Originally formed in 1997 in Lappeenranta, Finland by front man Kalle Lindberg and Guitarist Lasse Alander the gestation of The Republic of Desire as been one of steady evolution from a primitive industrial rock sound to the complex snarling beast that is the REALpolitik album.
Between ’97 and ’02 the band went through a number of line ups before finally recruiting ERK_Z on keyboards and recording their self financed album 2.0 Beta and the KVBER E.P., it was the KVBER E.P. that brought TROD to the attention of Ammonite Industries.

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