The History of Reform I

Reform was formed in Stockholm in 1998 by Jesper Bergman, Johan Klaeson and Anders Bergman, who had played together from time to time since 1992. The gruop started out playing tunes from Miles Davis' early fusion period (1969-1975). The group then consisted of:

Jesper Bergman: Electric bass
Johan Glasson: Electric guitar
Anders Bergman: Drums
Mattias Lennestig: Rhodes
Ulf Henningsson: Electric guitar

Ulf and Jesper knew eachother from their home region, Skaraborg in the south of Sweden, where they had jammed together at numerous occasions at the studio, Alice's Restaurant (owned by Mats Jarl). Sometimes they were joined by Anders on drums, but Anders prefered reading books by Herman Hesse and watching Alfred Hitchcock movies so he had to be bribed (candy worked well!).
Jesper, Johan and Anders had first played together in the Bergman's basement jamming Jimi Hendrix. One time Johan got himself so worked up so he started to bang the guitar on the floor during an outrageous version of Wild Thing. At climax the cellar door swung open and there was Mr. Bergman (Prosecutor). He had just come home from work. He looked at Johan, closed the door and went back to work.

To be continued...



Enjoy!
Jesper