11 Facts About Janne Stark

The band split in 1985 and Janne Stark formed Overheat together with former Overdrive-singer Pelle Thuresson on bass.

In 1991 Janne Stark participated in the national guitar competition Guitar Battle, where he went to the finals two years in a row, earning him tracks on the CD compilation Guitar Heroes Of Sweden.

Besides playing guitar in his ordinary bands, Janne Stark has made guest appearances on recordings by many bands, including Narnia, Blinded Colony, Faith, VII Gates, Chris Catena, Rod Chappell Band, Audiovision, From Behind, Zello etc.

In December 2006 Janne Stark was part of the one-off Sweden Rock All Star Band which featured Udo Dirkschneider, Ian Haugland, Ryan Roxie, Oscar Dronjak etc.

In 2007 Janne Stark released the debut by his new solo project Mountain Of Power on Grooveyard Records, dedicated to his influences from the seventies, such as Derringer, Moxy, Stray Dog, Captain Beyond and Budgie, featuring guests like Dan Swano, Bjorn Lodin, Thomas Larsson, Anders Johansson, Chris Catena, Jonas Hansson, David Fremberg, Mikael "Nord" Andersson and Mike Andersson.

In 2007 Janne Stark joined forces with Bjorn Lodin and Mikael "Nord" Andersson in a completely new band called incarnation called BALLS.

In mid-2008 Janne Stark started working on his own third encyclopedia of Swedish hard rock, which was planned to be released 2010, but finally hit the streets in November 2013.

Late 2011 Janne Stark joined melodic rockers Grand Design, who release the single and video of "Baby It's You" on 17 May 2013, a cover of Canadian band Promises.

In 2015 Janne Stark released the second album with Constancia, a re-issue of the first album by Grand Design and the third release by Mountain of Power.

In 2016 Janne Stark recorded a guest solo for Italian prog band Il Rovescio Della Medaglia on the album Tribal Domestic.

In 2017, Janne Stark joined Danish Thin Lizzy tribute band Falling Hazard, who released their first vinyl single I Lie Not and Old Town in 250 copies.