Born under the original moniker Hardy Nilsson, Tommy 16 brought on their influences of Teenage Fanclub and Big Star to their home country of Sweden. Consisting of Urban Holmberg (vocals/guitar), Lars Hall (guitar/vocals), Jan Pettersson (guitar), Niclas Marklund (guitar), Mikael Eriksson (bass) and Patrik Sundqvist (drums), Tommy 16 soon found themselves being heard on the radio with the release of their first single appropriately titled “#1 single”. After signing with us Tommy 16 soon established themselves as Swedish pop icons with their first album Shauna. Followed by the singles “Racerboy” and “Come on, Come on (Please Let Me See It)” in 1997, their follow-up album, Rocking Big Buddha, came out that same year around the time of their first full-fledged Swedish tour.