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Flunk

About Me


Based in Oslo, Norway. Singer Anja, guitarist Jo Bakke and Ulf Nygaard (programming and some vocal) plus tour and session drummer Erik Ruud.
Founded sometime around year 2000. Signed for Beatservice Records late that year.
Debut single Blue Monday (New Order cover) released April 2002. Debut album For Sleepyheads Only was released in late April. The band were invited to do a BBC recording session in London for the Radio 1 show «The Blue Room», and made their UK live debut at the Notting Hill Art's Club. Flunk are also signed to Guidance Recordings in the US.
US version of For Sleepyheads Only released in October 2002. The band went to London to play London Jazz Festival in November.
Second album proper, Morning Star, released in Norway in May 2004 on Beatservice Records. In the US it was released late autumn by Kriztal . The track Play was a feature track on an episode of TV series The O.C. - and also on one of their compilation albums.
After the Morning Star album, the various band members finished other projects and educational endeavours. In addition, the band toured the US west coast in the spring of 2006 and have also played numerous European cities such as Tessaloniki, Bratislava, Prague, Istanbul, and Belgrade.
The third album Personal Stereo was released in May 2007.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/19/2006
Band Website: flunkmusic.com
Band Members: Anja Øyen Vister
Jo Bakke (guitars ++)
Ulf Nygaard (programming, vocals)
Erik Ruud (drums)
Influences: Nice tunes everywhere, from Weatherwax High to Bristol via the arctic - but we're not really into choruses.
Record Label: Beatservice Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Buy .Personal Stereo. from iTunes here

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=220191458&s=143457...
Posted by Flunk on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:09:00 PST

Pre-order .Personal Stereo. here

http://www.beatservice.musiconline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp? id=32381&cid=&sid=...
Posted by Flunk on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:12:00 PST

NEW ALBUM .personal stereo. OUT 23 APRIL

Yes.
Posted by Flunk on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:46:00 PST

Live clip from San Francisco May '06

Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP9MsL2_qqs
Posted by Flunk on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:25:00 PST

KEXP Live session available at iTunes Music Store

As an iTunes exclusive, the KEXP live session from May in Seattle is available here:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewA lbum?id=193397070&s=143457
Posted by Flunk on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 04:20:00 PST

Flunk pix from Bratislava

Played in Bratislava recently, here's a link to some photos:http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.vie w&friendID=59264314&blogID=131249754&MyToken=e7fcf5b7-1a67-4 433-99b9-4d71d6732261
Posted by Flunk on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:12:00 PST

Flunk in USA

Back in Norway after a week in the US, playing in Seattle, San F and LA.Read blogs and see pics from the trip:http://web.mac.com/yomissbee/iWeb/Flunk%20Roadshow/Welc ome.htmlhttp://flunkmusic.com/flunk...
Posted by Flunk on Thu, 11 May 2006 01:39:00 PST