Asoka
36 Years Later
Asoka was formed in 1971 and evolved out of the 60s group "Taste of blues". After a short but intensive period of touring and recordmaking, including their highly sought after first album, the members went separate ways and the group split up. In 2004, three of the original members rejoined, now in a blues band with no other ambitions than to have a nice time and make music together. In connection to a performance at a big music seacruise called "Rock at Sea", together with other legendary Swedish rock groups, the idea of a rebirth of Asoka came up. Asoka was born again, this time including some new members. The three original members together with the two guitarists from the blues band and a new singer became the new ASOKA. One of the original members wrote a lot of songs between 1979 and 1989 which were not recorded. These songs had a strong connection to the original Asoka concept and therefore it seemed natural to have these songs as a point of departure, a kind of skeleton that in certain aspects were modified and completed. Gradually the repertoire increased and in the summer of 2007 the group felt ready to show its new face on a record.