Raga Rockers is a Norwegian

Norway

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 rock band from Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 with Michael Krohn

Michael Krohn (1959)

Michael Krohn is a Norwegian rock musician. He is the vocalist in the band Raga Rockers and former drummer in the Norwegian band Kjøtt. He is a studio musician on all the four singles of Norske Gutter. Krohn has also recorded solo albums under the moniker Krohn & Co. He has also recorded albums...

 on vocals. The band was formed in 1982 by front man Michael Krohn. The other members were Livio Aiello on bass, Bruno Hovden on guitar, Jan Arne Kristiansen on drums, Tore Berg on guitar, Hugo Alvarstein on keyboards, and Nils Aune on guitar and keyboards. They recorded their first album in 1983, called The Return of the Raga Rockers. One year later they recorded their second album - Maskiner i Nirvana.

The band is one of the most successful Norwegian rock bands of all time. In 2007 they recorded their latest album, titled Übermensch.

Norwegian Black Metal

Black metal

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 group Vreid

Vreid

Vreid is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2004 after the break up of Windir following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The remaining members along with new guitarist Ese formed Vreid...

 recorded a Raga Rockers cover ("Noen Å Hate"), and in January 2010 released it as part of a three song digital single.

Current lineup

• Michael Krohn
  Michael Krohn (1959)
  Michael Krohn is a Norwegian rock musician. He is the vocalist in the band Raga Rockers and former drummer in the Norwegian band Kjøtt. He is a studio musician on all the four singles of Norske Gutter. Krohn has also recorded solo albums under the moniker Krohn & Co. He has also recorded albums...
  
   - vocals (1982–present)
• Livio Aiello - bass (1982–present)
• Jan Arne Kristiansen - drums and percussion (1982–present)
• Eivind Staxsrud - guitar (2009–present)
• Hugo Alvarstein - keyboards
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• Arne Sæther - keyboards
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• Hågen Rørmark - guitar (2010–present)

Bruno Hovden played on the albums The return of the Raga Rockers and Maskiner i Nirvana. He died shortly after being critically injured in a car accident in January 1985. Nils Aune credited on the albums Forbudte følelser (1988) and Blaff (1989). He was out of Raga Rockers for 9 years before he came back in 1998. Tore Berg played guitar and sometimes keyboard on all the records between 1984 and 2000, but did not play on the Übermensch record in 2007.

Discography

• The Return Of The Raga Rockers (1983)
• Maskiner i Nirvana (1984)
• Varme dager (1987)
• Forbudte Følelser (1988)
• Blaff (1989)
• Rock'n Roll Party (1990)
• Raga Live (1990)
• Perler for Svin (1995)
• alive again (1995)
• Til Helvete Med Raga Rockers (1997)
• Raga Rockers (2000)
• Ragas beste 1983-2000/live roskilde 1999 (2005)
• Übermensch (2007)
• Shit Happens (2010)