Per Gessle


This is Per, also knew as the brains of Roxette. Per is responsible for the amazing quantity and quality of Roxette songs.

When he isn't composing something for Roxette he's working in songs for another people, like Belinda Carlisle or performing another person like in The Lonely Boys. Further recently he becomes to working in his old band called Gyllene Tider, who can be consider the Roxette origin.

Here are something you must to know before consider a real Roxette fan.



Belinda Carlisle

name: Per-Håkan Gessle

nick: Pelle

born: 12th January 1959 in Halmstad in the Southern Sweden

height: 1,83m

weight: 78kg

hair: brown, originally blond. Nowadays more blond than brown

eyes: brown

Gabriel Gessle status: Per is married with Åsa Nordin (nowadays Åsa Nordin-Gessle) there's one year, but they're together more than ten. Recently Åsa have a nice boy whose name is Gabriel Titus Gessle. In a interview Per had said about the name be Ringo (the ex-Beatle), but I think he change his mind.

Per and Åsa family: Per's mother's name is Elisabeth and his father Kurt. Per has a sister called Gunilla and a brother called Bengt. Per is the youngest one in the family, Gunilla is 15 years older than him.

hobbies: collecting wines (he has two wine cellars), and playing tennis. He also reads a lot of collects records from the 60's

car: VW Golf

favorite food: sea food (lobster) - unfortunately I hate this kind of food...

favorite drink: anything alcoholic, but has preference for tint wine - a bordeaux claret

Gyllene Tider

favorite color: green

another things: Per hate snakes (Yes, I think is hard to find someone who likes snakes). His favorite author is Charles Hukowski the favorite actor is Jack Nicholson, his favorite month is September. Per likes very much to go to New York he's a Monty Pynthon's fan. His favorite item is a pair of brown Harley Davidson boots.




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