Date: 18.09
Written by: Bill Ribas, NY Rock |
Bigbang, Electric Psalmbook (© 1999 Grandspot Records)
Fitting that during this Olympic month there's a band from Sweden, and now Norway's entry, Bigbang. This 1999 release features former European skateboarding champ Oystein Greni on guitar and vocals, Karim Sayed on drums, and Nikolai Eilertsen on bass. The music is difficult to nail down style-wise. "Something Special," for example, shows the influence of late Beatles in the songwriting, but worms its way into a bluesy section at one point. "How Do You Do" has an early '70s feel to it, as if the song were written by Hendrix and Lynyrd Skynrd, and then performed by a Norwegian trio in 2000 using a Rickenbacker 12-string. The rest of the songs are equally idiosyncratic, off the wall, and refreshing in that it's a whole new take on music, and not a bad one at all. http://smallbang.cjb.net
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