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Dave Everley

"I kept telling myself that if I made it out of hospital I would sing for the rest of my life." After fronting Skid Row and battling cancer, Erik Grönwall is enjoying the freedom to do what he wants to do

Erik Gronwall portrait.

To say Erik Grönwall has had an eventful time since he left Swedish hard rock heroes H.E.A.T in 2020 is underselling it. The singer joined and left Skid Row, launched a YouTube career, and became Michael Schenker’s go-to frontman – all while dealing with a 2021 leukaemia diagnosis, which required him to have a bone marrow transplant. He’s poured all those experiences into his exuberant new album, Bad Bones.

"I had to ask myself: 'Who the fuck is Erik Grönwall?'" he says. "And I realised it’s everything I’ve ever done."

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