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Magne Furuholmen was born on November 1, 1962. His mother is a teacher and his father was a musician. The family lived in Manglerud in Oslo. His father, Kaare Furuholmen, played trumpet in the dance band, "Bent So*lve's Orchestra." "Bent So*lve" was the name of Magne's stuffed toy, like a teddy bear. When Magne was only 5 years old, the plane that transported the band crashed outside Drammen (a town about 45 minutes south of Oslo), and Magne's father perished. His mother, Anne Lise, married again after a while, and the family's children consists now of one sister and two brothers, besides Magne himself Magne's grandfather was also deeply involved in music. There aren't so many young boys who've gotten to take over their grandfather's electric guitar, as Magne did. Both his mother and mother's father have steadfastly and devotedly supported Magne's endeavors to master music's mysteries. They have known that it is in the family's blood. In spite of his father's tragedy, Magne says today that he has had a secure and good upbringing. He's had a good relationship with his stepfather, and an especially close relationship with his mother. When he was 10, he met Paal Waaktaar, and they immediately became good friends. Their common interest in music played a relatively minor role until Magne entered 7th grade. It was then he began listening to such people as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Doors. Their total engagement (in their music) was a challenge. Magne didn't manage any longer to maintain only a temperate relationship to music. He had to make a choice, and he chose to deepen his relationship with music, even though, in many ways, this meant taking his leave from a social life with his peer group. Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix didn't completely fit in with the classroom or the apartment buildings in Manglerud. Magne became a kind of outsider. He let his hair grow and became a 'hippie' at a time when it wasn't 'in' at all to be a 'hippie.' When Magne was 15 years old, his family moved to Asker. This involved a veritable culture shock for Magne. . Magne Furuholmen attended Asker People's University in his home district. He became interested in music at a young age, and was musically influenced as a teenager by The Doors and Jimi Hendrix. During his school years, football (soccer) and music were his main hobbies. In the middle 70s, he joined up with Paal Waaktaar to form what would become the locally known band, Bridges (whose members finally jelled in 1977), which consisted of Magne (guitar, vocals, keyboard), Paal (guitar, lead vocal, drums), Viggo Bondi (bass guitar), and Oeystein Jevanord (drums). Previous to Bridges and from the time they were 10 - 12 years old, Paal and Magne had been in other bands, such as Spider Empire, Thala and the Layas Blues Band, Black Day and Black Sapphire. Bridges turned out to be their most serious band, and the quartet managed to compose, finance, record and release their first album, "Fakkeltog" ("Torchlight Procession"). Listen to the final track - if you can find it - called "September". A lot of self-promotion and hard work by the members resulted in 600 out of 1000 albums being sold. Bridges went on to give their first concert at a club called Chateau Neuf in Oslo on May 27, 1977. They were not happy with their performance, however, during which they had some technical problems. They met with somewhat more success as the warmup band for KjÃœett, Oslo's rising New Wave celebrities, at the venerable Dovrehallen, where the dance crowd waltzed solemnly to their introspective melodies. After finishing the demos for the second album, things changed a bit, however; when a lot of their equipment was stolen and it took time to replace it, the members slowly began to grow apart. The album was set aside and Paal and Magne went on to purchase new instruments and began recording on their own. Their work together was quite different than that with Bridges. An example was one song they recorded, titled, "All the Planes Come in on the Quiet." It was a very electric production, which had both members on synth guitar and keyboards. At this time, a romantic post-punk movement was taking place in London. While Paal played the role of 'bohemian artist,' Magne worked as a security guard for the Henie-Onstad Museum just outside of Oslo, and put aside his salary toward financing the planned trip to London. It was the summer of 1981, and although they had recovered their stolen Bridges equipment and recorded their second album, "Poem" (whose album cover was designed by Magne) things took a more serious turn, as both Paal and Magne had their sights set on London. Viggo and Oeystein did not have the same hunger for success. They were not willing to bet everything on making it in the music business. Bridges played together for the last time, and in November 1982, Paal and Magne - along with 10,000 Norwegian crowns, a lot of self confidence, and a dream - took off for London. Bridges was no more.The story of a-ha actually began at that moment. Magne Furuholmen is one of the members of that band. ( For more information about a-ha, go to one of the a-ha web sites - i.e. via the German a-ha Navigator.)From 1994 to 1998, a-ha took a break, and Magne dedicated himself to his visual art. Painting had always been his first passion, ever since childhood. His first art exhibition opened in 1989. Magne painted pictures and created sculptures, and his artworks have been exhibited worldwide. In 1994, he wrote the film score with his Norwegian friend, Kjetil Bjerkestrand for the film, "Ti kniver i hjertet" ("Cross My Heart"). Together with his friend and under their own label "Timbersound", Magne recorded an album called "Hotel Oslo" of the music they composed for the Norwegian TV series of the same name. In December of 1998, a new soundtrack by Timbersound for the Norwegian movie "1732 Hotten" (also released internationally with English subtitles as "Bloody Sunday"), which was very successful in Europe. Also in 1999, he helped his friend and a-ha bandmate, Paal Waaktar, record the third album of his own band, Savoy (formed with his wife, Lauren) called "Mountains of Time." Listen to the song, "Bottomless Pit", in which Magne plays clavichord. Since autumn of 1998 till begining of 2000 Magne took part in recordings of new a-ha album "Minor Earth, Major sky", which was released on 17th of april. It was an impressive comeback of a-ha. Album had huge success, as well as started in November of 2000 a-ha's tour.Family. Magne Furuholmen and his high school sweetheart, Heidi Rydjord, were married in August of 1992. Magne and Heidi have been together more than 20 years already, and started out as high school sweethearts. Magne loves his Family, protects them from the hordes and above all tries his hardest to be at home. An interesting interview once declared that while on tour,Magne sent his children letters and drawing via Fax to ensure they wouldn't forget him and it is no wonder that on the last tours Magne seemed more than a little dissatisfied. Magne Furuholmen was never ashamed to say how much he was in love, and show that men were capable of great feeling, and has proven that some relationships can last through the sometimes great upheavals of life.

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Member Since: 03/08/2007
Band Website: http://www.magne-f.net/
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

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The Official Community of a-ha: News, Concert Info, Tickets, Biography and Photos

http://www.a-ha.com/tour/The Official Community of a-ha: News, Concert Info, Tickets, Biography and Photos Shared via AddThis
Posted by on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:12:00 GMT

Shows no Brasil!!!

Três shows anunciados na América do Sul2009-01-26Tradução de Laerte LustosaO a-ha vai se apresentar em três shows no Brasil e no Chile em Março. As datas e lugares já confirmados são:25 de Março - São...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:12:00 GMT

ROCKFELLER OSLO 20/05/2008 - PICS!!!

      NEW PICS!! WOW!!!     TANKS JACK!! LOVE YOU, GIRL!!!
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 16:59:00 GMT

NEWS!!!

  There will be an interview with Magne in Aftenposten's Friday-magazine tomorrow(May 9). He talks about what impact the death of his father had on him, and how it has influenced his creativity ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:16:00 GMT

ENTREVISTA!!!!

MAIS UMA VEZ MUITO OBRIGADO AOS E-MAIL DA MINHA QUERIDA FERNANDA JACKY!!! ENJOY!! A-HA SAMMEN, HVER FOR SEG
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:39:00 GMT

People call me Mister Energetic

If anyone's wondering what it says on the cover, the text reads: (by Jakob)"People call me Mister Energetic" MAGNE FURUHOLMEN Big interview with the cool one in a-ha ---------------------------------...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:29:00 GMT

UM MINUTO COM O MAGS.

Um momento com Mags   "Quando conseguimos alcançar a cabeça e o coração das pessoas é quando eu percebo que chegamos ao ponto que queríamos"-Magne Furuholmen. Magne" Lifelines" é um álbum mai...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:54:00 GMT

ENTREVISTA NA ELLE MANN ABRIL DE 2008

MISTER MAGS ESTÁ NA CAPA DA REVISTA ELLE MANN . Magne is on the cover of the spring/summer 2008 issue of the men's magazine ELLE Mann. He was a special guest at the release party of the issue, held at...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:08:00 GMT

+ duas apresentações

..TR> ..TR> 20 mai 2008 20:00..TABLE> The Rockefeller Music Hall (w/Morten Harket & Savoy) Oslo ..TR> 21 mai 2008 20:00..TABLE> The Rockefeller Music Hall (w/Morten Harket & Savoy) Oslo ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:33:00 GMT

Agenda Magne 2008!!!

..> ..> 23 May 2008 20:00..> Notting Hill Arts Club London, London and South East ..> 24 May 2008 20:00..> The Royal Albert Hall (w/ Morten Harket & Savoy) London, London and South East.....
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:15:00 GMT