Charizma

The roots of the Swedish melodic rock band Charizma dates back to the late seventies when brothers Bosse, Goran and Janne Nikolausson formed a punk band called High Voltage. In time, as the brothers matured and came into their own musically, their sound gradually transitioned to a commercial based combination of melodic hard rock and guitar driven melodic rock. With a change in musical direction a new name was chosen for the band in Charizma, the name in question influenced by the Kiss song "Charisma" (from Dynasty). It was only later that the three discovered Charizma means Holy Spirit in Swedish. By 1984 Charizma had gained a significant following from touring Sweden, and when a Swedish bank loaned the band $15,000 in 1985, it entered the studio and recorded its full length debut Rock The World.
Charizma has toured all over the world including USA, UK, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, The Netherlands and Faroe Islands.