Uppsala based SPELLBOUND, fronted by ex-BARRELHOUSE singer Hasse Fröberg, received excellent reviews for their brace of Hard Rock albums, but failed to stay the course. The group frst appeared on the 'Swedish Metal' compilation album in 1984 and issued their first album, 'Breaking The Spell', the following year, produced by Anders Helmerson. However, progress was halted slightly when Fröberg and guitarist Alf Strandberg had to fulfill National Service duty, both being drafted into the military for a period.

The second album, 'Rockin' Reckless', appeared in 1986, after which the band lost Alf Strandberg but signed to a new label following a split from Sonet Records and recorded a good album's worth of material. However, these recordings remained unreleased until finally seeing the light of day through the Rock Treasures label in 1997.

The band broke up in 1989, Fröberg forming SOLID BLUE and dabbling in covers act HIGHWAY STARS. Whilst Strandberg has worked as a session musician since leaving the group guitarist Jocke 'J.J.' Marsh recorded an instrumental album for a French record label and activated a fun club act FROG. He would subsequently join ex-DEEP PURPLE frontman GLENN HUGHES solo band, first performing with the star at his wedding reception. Marsh featured on the 'Addiction' album and teamed up with Hughes once more in 2002.

J.J. Marsh cut his first solo album 'Music From Planet Marsh' under the project heading ALBATROSS, first issuing it at concerts on GLENN HUGHES' Spring 2005 European tour.