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Major Parkinson

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About Me

Major Parkinson is a genuine concept of alternative pop/rock. The music is basically agony and love all together boiled down to its most energetic form. Throughout the lyrics we follow Major Parkinson's twisted observations of his own reality. Family tragedies, sex, murder, agony and love is told through a catchy mixture of blues, punk, rock, pop, disco and feelgood rhythm. Listen and get caught!
The band has made a 4 track demo, and has also made a music video for one of the tracks, "Death In The Candy Store".In April 2006 the band recieved an e-mail from well known record producer Sylvia Massy Shivy (she has previously worked with artists like System Of A Down, Tool, Johnny Cash, Cog etc.), stating that Major Parkinson was her new favorite band, and that she wanted to produce the band's debut record. So, in June 2006, Major Parkinson travelled to Weed, California and started the recording of their upcoming debut album at Radiostar Studios, and it is expected to be released in 2007.In addition to playing numerous concerts around in Norway, here are the most important things that Major Parkinson has achieved:
The band won the Eggstock Festival in Bergen 2003, won the Bergen city final of ZOOM in 2003, played at Lost Weekend festival 2003. Presentation on NRK1 Lydverket. Played at by:Larm 2005 in Stavanger and 100% Osignat in Stockholm, Sweden 2005, and supported artists like Kurt Nilsen, Span, Ricochets and Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band. Played at Lost Weekend festival 2005."Definitely Norway's best unsigned live band!"
- Ola Brunius (100% Osignat, Sweden)."Like a spastic figure from a Hamsun novel, or a character from a Tim Burton movie, he roams from the stage and down into the crowd. The lead singer of Major Parkinson knows no limits."
- Ann Kristin Ødegård (by:Larm 2005 review, Bergens Avisen)."Death In The Candy Store is danceable and a bit wacky, but a true gemstone of a hit impossible not to be charmed of."
- Rune Mentzoni (musiq.no)."Its obvious that the lead singer of Major Parkinson is a born entertainer."
- HitFactory.no. "This is a band with potencial. Finally! It's intense. It's fun. It's slightly insane."
- Tina Åmodt (Lost Weekend 2005 review, Askøyværingen)."My new favorite band!!!!!!!!"
- Sylvia Massy Shivy (record producer, Radiostar Studios, USA).COMMENTS WITH SPAM CONTENT, BAND PROMOTION AND SUCH WILL BE DELETED, SO DON'T EVEN BOTHER POSTING THEM...
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Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Website: majorparkinson.com
Band Members: Jon Ivar Kollbotn (Lead Vocals) , André Lund (Electric Guitars) , Alf Borge (Electric & Acoustic Guitars/Background Vocals), Eivind Gammersvik (Bass) , Cato Olaisen (Drums)

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My Blog

New musicvideo out now!!

The musicvideo for 197 is out on youtube and myspace now. Hope it makes sense to you:)
Posted by Major Parkinson on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:37:00 PST

Our debut album release and new website construction!

Finally we can reveal the date for our debut album release! We know that it has been a long wait for our fans, but on August 25th the record will be in stores in Norway! Be sure to pick it up! And our...
Posted by Major Parkinson on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:42:00 PST

Major Parkinson confirmed to play the Lost Weekend Festival 2007

Today we can finally announce that we will be playing the Lost Weekend Festival this year! We will be playing the opening concert on "Lost Major", August 2nd, at 6:00PM. Hope to see you there! Fo...
Posted by Major Parkinson on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:19:00 PST

The Major Parkinson profile got hacked by spammers...

We're very sorry to say that there's been sent out many spam comments with our name on it. Someone hacked their way in to our account and sent out hundreds of spam comments to people on our friend lis...
Posted by Major Parkinson on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:18:00 PST

New song posted!

Hi, everyone! Today we posted a little taste of the upcoming album here on our MySpace profile. The song is called "Silicon Hips" and even though it's not mastered yet we thought that since everyone h...
Posted by Major Parkinson on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:10:00 PST

The album starts to take shape!

Hi, there!The recording is really coming along now, and we're almost done with all the instrumentation. Jon Ivar is currently tracking vocals and everything sounds amazing! And nothing is even mixed y...
Posted by Major Parkinson on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:38:00 PST

Studio Update!

Hi, everyone!This is our 6th working day in RadioStar Studios and we're making good progress! The drums were finished on the 3rd day, so now we're recording bass and guitars. The vibe here is excellen...
Posted by Major Parkinson on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:38:00 PST

Sylvia Massy Shivy is producing Major Parkinson's debut album!

We're very happy to announce that on the 28th of June, we're heading into RadioStar Studios, California, to record our debut album with the amazing producer Sylvia Massy Shivy. It's going to...
Posted by Major Parkinson on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 01:19:00 PST