I wish I had the time to investigate! :-) Having many other musicial interests outside of rock, I try to keep an eye on non-rock artists as well.

I know I am missing out but I need to make choices. The cover was a good (bad?) reason to give it a miss.

As far as Sweden is concerned, although I always saw the quality in all these bands, I never really became a fan of any of them. My favourite was probably the guys who backed up Glenn Hughes in the early 90's ("From Now On", "Burning Japan Live"). I never really liked any of the Swedish singers. Furthermore, I always been drawn to the bluesier side of rock, which is something I never really found in Swedish bands.