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Welcome to The Official Oxygen MySpace page. Here is the story of the band who became popular in Hallingdal, Norway, in the year 1996 to 1999

Oxygen was first formed in 1996 by Kjetil Moslåtten and Torleif Klepp, who would soon join up with the guitar buddy Terje Skår on bass, Espen Hermansen on keyboards, drummer Eirik Skår, and vocalist Espen Mortensen. They did some gigs together and quickly obtained the mark as a "flinkis"(technical good) band. Things were going well but Espen Mortensen and Eirik SKår would soon be replaced with drummer Geir Steen and Torleif Klepp, who played guitar, on vocals (kind of a similar appreciation as Genesis - where Collins replaced Gabriel).

The new line-up where called Oxygen Required (a title picked out of a frase from the tv-show "Cracker"). The band played several gigs and was now a hot topic in local newspapers and similar. They did festivals and local arrangements. Terje Skår, who were a guitarist from the original, left the band with the replacement of Jostein Fingarsen on bass. The success carried on with countless gigs, a demo, radio and a tour to another county. Oxygen Required was now only known as Oxygen. The story of this band could have been longer...but after the contribution on a cd release Høgt og lågt" Oxygen split. The members were musically going in different directions. The band members has done some "reunions" on various events but never with the complete band .. who knows .. maybe one day!?
Oxygen - 1996 to 1999

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Member Since: 5/13/2006
Band Members:

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Torleif Klepp - Vocal

Espen Hermansen - Piano and Keyboard

Kjetil Moslåtten - Guitar

Jostein Fingarsen - Bass

Geir Steen - Drums

Terje Skar - Bass (ex)


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The original opening for

The version of "Right or Wrong" that you can hear through our MySpace MP3 player is an edit which Espen and Torleif did in May 2006. The original demo includes a "Prog-ish" intro composed by...
Posted by Oxygen on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:12:00 PST

Wedding Festivities

 Reunion? Comeback? This has always been a subject among the members of Oxygen ... but at writing date the talk has not become reality. That is; at different events they have tried and somehow pa...
Posted by Oxygen on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:08:00 PST

"Bullet Me" and "Right or Wrong" Live Video

Oxygen live @ Nesbyen Kulturhus 1998 performing "Bullet Me" and "Right or Wrong". The performance is captured live at the "Nes on the rocks" show/concert   ...
Posted by Oxygen on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:48:00 PST

"Move Your Body"

Here is a funny video of Oxygen performing "Move You Body" with Torleif as Bill Clinton and Birgit Høva as Hillary. This was captured live back in 1998 when Clinton, his cigar and Monica Lewinsky stil...
Posted by Oxygen on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:24:00 PST

Oxygen with Birgit Høva

Oxygen often performed with Birgit Høva on guest vocals. Here are "Good man, good girl" captured live in 1998 at the "Nes On The Rocks" show/concert         &nbs...
Posted by Oxygen on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:27:00 PST

"Georgy Porgy"

Here is a video clip captured live @ Nesbyen Kulturhus in 1998. The clip was recorded during the "Nes On The Rocks" show/concert which was produced and directed by Kjetil Moslåtten og Torleif Kle...
Posted by Oxygen on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:42:00 PST

Espen Hermansen

Espen is the uncrownes piano master from Hurum. He has played in countless groups and ensambles and has establish a role as a chameleon in music; he can fit right into all kinds of genres. Besides Oxy...
Posted by Oxygen on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:38:00 PST

Geir Steen

                       Geir Steen is the kind of drummer who every musicians wants to play with - he ...
Posted by Oxygen on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:33:00 PST

Torleif Klepp

The vocal story of Oxygen is kind of similar to Genesis: the guitarist become the lead singer when the previous vocalist quit. There were no auditions because the "voice" was already within the b...
Posted by Oxygen on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:15:00 PST

Jostein Fingarsen

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Posted by Oxygen on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:10:00 PST