Mando Diao is a garage rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. Origin The roots of Mando Diao date back to 1995 when Björn Dixgård was a member of a band called Butler. Band members came and went and four years later the rest of the current line-up decided to take that project more seriously. Björn Dixgård and Gustaf Norén locked themselves up in a summer house and spent 14 months writing songs. The Beatles are their original inspiration source. Actually, Gustaf joined after he and Björn had talked all night about them. The two renamed their band to Mando Diao. According to the band, the name has only one meaning, and it appeared to band member Björn Dixgård in a dream. Recordings The now-renamed band made their first public performances in the clubs of their hometown Borlänge in 1999. A local writer described them in an article as the best unsigned band he had ever seen. This was soon followed by a record de