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About Me

In the style of pop/rock, the Norwegian/German based band Following Bob founded by singer/songwriter Vegar Nesset are at the moment in the middle of recording sessions and touring. Directing their efforts towards building an audience throughout the world with the release of an album and worldwide touring in mind.
So to all major record companies; DO NOT HESITATE TO GET IN CONTACT. They are also taking part in a compilation-cd (Norwegian Wood Music for China vol. 2) with the song “(it’s not) me nor you” released in China in December-07. They will also be a part of the compilation ACOUSTIKA vol 9 with the song "nothing seems right" bound to be released in the USA on the 26th of February.
Vegar Nesset; a professional musician/singer/songwriter educated at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, where he met Jan Erling Holberg (bass/vox), Leif-Magnus Lilleaas (guitars/vox), Peter Reckenfelderbäumer (keyboards/sax/vox) and Michael Schrant (drums/vox).
They have all taken parts in a number of musical projects including;
• The musical “Tonight” performed at London’s West End • Touring in Scotland, Germany and Norway with bands like Shadows and Lights (a Joni Mitchell tribute), B.F.B ( a Beatles tribute) etc… • The stage version of the musical “The War of The Worlds” in Liverpool • The world premier of Frank Zappa’s musical “Thing Fish” in England • Performance on German television with B.F.B. • Live radio performances on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) with original songs. • Cloud Nine, Miller’s Angels, Malempa, Sixtyfive Cadillac, Wir sind Helden, Henning Rümenapp, Ingi, Whistler’s pride, Perfect Blue Buildings, David Morell, Maria José Hernandez, Simon Barber and Alistair Powers.
WE ARE READY FOR THE WORLD!
MANAGEMENT: [email protected]

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Music:

Member Since: 3/8/2007
Band Members: Vegar Nesset - vox/acc. guitar

Additional musicians on these tracks:
Jan E. Holberg
- bass
Leif-Magnus Lilleaas - guitars
Simon Poole - programing/producing
Ingvild Hasund - backing vocals

Influences: a-ha, savoy, ryan adams, joan armatrading, tori amos, jeff buckley, the byrds, barclay james harvest, solomon burke, blue oyster cult, big country, ben folds five, david bowie, crowded house, china crises, clannad, the flaming lips, nanci griffith, green on red, grant lee phillips, thye boomtown rats, david gray, ian hunter, melissa etheridge, eels, steely dan, killers, mike oldfield, tom petty, kinks, cyndi lauper, level 42, aimee mann, john lennon, george harrison, paul mc cartney, the morrissey, muse, john mayer, magna carta, magnum, sahra mclachlan, jethro tull, victor jara, ramones, rammstein, radiohead, red house painters, elliott smith, the waterboys, toad the wet sprocket, thin lizzy, talking heads, james taylor, emiliana torrini, timbuk3, laura veirs, violent femmes, gillan welch, rufus wainwright, indigo girls, beatles, xtc, nik kershaw, the cure, neighbours, life, girlfriends, counting crows, elvis costello, tom waits, wilco, u2, the alarm, the beautiful south, the clash, leonard cohen, joni mitchell, kate bush, bel canto, peter gabriel, genesis, elton john, sting, duran duran, deep purple, rainbow, the hooters, manfred mann's earth band, bob dylan, bruce springsteen, pink floyd, alan parson's project, queen, etc...
Sounds Like: Following Bob
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

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Please feel free to look me up on facebook - Vegar L. Nesset. Hope to see you there:-)
Posted by following bob on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:09:00 PST

FOLLOWING BOB: EUROPEAN OPEN MIC - TOUR 2008

My first acoustic gig on my european open mic-tour was held in Amsterdam last night. Great atmosphere and really friendly people. If you're ever going to Amsterdam you have to stop by Cafè Sappho (www...
Posted by following bob on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:48:00 PST

"Nothing Seems Right" on Acoustika Vol.9

"Nothing Seems Right" on Acoustika Vol.9 "Nothing Seems Right" , and 20 other great songs/artists, will be found at the record Acoustika Vol.9 and released on the 4th of March! You can order your cop...
Posted by following bob on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:28:00 PST

SONG OF THE YEAR - 07

Vote for Following Bob's 'It's not me nor you' to be THE SONG OF THE YEAR-07 on My Space. This is a competition for unsigned norwegian artists. Go to www.norskmusikk.org click on the blue myspace symb...
Posted by following bob on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:25:00 PST

To all our friends

At 19.55 on the 29th of August 2007 we reached our first goal; 1000 FRIENDS:-) This could never have happened without you. Thanx for all the support and nice comments so far, and for helping us to kee...
Posted by following bob on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:17:00 PST