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Anders Ringman

CHEESEVILLE, 2026 ā€” Welcome to my small corner of the internetwebs. For the past 25+ years, I've written and produced music across a number of genres, often alongside my long-suffering collaborator and good friend Chris Laney. Under the name PLATFORM, we've worked on albums such as Crashdïet's rather well-regarded debut Rest In Sleaze, Steevi Jaimz' glam classic My Private Hell, the sadly overlooked Laney's Legion LP, and not to mention the rock opera Dreams In The Witch House (with Lennart Östlund and Mike Dalager), a vigorous cosmic horror story which is best polished off in one sitting.

A frequent collaborator from the old days, who really ought to be mentioned, is Anders Lundquist ā€” a wordsmith whose ideas tended to arrive from elsewhere entirely.

However, in more recent years, my focus has shifted away from songwriting and full productions towards composing instrumental music and arranging. I'm now often brought in to add the final details ā€” the strings, guitars, piano parts, background vocals or whatever it may be ā€” essentially the small but necessary spices that make a track feel finished.

anders@andersringman.com




Discography

These recordings feature my work as a songwriter, producer, arranger, engineer and musician. Sometimes everything at once. For details, you might want to check Discogs.

About

Well, so I'm Anders Ringman, born in Sweden in 1970. Ever since my first KISS album in 1977, music has been a persistent presence in my life, and has shown no real intention of leaving. I'm a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist ā€” though, fortunately for everyone, mostly out of sight. Oh, I'm well aware that the snobbish display of gold, platinum and Grammy awards on my studio wall may indicate something else, but the truth of the matter is that I tend to linger behind the scenes where I can quietly contribute without alarming the general public.

Over the years I've written and produced music in metal, rock, pop, instrumental styles, and even the occasional flirtation with jazz. People sometimes call this "range", though I'm afraid it may simply suggest a lifelong reluctance to make firm decisions.

The name "Anders Ringman" rarely appears in lights, or even in medium-sized print ā€” occasionally in parentheses, and sometimes not at all. I'll admit that this has, at times, been a bit of a bugger. Still, I've generally been more concerned with developing my craft and doing things properly than with being noticed doing them ā€” a career strategy that has, for the most part, kept me both artistically fulfilled and conveniently unrecognized. Though, at the end of the day, I do like to think I still leave the odd fingerprint on the work, which is usually allowed to remain.

Live music? Well, it has been a respectable amount of time since I last appeared on stage, though I did once perform rather a lot. This included countless low-paid cover band gigs that were frequently dreadful and, somehow, still quite wonderful. I spent over 20 years as an acoustic performer (mostly as a duo), playing bars, cocktail parties, weddings, and corporate events ā€” usually to people who hadn't asked for live music but received it anyway.

Starting in 2003, I enjoyed 12 remarkably good years portraying my hero Ace Frehley in a KISS tribute band called KYSS. Touring with my best friends, putting on make-up and costumes, and playing our favorite music turned out to be a rather convincing version of living the dream. On a few occasions, I even made brief and slightly confusing attempts to escape obscurity by appearing on TV, performing with names like Lisa Stansfield and Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids), as well as playing with Swedish blues legend Mats Ronander ā€” and, improbably, a concert with former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent. This did, in fact, happen. It now feels as though it occurred in a different life entirely.

So, to recap, I'm generally viewed as an unknown, perhaps even referred to as underrated, musician which is a wonderfully low-maintenance reputation to maintain. The music is there, quietly minding its own business, for anyone curious enough to look.

And yes, if you've made it to this point, it will be painfully obvious that I wrote this myself. No one else would have the patience ā€” or the misplaced confidence ā€” to do so.

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