Stefan Olsdal

Date of birth: 31st March 1974

Nationality: Swedish

Stefan began his journey to musical stardom in 1987 by playing the drums for his school orchestra, but he soon decided he wanted more of the attention and switched to bass. Although born in Sweden he attended the same American school in Luxembourg as Brian, whre he was captain of the basketball team and a popular guy. Stefan followed his parents to London where he attended the Musicians' Institute. He bumped into Brian by chance outside South Kensington tube station and after discovering that they had alot in common, (and after comsuming plenty of alcohol) they formed Ashtray Heart. Although Steve played on their early demos, they needed a permanent drummer and Stefan introduced Brian to Robert Schultzberg whom he had played in a school band with.