THE EARLY DAYS
 The story of Belltown goes back to the summer of 1997 when the two friends Christian  Lundqvist  (guitar) & Peter Ravakko (vocals) felt that it was time to put together an  intensive rock band, with the heaviness &  the groove from the 70's and the melodies &  hooks from the 90's.

 The two men begun to write some song with the drummer at the time, Jonas Olander  from Swedish emo-rockers "Eyeflower". Just a couple of weeks later Daniel Palm (guitar)  hooked up with the guys and their common interest for heavy music resulted in Daniel  joining Belltown. This also resulted in Christian going back to play his real instrument;  bass. The band kept writing more songs, but they also begun the search for a new  drummer as Jonas had to leave Belltown to concentrate on his real band "Eyeflower".

 This wasn't an easy thing, but in December of 1997 a young man called Damir Banic  steped into Belltowns rehearsal studio and litterary played the shit out of the guys.  Belltown was now a fact, completed by four hungry musicians. During the first couple of  months of 1998 Belltown nearly lived in their rehearsal studio, trying to find their own  sound. But in April Peter decided to leave to band. This is where Belltown as a trio starts.

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