During the 1980's and into the 90's, one of Norway's hardest working bands were a rock'n'roll outfit called the Teencats. They released six albums, did more than their fair share of national TV appearances, and toured extensively, mostly in Norway, but also in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and France. Founding members, brothers Stig Rune and Stein-Erik Reiten, kept the band going despite several line-up changes, but eventually they called it a day in 1997.In February 1999, after the Teencats had been on a hiatus for nearly two years, three of the members got together for a local gig, celebrating the Reiten-brothers' father's significant role in their hometown's musical community. The line-up for this event was Anders Westhagen on guitar and vocals, Stein Houmsmoen on bass, and Stein-Erik Reiten on drums. They chose not to use the name "Teencats", due to lead singer Stig Rune's absence from the project. The gig went down well, and the guys decided to give the "new" band a chance. But they needed a name Being huge fans of Dave Edmunds, they chose the name Trouble Boys from the opening track of Dave's "Tracks on wax 4"-album. Anders, Stein & Stein-Erik did a few gigs as the Trouble Boys until mid-2000, when Stig Rune joined the trio for a series of Teencats reunion-gigs.After the Teencats-reunion faded out, the Trouble Boys were on a backburner for nearly three years, until the spring of '04, when Anders received a phone call from a Swedish AmCar club. They were planning a summer party, and they wanted to book the Trouble Boys. Anders told them that they hadn't played together in a while, but that he'd check with the rest of the guys to see if they were interested. Drummer Stein-Erik was ready to roll, but bassman Stein had other assignments on the date of the party, so his Teencats predecessor Mads Mikkelsen was contacted. Mads was eager to do some rockin', so they set up a few rehearsals to see if they still hit it off musically. Long story short; they did! The trio's repertoir of old Teencats-numbers, mixed with a few new originals and a selection of their favourite covers went down a storm in Sweden, and the guys immediately received offers for several other gigs.They have since played the Wild Bunch festival twice, visited Germany and Sweden several times. Now it's 2009 and there's an album under progress!
