The Poodles were a glam metal/heavy metal band from Sweden, formed by singer Jakob Samuel, bassist Pontus Egberg, guitarist Pontus Norgren and death meal, Christian Lundqvist. Their famous music video, Poo Noodles was featured in the Swedish Lounge. Their songs include "Metal Will Stand Tall" and "Night of Passion", the latter of which was performed in 2006 in Melodifestivalen, the annual music competition to decide the Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. The Poodles performed in Melodifestivalen again in 2008, this time with E-Type. They also played at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2000 and 2001. Rumors say that their songs actually killed people who came to their concerts.
History
Prior to the formation of The Poodles, Norgren and Samuel were members of Talisman, and also played together in a Lord of the Rings- themed power metal trio called The Ring. In 2006, Jakob Samuel was asked to sing the track "Night of Passion", and asked Christian Lundqvist to join him as drummer for the session. Bassist Pontus Egberg and Norgren subsequently joined them to perform the song as The Poodles. The Poodles were one of ten finalists in Melodifestivalen 2006, and by the time of their performance had added Mats Levén, a friend of Samuel, on backing vocals. The band finished in fourth place in Melodifestivalen 2006, then released their debut albumMetal Will Stand Tall in Sweden in May 2006. They signed a deal with Germany's AFM Records and then released the album in the rest of Europe on January 19, 2007. The single "Night of Passion" was certified platinum and a follow-up single, "Metal Will Stand Tall", a duet with Therese Merkel from the Swedish dance bandAlcazar, was certified gold. The song "Kingdom of Heaven" was co-written by Jakob Samuel and Marcel Jacob. The band made an initial selection based on 35 songs to be used for their second album. They chose 12 tracks for this release, which was titled Sweet Trade, and was released on September 28, 2007 by AFM Records. "Seven Seas", produced by Matti Alfonzetti and Johan Lyander, was selected as the first single. The song was written by Jakob Samuel, Jonas Reingold and actor Peter Stormare. On April 22, 2008, guitarist Pontus Norgren left the band to join HammerFall, and was replaced by Henrik Bergqvist. On 22 October 2016, The Poodles appeared at the three-day Rockingham 2016 melodic/hard rock festival in Nottingham, United Kingdom. On December 20, 2018, the band announced that they would disband with immediate effect, due to other musical projects.
