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The Violent Years

About Me


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The Violent Years dwell in deepest southern Norway amidst the sea, woods and bible belt. Their songs are made of an anxious bitter sweet unrequited Love inspired by a contrasting backdrop of natural beauty and the highest rate of depression in the country.
Their sounds lean towards American Folk and British Pop.


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contact/booking: [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/04/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/theviolentyears
Band Members: Kenneth Bringsdal (gitar, vok) Kjetil W. Sjølingstad (piano) Andreas Hoff (gitar) Per Bertrand (drums) Jack van der Hagen (kontrabass)
Influences: Nick Cave, Steve Earle, The Beatles, 16HP, Kjell Askildsen, Franklin Farr, Bruce Springsteen, Hank Williams, Joy Division --
Sounds Like:

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My Blog

Recording

We set out to record our debut album during the next month. Location: MandalObjective: Record 25 (?) TracksApprox. duration: 2 discsExpected Moods:
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:30:00 GMT

New song

The fall came to Mandal this morning and made me start thinking about theforthcoming recordings. A taste of a late summer night Kenneth in Verdenzromme studio is this new song (with some improvisional...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:19:00 GMT

Reviews from Netherlands

Bathroomsessions in Rotterdam, June 25thLive from db's Studio in Utrecht, June 26th
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:16:00 GMT

Previous concerts (overview)

200801.08.2008 Storåsfestivalen26.06.2008 dB Studio, Utrecht (NL)24.06.2008 Kinky Star Club, Ghent (BE)23.06.2008 Kulturpalast Linden e.v., Hannover (DE)21.06.2008 Pörx, Fete de la Musique, Berlin (DE...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:56:00 GMT

Recordreviews

Reviews!Fædrelandsvennen 06.05.08 The Violent Years  - The Violent Years EP (Terningkast 5)(Playground) Hjertelig velkommen!  Du verden så herlig det er få høre disse låtene igjen. De dan...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:12:00 GMT

German reviews (reviews in German)

For non-german readers: The reviews underneath can be somewhat translated using babelfish ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------From Orange Blossom Special (G...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:27:00 GMT

Reviews & interview from by:larm (feb. 2008)

Norwegian conference/festival by:larm is over. We did two gigs at Rockefeller and Sentrum Scene. Interview & reviews beneath:- Jello Biafra meets Violent Years- It's a trap - Scandinavian Music Jo...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:57:00 GMT

contact/booking

For bookingrequests or plain fan-mail:violentyears[at]gmail.com
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:28:00 GMT

Credits

Inco_Gnito is a good friend of us. Beside being an futuristic aeroartist and the oldest man in the world, he is also the maker of the current background of our page and most cover/posterdesign. Watch ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:02:00 GMT

Woven Hand, violent years, norge

tre raske dager er over og litt til. mange gode opplevelser og lærdommer på denne korte turen. her er de anmeldelsene jeg har fått med meg så langt -- -- stavanger, PULS.no --   &n...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:29:00 GMT