The Disciplines
Encyclopedia
The Disciplines is a garage rock
band from Oslo
, Norway
, led by singer Ken Stringfellow
(The Posies
, R.E.M. and Big Star
).
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
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...
, 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...
, led by singer Ken Stringfellow
Ken Stringfellow
Kenneth Stuart Stringfellow is an American musician, best known for his work with The Posies, R.E.M., and the re-formed Big Star.-Musical career:...
(The Posies
The Posies
The Posies are an alternative rock/power pop group. The band was formed in 1987 in Bellingham, Washington by primary songwriters Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow. They are best known for their radio hits "Golden Blunders" , as well as "Dream All Day", "Solar Sister" and "Flavor of the Month"...
, R.E.M. and Big Star
Big Star
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1971 by Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel. The group broke up in 1974, but reorganized with a new line-up nearly 20 years later...
).
Albums
- VIRGINS OF MENACE, CD 2011, Rock's My Ass Records www.rocksmyassrecords.com (France), SPARK & SHiNE (north america/germany/nl),Tin Robot (uk/ireland), Naked Man (spain/portugal) VOW (norway/dk), Other Tongues (nz/australia)
- SMOKiNG KiLLSSMOKiNG KiLLS-Track listing:#"Yours For The Taking"#"Wrong Lane"#"Get It Right"#"Best Mistake"#"There's A Law"#"Oslo"#"Hurricane"#"I Got Tired"#"Like So Many Times Before"#"No Vacancy"#"Cause Or FX"...
, CD 2009, Voices of WonderVoices of WonderVoices of Wonder aka Voice of Wonder Records was one of the most important rock record labels in Oslo, Norway in the early 1990s. The label was fronted by a small and intimate record store on Olaf Ryes plass, which in addition to the labels own artists specialized in the English Earache Records and...
(Norway/DK), Weekender (UK), 2Fer-PIAS(Spain), Second MotionSecond Motion RecordsSecond Motion Records is part of Second Motion Entertainment based in Carrboro, North Carolina. The Label was founded in Chapel Hill, NC by Stephen Judge, who is the former manager of the rock band Athenaeum as well as the former General Manager/A&R Director of Redeye Distribution and Yep Roc...
(USA), S'Music (South America), Spark & Shine (Germany/A/CH) and V2 RecordsV2 RecordsV2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
(Benelux)
EPs and singles
- Best Mistake/No Vacancy 7" single
- Yours for the taking 7" single
- There's a law 7" single