BigBang

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BigBang is one of the most successful Norwegian rock bands of the 2000s.

Band history

The band was founded in 1992 in Oslo by singer and guitarist Øystein Greni. After the successful skater, who won the European Championships in Antwerp in 1991, had a sporting future as a professional blocked by a knee injury, he turned to music and formed the band BigBang with Christer Engen and Erik Tresselt . Initially, their success was limited. Their self-produced debut album Waxed met with little response in 1995. When Engen joined the punk band Turbonegro in 1997 , BigBang was about to end. In 1999 Tresselt also left the band.

In the line-up of Greni, Olaf Olsen and Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen, however, the breakthrough came in the same year. At the by: Larm Festival in Stavanger they put on a convincing live performance, which earned them a record deal with the major label Warner . The EP Girl in Oslo brought them the highest position in the Norwegian single charts in spring 2000 with number 3 and stayed in the top 20 for 13 weeks. The following album, Clouds Rolling By , the third band album, climbed to number 2 on the album Top 40 .

They underlined their outstanding reputation as a live band in 2003 with the live album Radio Radio TV Sleep , which was not only their first number one album , but is also considered the most successful live album in Norway and has meanwhile achieved gold status. Although the bass player changed several times from 2004, the success of BigBang continued unabated. Every two years, new albums were released, all of which made it to the top of the chart.

In 2008, Øystein Greni and colleagues also ventured to the USA. A compilation of their previous repertoire was produced as an album under the title From Acid to Zen for the US market and they toured the States from Los Angeles.

Since 2009 BigBang has been playing together again in the successful formation of the early 2000s with Greni, Olsen and Eilertsen.

Band members

  • Øystein Greni (born June 15, 1976 in Oslo), guitarist, singer and songwriter
  • Olaf Olsen (born August 8, 1976), drummer
  • Nikolai Hængsle Eilertsen (born June 24, 1978 in Skotselv), bassist and keyboardist

former members (selection)

  • Christer Engen, drummer (1992–1997)
  • Erik Tresselt, bassist (1992–1999, 2004–2005)
  • Martin Horntveth, drummer (1997–1999)
  • Karim Sayed, drummer (2000-2001)
  • Øyvind Storli Hoel, bassist (2007-2008)

Discography

The Norwegian band BigBang live (2005)

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NO NO
2000 Clouds rolling by NO2
gold
gold

(8 weeks)NO
2002 Frontside rock and roll NO3 (9 weeks)
NO
2003 Radio Radio TV Sleep NO1
gold
gold

(11 weeks)NO
Live album
2005 Poetic Terrorism NO1
gold
gold

(21 weeks)NO
2007 Too Much Yang NO1
gold
gold

(21 weeks)NO
Something Special - The Best NO15th
gold
gold

(8 weeks)NO
2009 Edendale NO1
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)NO
2011 Epic Scrap Metal NO1 (21 weeks)
NO
2013 The Oslo Bowl NO1 (9 weeks)
NO
2019 Glory Chord NO4 (1 week)
NO

More albums

  • 1995: Waxed
  • 1999: Electric Psalmbook
  • 2007: Wild Bird
  • 2008: From Acid to Zen (US release)

EPs

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NO NO
2000 Girl in Oslo NO3 (13 weeks)
NO
New Glow NO12 (3 weeks)
NO
2001 Smiling For NO7 (3 weeks)
NO
2005 Not a rolling stone NO12 (3 weeks)
NO

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NO NO
2007 I don't wanna
too much yang 		NO9 (6 weeks)
NO
2009 Swedish Television
Edendale 		NO11 (6 weeks)
NO

swell

  1. ^ Band biography at Glitterhouse Records .
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: NO
  3. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NO

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