leslies was formed in 1993 in Kristianstad, down in the south of Sweden. Martin Berndtsson, Martin Engvall, Jens Fältman, Jonas Johansson and Tony Ivarsson, found each other and decided to play the kind of music they all did like.
After their first recorded demo in 1994 they got in contact with Tambourine studios and recorded a demo wich ended up on a vinyl single in France the same year. Later that year they got a recorddeal with a new label called H. Lime.
The record company began to release a compilation album called "In the limelight" ,HLR 951-2, with bands like able, pineforest crunch, leslies etc., wich lead to a single release "the limesong" ,HLR 953-2, with the leslies in 1995.
leslies recorded their debut album "Totally brilliant" ,HLR 962-2, in Tambourine studios, and it was released in 1996 and became a minor success.
During 1997, leslies wrote songs and in July & August they recorded their second album "Of today - for today" ,HLR 975-2, with Martin Sventorp at Hellrec studio, Kristianstad. The record was released in November 1997.
In november 1997, Vibrafon records released their second compilation called "volume two" Vibrcd 39. The record contains material from bands like the Cardigans, St etienne, eggstone, bob hund, Hideki Kaji, Jenka, Freewheel, Sobsister and many more. The leslies song is called "Sun in your life".
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