Vigilante started playing guitar at the age of ten and was influenced by bands such as Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys and local Swedish punk bands. Vigilante usually plays Epiphone Coronet guitars and uses Divided by 13 and Fender amplifiers.
Vigilante helped to form The Hives in 1993. An early stage name of his, Barely Legal, was used as the title of their debut LP in 1997. He has been a member of said band ever since.
Vigilante had a short summer job at Cronimet somewhere around 1995-2000 with Reijo Jokiniemi as his mentor.

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