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Catastrophes

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About Me

Once upon a time there was a little kid who grew tired of a boring and hopeless life in a cold and dark land called Norway. He spent his days drinking and dreaming of a better tomorrow. He decided to quit school at 18, and moved to London the 1st of january 2005. After earning some money playing at pubs, things started to get better for the lad. Only to be kicked out of his home in Manresa Road shortly after. He stayed with his good friend Paul and slept on his the floor for three weeks. He didn't have much money and his clothes were dirty and cold, but the whisky kept him warm in Aldgate East. No girl could love such a catastrophe and United lost and lost in the Premiership. "If I'm ever going to start a band it has to be called Catastrophes", the boy thought, looking at his empty bottle of scotch. He started to write songs and moved back to Bergen and Norway.On a dark night in late september he met 3 other lost souls and they drowned their sorrows in whiskey and gin.Catastrophes is about broken hearts, shattered dreams and rock 'n' roll. But it's also a tale about friendship and hope.

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Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2006
Band Website: nrk.no/urort/Catastrophes
Band Members: Vocals : Arne Håkon Tjelle Guitar : Lars Jakob Stava Guitar and tambourine man : Øystein Braut Bass : Snorre Sturla Lyngstad Drums : Øyvind Gloppestad
Influences: The Beatles, Oasis, The Doors, The Kinks, The Clash, Rolling Stones, The Sonics, Belle & Sebastian, The Strokes, The Libertines, The Thrills, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, Håkan Hellström, The Ramones, The Only Ones, Nirvana, The Jam, The Smiths, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, etc...
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Demos available for listening and download!

If anyone is tired of the songs on our profile, fear no more! 19 new demos is available here : http://catastrophesband.googlepages.com/home Songs 1-10 is on the imaginary album "Whiskyeyes and t...
Posted by Catastrophes on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:36:00 PST

Pogo like a bastard!

Arne is, according to resetstig, as good a singer as Øyvind Elgenes. Today has been a singing day, Arne has layed down the vocals for five songs, so everything is ready for Lars and snorre to do ...
Posted by Catastrophes on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:32:00 PST

24 hour party people

Snorre and Øyvind are fliriting with girls they dont know. Snorre is doing Sandanechicks, Øyvind is trying his luck with Haugesundchicks Neither is havingmuch luck.Today we've done the last backing tr...
Posted by Catastrophes on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:23:00 PST

Litago

Yup.we've just finished our movie marathon, flåklypa grand prix followed by 24 Hour Party People. Is nice. Recording today has been challenging, to put it mildly. We have used 7 hours to record Under ...
Posted by Catastrophes on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:14:00 PST

we´ll be back. stronger. really!

ok. we´ll talk with you tomorrow.cul8r
Posted by Catastrophes on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:51:00 PST

Who's not the only one?

We just drove our car back home and Geir, the real owner of this house gave us permition to play both Dylan and any other artists we damn well please. That suited us quite well. Soundtrack: The Thril...
Posted by Catastrophes on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:33:00 PST

Cindarella Made of Stone

  She says she's Cindarella And she lights her cigarette Meet me in my dreams To make love and forget You can never hurt me My heart is made of stone Ohh, sweet Ana I drink myself to you   ...
Posted by Catastrophes on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:52:00 PST

Pills and thrills and bellyaches

Whisky on the table, cigarettes lit and we're ready to blog your mind away. We didn't start recording until 3 pm today, but still we nailed two smashing hits at the box office. Kings of Rock 'n' ...
Posted by Catastrophes on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 03:42:00 PST

First day of recording!

Hellohello.We rule, two songs almost completely complete.MakeMeFeelAlright and NYCgirl will be ringing outof speakers allover the mountains of Norway this easter at all your favourite afterski-events....
Posted by Catastrophes on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:47:00 PST

we have dreams

we're currently in Lillestroem, Oslo, Norway, Earth, Universe and have spent the day making ourselves comfortable in the studio. We live in a house with Geir and his loveable daughter, and Snorre has ...
Posted by Catastrophes on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 03:35:00 PST