17 cze 2011

WIG WAM - Norwegian hard rock

  The band's slogan says: "Rock is the new schläger".

Glam (Åge Sten Nilsen) — vocals
Teeny (Trond Holter) — guitars
Flash (Bernt Jansen) — bass
Sporty (Øystein Andersen) — drums

In 2004 the band released its debut album "667 ... The Neighbour Of The Beast", which was also released in Sweden. Amongst other things, the album contains a cover of Mel C.'s no. 1 hit I Turn to You. After qualifying for the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine, Wig Wam are going to release their album all over Europe, in a new version called "Hard To Be A Rock'n'Roller…In Kiev", including the hit "In My Dreams". Among their musical idols, Wig Wam count the groups KISS and Sweet.

I turn to you

 Tell Me Where To Go 

In the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Wig Wam represented Norway with the song "In My Dreams". The song immediately became a huge hit in Norway, being among the most bought singles for 19 weeks and peaking for three weeks at the top of the national single chart.

  In My Dreams


On the 28th of May 2005 Wig Wam were also special guests on the Norwegian Junior Eurovision pre-selection final, as well as on the Norwegian Eurovision-preselection of 2006 on the 4th of May 2006 presenting a medley of their Eurovision-entry "In My Dreams" and their new single "Gonna Get You Someday".

Gonna Get You Someday 

  In November 2005 the band released their first DVD 'Rock 'N' Roll Revolution 2005' showing the highlights from Wig Wam's best year so far. Included in this DVD is 'Wig Wam Symphonic'.
   In March 2006 the band released its second full album "Wig Wamania" with much better distribution around Europe. In July 2006 Wig Wamania was also released in Japan by King Records with 3 bonus tracks. By the end of August Wig Wam’s previous album also hit the Japanese market. The album’s Japanese edition with 3 bonus tracks is being slightly retitled to “Hard To Be A Rock’n Roller… In Tokyo!”.  

   At The End Of The Day
 
 Breaking All The Rules 

 Dare devil Heat 


The band released their third studio album "Non Stop Rock 'N Roll" on January 22, 2010. 
The whole album was recorded, mastered and mixed at Wig Wams personal studio in Fredrikstad, Norway. Wig Wam's guitarist Trond Holter produced the whole record.

  
Non Stop Rock 'N Roll
  
On February 25, 2010 the band began the filming for their debut single from the album "Do You Wanna Taste It", making it the first Wig Wam-single to not be released in CD format.[4] The video was released by Frontier Records on their official YouTube channel on March 9, 2010.

Do Ya Wanna Taste It

  Chasing rainbows

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