Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 1989

Members: Erik Westin, Imre von Polgár, Johan Lundberg, Hans Sacklén, Erik Illes

Swedish pop/rock band from Uppsala.

Watermelon Men came to be counted among the wave of Swedish pop and rock bands in the 1980s that was introduced under the name garage rock. That wave was documented on the compilation album "A Real Cool Time - Distorted Sounds From The North" and of course Watermelon Men is included. During the period between ABBA and Roxette, these groups still gained some attention outside the country's borders. Watermelon But they were among the more successful bands in the wave and they achieved great success in Germany and in England, among other places, they ended up on the cover of the then important music magazine Sounds.