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Three Norwegians, ex-members of Nordic
pop success story Briskeby, and one American,
Ken Stringfellow, whose extensive resume includes
founding one of the '90s most critically acclaimed bands,
The Posies; touring worldwide with R.E.M.,
and providing terawatts of energy and talent to artists
such as Big Star, Lagwagon, Snow Patrol
and Neil Young. Ken's a European now, having
been based in France for some years, and in his frequent
tours of the Continent he teamed up with Briskeby in
2005 on a chart-topping duet hit single called "Joe
Dallesandro", the band's swan song. The core of
the group - drummer Claus Larsen, bassist Baard
Helgeland and guitarist Bjorn Bergene - and
Ken decided to carry on, and quickly developed a sound
that might be seen as the antithesis of the Posies ornate,
literate rock and Briskeby's icy, slick pop; THE
DiSCiPLiNES shoot from the hip and aim for the head,
heart and the naughty bits all at once, in a streamlined,
succinct and stabbing series of nasty jabs.
The group's first effort, a raw, in the basement recording
called "Best Mistake" topped the Norwegian
radio charts for an entire summer in 2007; the band
worked on an album and wisely chose to stay in the basement
to record it. The result, SMOKiNG KiLLS, was
released to huge acclaim in Norway in Spring 2008. The
song "Oslo" was played once an hour for 18
weeks on all the major radios in the country. The band
went from a few tenative club shows to headlining festivals
straight out of the gate. The band traveled to Spain
to play a sold out club date in Barcelona - 6 months
in advance of the album's release there. Snow Patrol
and R.E.M. both took the band as support for massive
arena shows.
Needless to say, this is a great record... and we want
you to hear it! Register below to win your own copy
of this great record!
- The Dsiciplines Smoking Kills CD
Visit Second
Motion Records
to hear and download songs from Smoking Kills.
Or check out The Disciplines' interweb
Home
for more information.
Catch
THE DiSCiPLiNES on tour! (first ever North American
Tour)
2009.10.20 Mercury Lounge New York, NY (CMJ) DiSCiPLiNES
play at 12midnight
2009.10.21 TT The Bears Boston, MA
2009.10.22 Velvet Underground Toronto, ON
2009.10.23 Subterranean Chicago, IL
2009.10.24 The Comet Tavern Seattle, WA
2009.10.25 Cafe du Nord San Francisco, CA
2009.10.27 The Viper Room Los Angeles, CA
All entries must
be received by January 15, 2010.
One entry per person/per household. Contests open
to residents of the United States and Canada only.
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