Pogo Pops is a pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 band from Bergen

Bergen

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, Norway

Norway

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, established in 1987 under the name of The Doomsville Boys. The Doomsville Boys were a trio and released an EP in 1989 containing 6 songs. The band changed name to Pogo Pops in 1990 after Domenic O`Fahey joined. Pogo Pops is often considered the band that defined the Bergen Wave

Bergen Wave

The Bergen Wave was a term used by the Norwegian press for the emergence of successful bands from Bergen in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. Several of these artists gained international breakthroughs, which was uncommon for Norwegian music at that time...

, followed by artists like Kings of Convenience

Kings of Convenience

Kings of Convenience are an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, the musical group is known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricate and subtle guitar melodies...

 and Röyksopp

Röyksopp

Röyksopp is a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland....

. Led by Frank Hammersland, the band released four albums in the 1990s, all of them dominated by Hammersland's melodious pop rock. The band was well received by the critics, but only attained moderate commercial success, and Hammersland dissolved the band in 1996. Hammersland released a solo album which was also very well received by critics but didn't sell very well, before he started the band Popium with several musician friends from Bergen. Popium continued the pop rock style of Pogo Pops.

Pogo Pops was reunited in 2006 for a series of concerts and a compilation album. On the 14th of september 2009, Pogo pops released their new album Where the action is at pogopops.com. They also released an Outakes album containing 11 previously unreleased songs as well as a digital version of their Doomsville boys EP from 1989.During 2010, Pogo pops played severeal concerts, including the opening of Rockheim, Norways national museum for rock and pop music. Pogo pops are currently working on their sixth studio album, to be released in 2011.

Discography

1. Pop Trip (1992)
2. Crash (1993)
3. Pure (1995)
4. Surf (1996)
5. The Very Best Of (2006)
6. Where the action is (2009)
7. Outakes (2009)
8. Doomsville boys EP (1989/2009)

Deltar også på:

1. 'Det perfekte menneske (1989)
2. Med blanke ark - Sanger av Alf Prøysen (1994)
3. Ellediller og krokofanter - en hyllest til Knutsen og Ludvigsen (1996)
4. '5071 – Sånn det è - Samleplate med artister fra Loddefjord (2010)

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