Dog Age
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Dog Age is a Norwegian rock band established in 1987. They are currently signed to the Norwegian record company VME
, after a short, intermittent spell with Rainbow Quartz Records.
Their musical style is probably best described as psychedelia or psychedelic pop
, but there are also elements of folk rock
and progressive rock
. Especially from the early seventies.
Group members are (as of July 2010):
Jon Anders Strand; lead & backing vocals, guitars.
Harald Beckstrøm; lead & backing vocals, guitars, bass.
Lars Fredrik Beckstrøm
; lead & backing vocals, bass, guitars.
Jørn Smedslund; lead & backing vocals.
Øystein Jevanord
; drums and percussion.
Eystein Hopland, keyboards.
Voices Music & Entertainment
Voices Music & Entertainment is a record label based in Oslo, Norway established in 1988 by Ketil Sveen and Dag Krogsvold. In the first years the company was a label focusing on signing and developing Norwegian rock acts...
, after a short, intermittent spell with Rainbow Quartz Records.
Their musical style is probably best described as psychedelia or psychedelic pop
Psychedelic pop
Psychedelic pop is a psychedelic musical style inspired by the sounds of psychedelic folk and psychedelic rock, but applied to a pop music setting...
, but there are also elements of folk rock
Folk rock
Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...
and progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
. Especially from the early seventies.
Group members are (as of July 2010):
Jon Anders Strand; lead & backing vocals, guitars.
Harald Beckstrøm; lead & backing vocals, guitars, bass.
Lars Fredrik Beckstrøm
Lars Fredrik Beckstrøm
Lars Fredrik Beckstrøm is a Norwegian musician who is mostly known for playing bass in the Norwegian rock band deLillos, but has also recorded several albums under the name Beckstrøm. He has written many of the band's well known songs such as "Nittenåttifire" and "Balladen om Kåre og Nelly", which...
; lead & backing vocals, bass, guitars.
Jørn Smedslund; lead & backing vocals.
Øystein Jevanord
Øystein Jevanord
Øystein Jevanord is a Norwegian drummer.He has played with the following bands:*Bridges*Poem*deLillos*a-ha*Dei Nye Kappelanane*Oslo Plektrum*Dog Age*Femi Gange*MT Hammed-References:...
; drums and percussion.
Eystein Hopland, keyboards.
Discography
- Good Day (LP 1989)
- Outdated Yeah (7" EP/Single «Freda's Married», 1990)
- Sigh No More (LP, 1991)
- Harm Last Train compilation CD (1994)
- Makes You Wonder med på Hi Jack! (LP, 1995)
- Puddle (7" EP 1996)
- Two LPs on One CD (Good Day + Sigh No More, CD 1997)
- As It Were (CD 1998)
- When the Fish Are Down (CD 2002)
- Reefy Seadragon (CD 2006)
- On the Garish Isles (CD 2011)