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Atle Skogrand

About Me

My love for music started at an early age. At 10, me and my buddy would write songs concerning strange new hairdos and girls we fell in and out of love with. We couldn't play any instruments, and we refused to play the recorder at school. But when I turned 12, a friend lent me a guitar, and a neighbour taught me how to play "Apache" by The Shadows. KABOOM! I was struck. My parents thought it was just another phase, but they got me an electric guitar for Christmas. I went on playing in various bands of various quality, flirting with most genres along the way. When I got old enough to grow sideburns, my songwriting centered at pop/rock. With Aladdins Cave, a band crammed with talent, I played the venues and waterholes of my hometown Trondheim. In 2004 however, I left the city and headed for the country. You might say I left rock and married country. And after saving an old mandolin from the scrap heap and emptying my pockets for a lapsteel in London, it became my savoir faire. Altogether, my music is a strange brew, but always with the melody floating on top.

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Member Since: 17/10/2006
Band Members: Atle Skogrand: Vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, electric & double bass, mandolin, lap steel, piano, Boss DR-5, percussion Guests: Eirik Myhr: Drums, accordion, Ragnhild Skogrand: angel voice, flügelhorn
Influences: Neil Young, Beatles, Kinks, The Jayhawks, Bert Jansch, New Riders on the Purple Sage, Velvet Underground, Brian Wilson, David Bowie, Tom Waits
Sounds Like: danish pastry and camomille tea
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

March 11th 2008: added a new song

Hi, I've added a song called All's Been Taken Care Of, just a ironic-self-ironic, rag-time tune recorded in the stairs. Yes, that's the out-of-water-fishtank in the background.-Atle
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:58:00 GMT

12/06/07: New song added!

Hello,I've been running through some busy days lately, but I managed to record a new song in a quiet moment. It's called Trouble Finding Reasons and was written a couple of months ago, on the 8th of A...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:29:00 GMT

Brand New Song!

Hi!I've added a new song straight from the woodshed. It's called "Two Hearts", and I recorded it yesterday and today in my home studio. Don't get fooled by the mellow intro and the title, this one spo...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:53:00 GMT

New songs added, old ones remastered...

Atchoo! Yes, I've caught the flu, but I won't lie down. I'm listening to The Arcade Fire, and I've uploaded some songs. Among them are two new ones, "Theft" and "The Waiting Game". "Last Night on Eart...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:31:00 GMT

tired of Christmas carols?

...then you should come to the Tribute to Rock- show at Blæst this friday! (Trondheim, Norway) I will be singing cover songs by Destroyer and Soundgarden, and there'll be handful of other great vocali...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:35:00 GMT

Lyrics added!

Hi,The lyrics of my songs have now been added. Have a nice week,Atle
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:13:00 GMT