Spiritual Beggars

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Spiritual Beggars <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:SpiritualBeggars1996.jpg </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Halmstad, Sweden</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Stoner rock</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1994 to Present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Music for Nations</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">http://www.spiritualbeggars.com/</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #b0c4de;" colspan="3">Members</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">Michael Amott Janne "JB" Christoffersson Sharlee D'Angelo Per Wiberg Ludwig Witt</td></tr>

Spiritual Beggars is a stoner rock band from Halmstad, Sweden, formed by Michael Amott (Arch Enemy, Carcass, Carnage).

1 Biography
2 Current lineup
- 2.1 Past members
3 Discography
4 External link

[edit] Biography

Spiritual Beggars was formed in 1994 by Michael Amott, the band was started as a side project after Michael left the British death metal band Carcass. Spiritual Beggars debuted with the self titled Spiritual Beggars in 1994, and have since released albums as Michael's schedule permits(who is also a full time member of the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy), including 1996's Another Way to Shine, 1998's Mantra III, 2000's Ad Astra, and 2002's On Fire.

A new album called Demons was released in Japan in March 2005 and in Europe on June 20th. Demons was released in two versions – a single CD version and a two-CD version, which includes live material recorded in Japan during 2003.