Talisman (band)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Talisman" band – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Talisman
Talisman in 1994
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Hard rock
Years active	1989−2007 (reunions: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024)
Labels	Frontiers, Electra, Airplay, Dino, Empire, GMR, Sun Hill
Past members	(see below)
Website	talismanmusic.se

Talisman was a Swedish hard rock band. Founded in 1989 by the songwriting bassist Marcel Jacob and fronted by the American singer Jeff Scott Soto, the band released seven studio albums from 1990 to 2006, before going on a farewell tour in 2007. While mainly described as hard rock and heavy metal, the band's sound had also been influenced by a variety of genres outside the rock music scope, such as rhythm and blues, soul, and funk in particular.^[1]

After Marcel Jacob died in 2009, Talisman has reunited three times for one-off festival shows held in 2014, 2016, and 2017 with Johan Niemann filling in on bass. In 2019, to mark a ten-year anniversary of Marcel Jacob's passing, Talisman reunited once again to record and release a commemorative song "Never Die". Five years later, in January 2024, the band released another newly recorded song "Save Our Love", celebrating what would have been Marcel Jacob's 60th birthday and the band's legacy.^[2]