James Band profile picture

James Band

James Band

About Me


Been around for ages now, really. Norwgian band. Have released 5 full albums: 'And' (12" 2000), 'Circles' (12" 2001), Beggars Can't Be Choosers' (12" 2003), 'The Electric Eel Has Got Me By the Brain Banana' (CD 2004) and 'It's Harder to Land Than to Crash But It's Mostly the Same' (CD 2006). EPs include 'Gesundheitswiederherstellungsmittelzusammenmischungsverhäl tnisskündiger' (10" 2000) and 'We Fear Change' (7" 2002). A compilation-cd entiteled 'It's Been Done' containing material from previous vinyl releases was released in 2002. Currently writing songs and trying to make Erlend's two broken arms funtion properly... Check out Crap TV for live james band clips and tons of other great stuff!

Add to My Profile | More Videos

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/21/2006
Band Website: jamesband.no
Band Members: Trond Breen - vox, guitar, keys (and what little programming there may be), percussion, sitar, flute, mandolin, harmonica... in fact way too many instruments he doensn't know how to play that well.Anders S Elle - bass, vox, some guitar once some years ago, perc, the odd synthesizer.Erlend Soerensen - drums, perc, vox. And... all of trond's instruments, which erlend doesn't know how to play either.
Influences: Jethro Tull, Neil Young (& Crazy Horse), Høst, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Primus, Gentle Giant, Soundgarden, Taj Mahal, The Band, The Who, CCR, AC/DC, Miles Davis, The Rolling Stones, Motorpsycho, Barefoot Jerry, Joni Mitchell, Charlie Daniels Band, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Return to Forever, Hellacopters, Beck, Dave Brubeck, The Allman Brothers, ZZ-Top, Iron Maiden, Bob Marley, Motorhead, The Faces (regardless of size), Aerosmith, Supergrass, The Ruttles, Mountain, Ravi Shankar, Aunt Mary, Rory Gallagher, Danny Elfman, Tom Waits, CSN, Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Free, Radiohead, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tool, Kula Shaker, Johnny Cash, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, SvartePan, The Byrds, Nick Cave, The Black Crowes, Cream, Humble Pie, Joe Walsh, Metallica, The Beatles, Timbuktu, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Alice In Chains, HGH, Änglagård, Muddy Waters, Ramones, Hayseed Dixie, Jeff Buckley, Steve Earle, Grateful Dead, David Bowie, Genesis, Little Feat...everyting we've heard and liked, really.
Sounds Like:visit last.fm for more james band music.
Record Label: bushda records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

substitute

trond is filling in for his brother, elvis, with figur flint this weekend. apparently they're aiming to win some competition of one kind or other. show up and cheer them all the way to the finish line...
Posted by James Band on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:25:00 PST

more gigs

doing an allnighter at vallhall hd's head quarters. bikers only i'm afraid. but prepeared jamming will take place in public at på hjørnet march 2nd. acoustic stuff. maybe some new acoustic stuff even....
Posted by James Band on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:39:00 PST

news jan. 08

we seem to be up and running again. we're trying out new songs and erlend is his old self again more or less. we'll be doing a short appaerace on the 26t, but we're planning a bigger 'return from sick...
Posted by James Band on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:26:00 PST

on his third pair of arms...

a couple of rehearsals with our stand-in-drummer and we're ready to roll. doesn't sound half bad really. drop by if you can.
Posted by James Band on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:30:00 PST

two broken arms later...

our drummer has fallen down from his roof and broken both his arms! still, we aim to please, so only one gig has been canceled. the three next gigswill be played with a sub: vegard l k. after the firs...
Posted by James Band on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:19:00 PST

stille, stille...

skjer ikke mye her for tida, og det vet vi, men det er ikke så mye nytt under solen. det er jo quart, da, men det maser liksom alle om. også var det noe greier i arendal 21. juli (ingenting med hove å...
Posted by James Band on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:12:00 PST

da var kulturnatta over...

...bare rester igjen.
Posted by James Band on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:40:00 PST

last fm & james band

a couple of our albums are now available for streaming at www.last.fm. and hey - it's free! (wonder how we're ever gonna make ends meet...)
Posted by James Band on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:25:00 PST

buying james band records...(how to)

ok... so you won't find our records in many stores (in fact, outside norway - none). but: if interested, we will send you cds by mail (not lps as they almost always get damaged however well one wraps ...
Posted by James Band on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:54:00 PST

the clash er egentlig sinnsykt bra!

etter intense runder med pop&rock-geni på charlies ble banan gående med the clash på hjernen, eller rettere sagt utdrag av enkelte låter på repeat. endte opp med å laste ned  samtlige skiver ...
Posted by James Band on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:21:00 PST