Kaizers Orchestra

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Kaizers Orchestra
Kaizers Orchestra, Roskilde Festival 2011
Kaizers Orchestra, Roskilde Festival 2011
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 2000
resolution 2013
Website kaizers.no
Founding members
Janove "The Jackal" Ottesen
Guitar, vocals, oil drum
 Geir "Hellraizer" number
Rune "Mink" Solheim
Organ, piano
 Helge "Omen" Risa
Jon "Lion King" Sjøen (until 2003)
Last occupation
Janove "The Jackal" Ottesen
Guitar, vocals, oil drum
 Geir "Hellraizer" number
Rune "Mink" Solheim
Guitar, backing vocals, percussion
Terje "Killmaster" Vinterstø (since 2000)
Organ, piano
 Helge "Omen" Risa
double bass
 Øyvind "Thunder" Storesund (since 2003)

Kaizers Orchestra was a Norwegian rock band formed in early 2000 . Its two founders, singer Janove Ottesen and guitarist Geir Zahl, founded their first band (Blod, Snått & Juling) together in 1991.

history

The first album, Ompa til du dør (Humppa till you die), was released by the Broiler Farm underground label in 2001. It was a huge success, first in Norway, then later in Denmark and the Netherlands. The second album, Evig Pint , came out in late 2002 / early 2003. The third album, Maestro , was released in mid-August 2005 in Norway and the rest of Europe. With the fourth album Maskineri , which was released in 2008, the band remained true to their style despite a change of producer.

In 2009 Kaizers Orchestra released the album Våre Demoner , which was only available as a "Limited Edition" in Scandinavian stores for one week and was then only sold as a download.

In 2011 and 2012 the band released their almost musical-like Violeta trilogy and announced their breakup after a farewell tour in 2013.

style

The music of Kaizers Orchestra was inspired by Tom Waits music, Eastern European Sinti and Roma music, punk rock and March / Humppa music (Ompa in Norwegian). The texts by Ottesen and Zahl were generally written in Norwegian .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NO NO
2001 Ompa til du dør NO1 (53 weeks)
NO
2002 Evig pint NO1 (15 weeks)
NO
2005 maestro NO1 (20 weeks)
NO
2006 Live at Vega NO8 (4 weeks)
NO
Live album
2008 Maskineri NO1 (26 weeks)
NO
2009 Våre Demoner NO1 (3 weeks)
NO
Collection of unpublished older pieces
2011 Violeta Violeta Vol. 1 NO1 (46 weeks)
NO
2012 Violeta Violeta Vol. 2 NO1
platinum
platinum

(27 weeks)NO
2013 Violeta Violeta Vol. 3 NO1
gold
gold

(25 weeks)NO

More albums

  • 2008: 250 prosent (live album, only released on vinyl)

EPs

  • 2002: Død Mann's Tango
  • 2002: Kontroll På Kontinentet
  • 2002: Mann Mot Mann
  • 2004: The Gypsy Finale

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
NO NO
2002 Død manns tango
 NO2 (8 weeks)
NO
Man mot man
 NO5 (8 weeks)
NO
2005 Maestro
Maestro 		NO5 (7 weeks)
NO
2008 Ends av November
Maskineri 		NO18 (2 weeks)
NO
2009 Under månen
 NO20 (1 week)
NO
2010 Philemon Arthur & The Dung
Violeta Violeta Vol. 1 		NO7 (1 week)
NO
Hjerteknuser
Violeta Violeta Vol. 1 		NO9 (11 weeks)
NO
2011 Drøm videre Violeta
Violeta Violeta Vol. 2 		NO20 (1 week)
NO

Video albums

  • 2006: Viva la Vega
  • 2011: Live I Oslo Spektrum

Web links

Commons : Kaizers Orchestra  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: NO
  2. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NO