The story of Carnival Sun began in mid
2004, when Hall asked Jesper to let go of all their current band projects,
make a fresh start, and form a band playing the music they wanted to play
without compromises. Carnival Sun is all about hard, loud, balls-out heavy
rock and roll. Hall and Jesper had been playing in various constellations
together for years and years, but lately the situation had stagnated. A few
jams later however, they were both convinced. The concept of the band slowly
began to take shape, as they started to look for additional members (which
would turn out to be time-consuming and easier said than done).
It just so happened that the voice of Carnival Sun was waiting sort of just
around the corner. Hall met Niklas at Sweden Rock Festival ‘04, where Hall
recognized him as “the other guy with long hair” from university. Niklas had
a similar taste in music and shared a similar musical background, him too
having played in several bands (more notably Blinded Colony). This was even
before the first Carnival Sun-jams, and they actually discussed forming a
band together. Foolishly enough, they never exchanged phone numbers, and it
wasn’t until March 2005 they ran into each other the next time.
Wise from experience, they quickly swapped numbers. Shortly afterwards,
Niklas was introduced to Jesper when Niklas hosted an evening of drinking,
which his neighbours probably haven’t forgotten about yet. An audition was
set up, where the three-piece ripped through a few rock classics – and so,
Niklas was the vocalist of Carnival Sun.
In early 2006, Carnival Sun decided to step into the studio to record some
material, despite not having found a permanent bass player. The recording
took place in May, and the bass was recorded by Hall. The result was
entitled “Beggars & Boozehounds”, and featured the songs “Sentenced to
Hell”, “Wicked Ways”, and “Soul for Sale”. This leaves us where we are
today, still searching for the right bass player to fill the slot.