The Legends was formed in January 2003 and the week after a gig was booked, supporting The Radio Dept. in Stockholm. As the band basically lacked songs and members the first two weeks were spent writing songs and gathering friends who could play, or wanted to play, in the band. According to The Legends the band play music that can't be placed in a genre, still they're happy to agree on Television Personalities, Comet Gain, Motown and C-86 as inspiration.

The Legends are nine persons who play drums, guitars, tambourine, organ, bass and sings. Many of the members have never played their instruments before which just adds excitement to the short and intensive gigs.

In 2003 and 2004 The Legends received world wide recognition with the hyped debut 'Up against the Legends'. Now The Legends return with an album that is bound to take the world by surprise. 'Public Radio' echoes of the early 80's and sounds futuristic at the same time. They mix influences from bands like New Order, Felt, Feelies and The Cure with their own pop aesthetics and turn it into something utterly wonderful and new.

From the debut to now The Legends have transformed from a 9-piece band to a one-man project. At least officially. The truth is that both 'Up against the Legends' and 'Public Radio' were recorded, written, played and produced by Johan Angergård (also member of Acid House Kings and Club 8). Johan explains:
"When I start recording an album I have a very clear idea of what I want to do and by doing everything myself the album comes out exactly the way I want it to. Involving other people might only blur the vision."

'Up against the Legends' was released on Lakeshore (US), PonyCanyon (Japan), Under Cover (France) and Labrador (the rest of the world) hyped for their upbeat and Motown inspired indie pop. Here's what the US press wrote about the debut:

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The Legends- Public Radio

1. Today
2. Hide Away
3. People Like Us
4. You're Alive
5. Air
6. He Knows the Sun
7. Something Good
8. I Want to be Like Everybody Else
9. Heaven Will Wait
10. So Much for Tomorrow
11. These Old Hearts of Ours
12. Do You Remember Riley?

"A solid, surprising album whose rewards are commensurate with the time you spend with it" 8/10 PITCHFORK MEDIA

"Indie pop in 2004 doesn't get any better than this" ALL MUSIC GUIDE

"The band members- all nine of them- build a retro wall of handclaps, keyboards, tambourines, sweet harmonies and chime-y, edge-y guitars" ROLLING STONE.COM

"Up Against the Legends is the feel good album that The Jesus and Mary Chain never made" FFWD Weekly