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Ragnar Kvaran Group

you can't forgive what you don't understand

About Me

Legendary Ann Arbor Band produced by Ben Grosse (Ben Fold-rockin the Suburbs & others) and Ron Asheton (Iggy & the Stooges, Destroy All Monsters, Etc)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2004
Band Website: kurtbrowne.com/ragnarkvaran.html
Band Members: Ragnar Kvaran - Guitar & Vocal; Terry Vogel - Guitar, Vocal, keyboard; Kurt Browne - Guitar,Keyboard, Bass; Kathleen Asheton - Bass & vocal; Dave Whipple & Einar Kvaran - Drums; William Tobey - Keyboard; Fritz Paper - Sax; Bob Cronley- guitar; Ve Carroll - guitar; Tanya Dean - vocal; Dave Stanton - vocal;
Influences: Gene Vincent, Moby Grape, Electric Flag, Buffalo Springfield, Duane Eddy, the SRC, the Velvet Underground, Tom Verlaine & Television
Sounds Like: Some have said XTC, others have said Captain Beefheart. We prefer to think of it as a pack of wild dogs rummaging through someone's garbage...maybe.

Record Label: Stigmata, ATC, and others
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Dark Energy

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Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:48:00 PST

Declaration Of Independents

Here is a letter from Alan In Ann Arbor:Hey all--   In yet another strange twist of fate, here is a link to a Blog Site that has a download link to the entire Declaration of Independents lp from ...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:40:00 PST

Bury My Heart At Wounded Me

I just finished "Willing" by Scott Spencer. The book is described as a fellow going on a world sex tour. Frankly, that is quite misleading. It is, in fact, a lonely fellow who gets hit by a car and su...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:53:00 PST

Okay, a repost of the origin of the RKG

The Origins of the Ragnar Kvaran Group Current mood: ..bouncy Category: Music Ragnar Kvaran was born in Siglufjordur,  Iceland in 1945. At around age 6, his family moved to Sri Lanka. During ...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:36:00 PST

He Still Plays

On December 8th, 1980, we were playing at the Second Chance in Ann Arbor when we were informed that John Lennon had been shot. He Still Plays has a lot to do with that evening....
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:13:00 PST

A Field Guide to Architectural Sculpture in America

The following links take you to the architectural sculpture photographs of Einar Kvaran. Einar is currently working on a book that will serve as a unique reference to a form of sculpture that often is...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:22:00 PST

Ragnar Kvaran song This Dance by Standfast (Asheton, Asheton, Whipple)

This Dance is a Kvaran song that was part of the band’s set around 1989 90. Unfortunately, we never recorded it  not even live. Fortunately, Standfast recorded it in the mid 90’s. Standf...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:01:00 PST

Hannes and Trevor Kvaran

Since myspace has allowed for 6 songs instead of 4, I have uploaded a couple of Ragnar Kvaran cover songs. These songs come from folk singer Hannes Kvaran's wonderful cd, The Witness - The Songs Of Ra...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:38:00 PST

Obscure recording for Trevor

Buried Alive was recorded on a Tascam  4 track cassette unit in Ragnar's basement back in 1986. Most of these songs appear on other recordings both before and after that year. I have put these li...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:16:00 PST

Origin of the Ragnar Kvaran Group Continued

In January of 1979, Kurt was at Pontiac's Latino Ballroom, after opening a show for Wildman Fischer, when he spotted the word "TRUCKERS" on the cover of a Detroit newspaper called Spooee. At the time,...
Posted by Ragnar Kvaran Group on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:36:00 PST