily adding to the reason why Junk – A Rock Opera is the project they’re most proud of.