Name: Joakim Svalberg

Instrument: Keys, vocals

Birth date: Feb 1969

Lives in:  Stockholm

Status:  in a relationship

Family:  Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister

Equipment: Hammond XK-3C, Leslie mod 3300, 2 Mellotrons M4000d, Mini Moog Voyager, Nord electro 3, Bongos, Planet Waves cables

Previous/other bands or projects: Yngwie Malmsteen´s Rising Force, HTP - Hughes & Turner project , Tiamat, elGamo

Website:   http://www.elgamo.se

Influences:  Gentle Giant, Edgar Winter, Buddy Miles, Yes, King´s X, Pink Floyd, Genesis (with Peter Gabriel), The Beatles, Be bop Deluxe, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Deep Purple, Faces, National Health, UK, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Robert Fripp, Wool, Manfred Mann´s Earth Band, Mysterie vox des Bulgares. etc  etc..

Drinks: Beer, Wine, Smoothies

Eats: Spaghetti Bolognese - my very own

Favourite Opeth songs: Harvest, the Lotus Eater, the Devil´s Orchard