Audrey Horne (band)
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Audrey Horne is a hard rock
/post-grunge
band from Bergen, Norway
. The band took its name from Sherilyn Fenn
's character in the cult
TV series Twin Peaks
. Although some of the band's members play or have previously played in black metal
bands like Enslaved
and Gorgoroth
, Audrey Horne's music is far removed from the black metal genre, and can be described as heavy and melodic hard rock, similar to bands like Faith No More
, Alice in Chains
and A Perfect Circle
.
), Arve Isdal aka Ice Dale (Enslaved, Bourbon Flame ao), Kjetil Greve (Deride), Tom Cato Visnes aka King (Gorgoroth
, God Seed, Sahg
, King Ov Hell
) and Herbrand Larsen (Enslaved).
Although some (most) of the members were known from more extreme, progressive or black metal bands, Audrey Horne was to become a more mainstream melodic hard rock
/post-grunge
band.
Confessions & Alcohol
. The title song from the EP
was the single from the upcoming album while the rest of the songs are only found on this EP
. The song "Halo" later resurfaced as a live song on some Audrey Horne concerts in 2009.
The band's debut album No Hay Banda
was released in April 2005.
Recorded at Earshot Studio in Bergen (Norway) it was an Audrey Horne/Joe Barresi
co-production and mixed by Joe Barresi
at Bay7 Studios in Los Angeles (USA).
The album received generally good reviews and also won them a Norwegian Grammy Award in the Best Metal Act category in 2006. Due to unfortunate circumstances concerning management and booking they didn't get as many gigs as they wanted, although the reception from the audience were very good. They mostly toured the club scene in Norway and played at the 2005 Quart Festival
as a warmup act for Audioslave
.
and Sahg
, Herbrand Larsen because he needed more time at his job as a primary school teacher and playing with Enslaved.
Herbrand has continued to work with the band in the studio both as a keyboard player and producer/engineer.
In August 2007 Audrey Horne released their second album Le Fol
on Indie Recordings
, produced by Ice Dale (Arve Isdal) mixed/co-produced by Herbrand Larsen.
Once again recorded at Earshot Studio in Bergen. The band wanted to work with Joe Barresi
for this album too but his busy schedule would have postponed the record by at least six months so the band decided to go ahead on their own.
Produced by Ice Dale and co-produced and mixed by Herbrand Larsen, who also played all keyboards on the album, it became an all in-house production.
Le Fol received good reviews in both Norwegian and international press and earned Audrey Horne their second Norwegian Grammy Award nomination in the Best Metal Act category in 2008.
This time management and booking was in order and the band progressed from playing mainly club gigs in Norway to playing clubs and festivals in Norway and Europe and at the end of 2008 they went on a European Tour with Enslaved and Krakow playing no less than 40 gigs in a month and a half starting November 6 in Copenhagen (Denmark) and ending in Bergen (Norway) on December 20. The tour visited Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Rep., Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden before the final gigs in Norway.
The grueling schedule took its toll on Toschie's voice to the point were he could hardly sing at the end and caused him to stop smoking. He hasn't started again since.
at his JHOC studio (Joe's House of Compression) in Los Angeles to record their third album to be titled Audrey Horne, again on Indie Recordings
. Release is set for late February/early March 2010. Joe Barresi
is the producer/mixer/engineer on the album.
Drums, guitars and vocals were recorded at JHOC before the band returned to Bergen and Earshot & Conclave Studio (Earshot Studio moved to new locations and expanded, hence the name change), to record bass, keyboards and additional vocal and guitar tracks. All was sent to Joe Barresi
and mixed at JHOC.
Espen Lien (Barbie Bones, Slut Machine, Trinacria) plays bass and Herbrand Larsen and Eyolf Nysæther plays keyboards.
Arve Isdal/Ice Dale (guitar) (also in Enslaved
)
Thomas Tofthagen (guitar) (also in Sahg
)
Kjetil Greve (drums) (also in Deride)
)
Herbrand Larsen (keyboards) (2002–2007)
Marius Fimland: Bass, occasional backing vocals (2007–2009)
Espen Lien: Bass (2009-)
Kim Gulbrandsen: Keyboards, backing vocals (2010-)
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/post-grunge
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...
band from Bergen, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The band took its name from Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress and filmmaker. She came to international attention for her performance as Audrey Horne on the 1990 cult TV series Twin Peaks...
's character in the cult
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of pop culture. A film, book, band, or video game, among other things, will be said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fan base...
TV series Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...
. Although some of the band's members play or have previously played in black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
bands like Enslaved
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...
and Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
, Audrey Horne's music is far removed from the black metal genre, and can be described as heavy and melodic hard rock, similar to bands like Faith No More
Faith No More
Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...
, Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Starr...
and A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The original incarnation of the band also included Paz Lenchantin on bass, Troy Van Leeuwen on guitar, and Tim Alexander on drums...
.
History
The band was formed in 2002 by Toschie (formerly in Sylvia Wane), Thomas Tofthagen (SahgSahg
Sahg is a four-piece Norwegian metal band formed in the summer of 2004. After years of involvement on different ends of the Norwegian rock and metal scene, four hard rock devotees teamed up under the name Sahg. The band consists of King on bass, Olav on lead vocals and guitar, Thomas on guitar and...
), Arve Isdal aka Ice Dale (Enslaved, Bourbon Flame ao), Kjetil Greve (Deride), Tom Cato Visnes aka King (Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
, God Seed, Sahg
Sahg
Sahg is a four-piece Norwegian metal band formed in the summer of 2004. After years of involvement on different ends of the Norwegian rock and metal scene, four hard rock devotees teamed up under the name Sahg. The band consists of King on bass, Olav on lead vocals and guitar, Thomas on guitar and...
, King Ov Hell
King ov Hell
Tom Cato Visnes , better known as King ov Hell or simply King, is a Norwegian musician and ex-teacher. He is best known as the former bassist of black metal band Gorgoroth, but he is also the co-founder of Ov Hell, God Seed, Jotunspor, Sahg and I...
) and Herbrand Larsen (Enslaved).
Although some (most) of the members were known from more extreme, progressive or black metal bands, Audrey Horne was to become a more mainstream melodic hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/post-grunge
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...
band.
The debut album. No Hay Banda
Leading up to the bands first album they released the 4-track EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Confessions & Alcohol
Confessions & Alcohol
Confessions & Alcohol is Audrey Horne's first release as an EP. It was released in 2005 on Tuba Records / DogJob.The song, "Confessions & Alcohol", also appears on the album, No Hay Banda.-Track listing:All tracks written by Audrey Horne....
. The title song from the EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
was the single from the upcoming album while the rest of the songs are only found on this EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
. The song "Halo" later resurfaced as a live song on some Audrey Horne concerts in 2009.
The band's debut album No Hay Banda
No Hay Banda
No Hay Banda is Audrey Horne's debut album. It was released in 2005 on Tuba Records / DogJob. The album title "No hay banda" literally means "There is no band" in Spanish...
was released in April 2005.
Recorded at Earshot Studio in Bergen (Norway) it was an Audrey Horne/Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
co-production and mixed by Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
at Bay7 Studios in Los Angeles (USA).
The album received generally good reviews and also won them a Norwegian Grammy Award in the Best Metal Act category in 2006. Due to unfortunate circumstances concerning management and booking they didn't get as many gigs as they wanted, although the reception from the audience were very good. They mostly toured the club scene in Norway and played at the 2005 Quart Festival
Quart Festival
The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway....
as a warmup act for Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave was an American rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of former Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk...
.
Le Fol, and changes in the lineup
In 2007 Herbrand Larsen (keyboards) and Tom Cato Visnes left the band. Tom Cato to put more effort into GorgorothGorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
and Sahg
Sahg
Sahg is a four-piece Norwegian metal band formed in the summer of 2004. After years of involvement on different ends of the Norwegian rock and metal scene, four hard rock devotees teamed up under the name Sahg. The band consists of King on bass, Olav on lead vocals and guitar, Thomas on guitar and...
, Herbrand Larsen because he needed more time at his job as a primary school teacher and playing with Enslaved.
Herbrand has continued to work with the band in the studio both as a keyboard player and producer/engineer.
In August 2007 Audrey Horne released their second album Le Fol
Le Fol
Le Fol is Audrey Horne's second album; the follow-up to their album No Hay Banda, which was released two years previously. It was released on August 27th, 2007 on Indie Recordings.-Track listing:...
on Indie Recordings
Indie Recordings
Indie Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label specialising in heavy metal. The label was founded in 2006 by brothers Espen and Erik Solheim Røhne, who previously founded Tabu Recordings. Indie Recordings has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway...
, produced by Ice Dale (Arve Isdal) mixed/co-produced by Herbrand Larsen.
Once again recorded at Earshot Studio in Bergen. The band wanted to work with Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
for this album too but his busy schedule would have postponed the record by at least six months so the band decided to go ahead on their own.
Produced by Ice Dale and co-produced and mixed by Herbrand Larsen, who also played all keyboards on the album, it became an all in-house production.
Le Fol received good reviews in both Norwegian and international press and earned Audrey Horne their second Norwegian Grammy Award nomination in the Best Metal Act category in 2008.
This time management and booking was in order and the band progressed from playing mainly club gigs in Norway to playing clubs and festivals in Norway and Europe and at the end of 2008 they went on a European Tour with Enslaved and Krakow playing no less than 40 gigs in a month and a half starting November 6 in Copenhagen (Denmark) and ending in Bergen (Norway) on December 20. The tour visited Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Rep., Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden before the final gigs in Norway.
The grueling schedule took its toll on Toschie's voice to the point were he could hardly sing at the end and caused him to stop smoking. He hasn't started again since.
Present and future events
In September 2009 the band once again teamed up with Joe BarresiJoe Barresi
Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
at his JHOC studio (Joe's House of Compression) in Los Angeles to record their third album to be titled Audrey Horne, again on Indie Recordings
Indie Recordings
Indie Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label specialising in heavy metal. The label was founded in 2006 by brothers Espen and Erik Solheim Røhne, who previously founded Tabu Recordings. Indie Recordings has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway...
. Release is set for late February/early March 2010. Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
is the producer/mixer/engineer on the album.
Drums, guitars and vocals were recorded at JHOC before the band returned to Bergen and Earshot & Conclave Studio (Earshot Studio moved to new locations and expanded, hence the name change), to record bass, keyboards and additional vocal and guitar tracks. All was sent to Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi
Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with bands such as Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive and Bad Religion.-Biography:...
and mixed at JHOC.
Espen Lien (Barbie Bones, Slut Machine, Trinacria) plays bass and Herbrand Larsen and Eyolf Nysæther plays keyboards.
Current members
Torkjell Rød/Toschie (vocal)Arve Isdal/Ice Dale (guitar) (also in Enslaved
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...
)
Thomas Tofthagen (guitar) (also in Sahg
Sahg
Sahg is a four-piece Norwegian metal band formed in the summer of 2004. After years of involvement on different ends of the Norwegian rock and metal scene, four hard rock devotees teamed up under the name Sahg. The band consists of King on bass, Olav on lead vocals and guitar, Thomas on guitar and...
)
Kjetil Greve (drums) (also in Deride)
Former members
Tom Cato Visnes (bass) (2002–2007) (God Seed, ex-GorgorothGorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...
)
Herbrand Larsen (keyboards) (2002–2007)
Live Personnel
Eyolf Nysæther: Keyboards, backing vocals (2007–2009)Marius Fimland: Bass, occasional backing vocals (2007–2009)
Espen Lien: Bass (2009-)
Kim Gulbrandsen: Keyboards, backing vocals (2010-)
Discography
- Confessions & AlcoholConfessions & AlcoholConfessions & Alcohol is Audrey Horne's first release as an EP. It was released in 2005 on Tuba Records / DogJob.The song, "Confessions & Alcohol", also appears on the album, No Hay Banda.-Track listing:All tracks written by Audrey Horne....
(EP) (2005) - No Hay BandaNo Hay BandaNo Hay Banda is Audrey Horne's debut album. It was released in 2005 on Tuba Records / DogJob. The album title "No hay banda" literally means "There is no band" in Spanish...
(2005) - Le FolLe FolLe Fol is Audrey Horne's second album; the follow-up to their album No Hay Banda, which was released two years previously. It was released on August 27th, 2007 on Indie Recordings.-Track listing:...
(2007) - Audrey Horne (2010)