Music:
Member Since: 5/13/2006
Band Members: Basically, just me, Tor Aarnes Saether, my (semi-)vintage synths, my mics and my Macs.
Influences: Artists, in general
Rush, Kiss, Deep Purple - that's my all time Top 3!
10CC, A Perfect Circle, ABBA, AC/DC, Aerosmith, a-ha, Aimee Mann, Air, Aldo Nova, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Alison Moyet, Alphaville, Apollo 440, Art By Machinery, Asia, Audioslave, Ayreon, Bad English, Bel Canto, Bendik Hofseth, Big Bang, Big Country, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Blur, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Boston, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Ferry, Burt Bacharach, Camel, Captain Beyond, Caravan, Celtic Frost, Cheap Trick, Chicago, Coldplay, Counting Crows, Crowded House, Dalbello, Daniel Lanois, David Bowie, Deacon Blue, Def Leppard, Deftones, Depeche Mode, Dio, Dire Straits, Dream Theater, Dubstar, Duran Duran, Earth Wind & Fire, Electric Light Orchestra/ELO, Eloy, Elvis Presley, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Erasure, Europe, Eurythmics, Faith No More, Fiona Apple, Fish, Fleetwood Mac, Foo Fighters, Foreigner, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Gasolin', Genesis, Gentle Giant, Gilgamesh, Greenslade, Hall & Oates, Hanne Sørvaag, Hatfield & The North, Incubus, Indigo Girls, Iron Maiden, James Gang, James Taylor, Jane's Addiction, Japan, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jethro Tull, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Journey, Judas Priest, Kamelot, Kansas, Keane, Kent, King Crimson, Kraftwerk, Laura Stevenson, Laurent Voulzy, Led Zeppelin, LOK, Love, Madonna, Madrugada, Magnum, Marc Jordan, Marillion, Massive Attack, Matching Mole, Max Webster, Megadeth, Metallica, Mew, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Motörhead, Motorpsycho, Mr. Mister, Neil Young, New Order, Nightmares on Wax, Nik Kershaw, Nirvana, Opeth, Orbital, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ozric Tentacles, Ozzy Osbourne, P.O.D., Pagan's Mind, Pain Of Salvation, Pantera, Paradise Lost, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Gabriel, Phenomena, Pink Floyd, Pizzicato Five, Placebo, Popol Vuh/Popol Ace, Porcupine Tree, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, R.E.M., Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rainbow, Rick Springfield, Rickie Lee Jones, Robbie Nevil, Roxy Music, Saint Etienne, Saxon, Seigmen, Simple Minds, Slade, Soft Machine, Soulfly, Soundgarden, Spice Girls, Spock's Beard, Spyro Gyra, Steely Dan, Stephan Eicher, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Stone Temple Pilots, Suede, Supertramp, Survivor, Suzanne Vega, Symphony X, System of A Down, Talk Talk, Tangerine Dream, Temple of the Dog, The Alan Parsons Project, The Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Bee Gees, The Clash, The Doobie Brothers, The Doors, The Eagles, The Future Sound of London, The Human League, The Jam, The Mars Volta, The Nice, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Sweet, The Tangent, The Who, Thin Lizzy, TNT, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Tommy Bolin, Tool, Toto, Tracy Chapman, Travis, T. Rex, Turboneger / Turbonegro, U2, Ultravox, Underworld, Uriah Heep, Van Der Graaf Generator, Van Halen, Velvet Belly, Velvet Underground, Whitesnake, XTC/The Dukes Of Stratosphear, Yes, Yngwie J. Malmsteen & Rising Force - and quite a few others.
Keyboard players,
in particular
Jon Lord, Rick Wakeman, Tony Banks, Keith Emerson, Jordan Rudess.
Anders Rogg aka. “Leon Latexâ€, Andy Richards, Brian Eno, Bruce Hornsby, Bugge Wesseltoft, Charlie Elgart, Colin Towns, Dave Greenslade, David Foster, David Paich, David Rosenthal, Derek Sherinian, Don Airey, Donald Fagen, Elton John, Geoff Downes, Geoff Nichols, Gregg Rolie, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones, Jan Hammer, Jean Michel Jarre, Jens Johansson, Joe Zawinul, Jonathan Cain, Keith Jarrett, Ken Hensley, Kevin Moore, Mark Cohn, Mark Kelly, Mark Stanway, Michael Omartian, Mike Garson, Neal Morse, Nick Rhodes, Ray Manzarek, Rick Wright, Steve Walsh, Thomas Dolby, Tori Amos.
The great, mysterious Hermann Szobel, and last, but definitely not least, my mentor of sorts, Ketil Bjørnstad.
Some essential listening
Rush:
Power Windows (1985)
Rush:
Moving Pictures (1981)
Deep Purple:
In Rock (1970)
Deep Purple:
Machine Head (1972)
Kiss:
Kiss (1974)
Kiss:
Music from 'The Elder' (1981)
Led Zeppelin:
Led Zeppeliv IV (1971)
Tommy Bolin:
Teaser (1975)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer:
Tarkus (1971)
Steely Dan:
Gaucho (1980)
Marc Jordan:
Blue Desert (1979)
Hermann Szobel:
Szobel (1976)
Yes:
Fragile (1972)
Captain Beyond:
Captain Beyond (1972)
Rainbow:
Difficult To Cure (1981)
Brian Eno:
Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (1983)
Ketil Bjørnstad:
The Shadow (1990)
Dream Theater:
Train Of Thought (2003)
Metallica:
Ride The Lightning (1984)
Phenomena:
Phenomena (1985)
Dio:
Holy Diver (1983)
Black Sabbath:
Born Again (1983)
Queensrÿche:
Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Kamelot:
The Black Halo (2005)
Mr. Mister:
Welcome to the Real World (1985)
Electric Light Orchestra:
Discovery (1979)
Roxy Music:
Avalon (1982)
Bryan Ferry:
In Your Mind (1977)
Iron Maiden:
Piece Of Mind (1983)
Survivor:
Vital Signs (1984)
Pink Floyd:
The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
The Alan Parsons Project:
Pyramid (1978)
Dubstar:
Disgraceful (1995)
Air:
Moon Safari (1998)
Counting Crows:
Recovering The Satellites (1996)
Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello:
Painted From Memory (1998)
The Smashing Pumpkins:
Siamese Dream (1993)
Toad The Wet Sprocket:
Fear (1991)
Stone Temple Pilots:
Purple (1994)
Some essential viewing
Movies
Vertigo
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
Rear Window
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(Steven Spielberg, 1982)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
(Steven Spielberg, 1981)
Titanic
(James Cameron, 1997)
Cry-Baby
(John Waters, 1990)
This is Spinal Tap
(Rob Reiner, 1984)
High Fidelity
(Stephen Frears, 2000)
Fahrenheit 9/11
(Michael Moore, 2004)
(just to name a scarce few ...)
TV
Twin Peaks
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Futurama
24
Quincy, M.E.
Tales Of The Unexpected
Mythbusters
Some essential reading
Anything by Edgar Allan Poe, Knut Hamsun, Sven Elvestad/Stein Riverton, Øvre Richter Frich ... and Hergé.
Art I'd love to have on my wall - but never could afford
Hieronymus Bosch, Edvard Munch, Amedeo Modigliani.
Sounds Like: An eclectic blend of all my influences over the years. Maybe a bit like Prefab Sprout, Thomas Dolby, Alan Parsons, Nik Kershaw and 80s Rush.
Record Label: Black, Red, either will do fine. Oh, RECORD label?
Type of Label: None
