January 20, 2010, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 08:19
Øystein will appear for a live in-studio interview @ 6 PM PST (03.00 CET) @ Sunday January 31st. Go to knac.com to tune in, and for more information.
KNAC is an internet based heavy metal music radio station. It was previously a Los Angeles, California area FM radio station.
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January 19, 2010, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 06:13
“Edendale” is the seventh studio album (2 complilations and one live album completes the 10 album strong back catalog) by the Norwegian rock band Bigbang, but the first official album release with new material in the US. There will be a record release event @ The Roxy (Sunset Strip, West Hollywood) in Los Angeles, Thursday [...]
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January 17, 2010, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 22:48
Congratulations with your contribution to the record. Regarding numbers Warner Music Norway usually refuse to comment (Note: After sending these questions, Warner announced official news that the record reached platinum status, 30.000 sold copies), but according to sales charts it performs better than any of the previous records after 5 weeks of sales……
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January 17, 2010, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 22:35
The American version of Edendale is due out in the US upcoming Tuesday, January 19th. In support of, and to celebrate the release of the new album in the US, the group will play a few gigs in California this week.
Thursday 21st will be the official record release party, hosted at the legendary Roxy Theather [...]
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January 16, 2010, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 23:35
As some of you might have noticed, there have been a few days of dowtime. This is due to a service provider change and several unforeseen complications related to the change. We are sorry for the downtime, but everything is getting back to normal as we speak.
We also changed the design template for the webpage [...]
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December 15, 2009, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 14:10
In an article by Jan Omdahl, about the vinyl revival (and the death of the CD), in the Norwegian newpaper Dagbladet today, Øystein is asked to comment on what he thinks is the reason music lovers prefer music on vinyl. The answer, roughly translated to english:
“It’s impossible, technically, to explain why so many music lovers [...]
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