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 [...]
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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 [...]
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December 4, 2009, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 11:50
The Norwegian Salvation army announced that Bigbang, as usual, will perform live and free of charge @ Egertorget in the very middle of Oslo December 19th @ 1pm. They will be sharing playtime with another nice Norwegian band called Ila Auto. Remember to bring some cash and support the Salvation Army work by donating at [...]
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December 2, 2009, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 11:28
Norwegian radio channel NRK P3 are currently running a vote to find the best Norwegian song of the decade. Bigbang songs Girl In Oslo, Welcome To The Mountains and Saturn Freeway are selected to compete, and you can vote for them at their webpage at this location: http://nrkp3.no/bestenorske/ Girl In Oslo is currently at number [...]
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November 29, 2009, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 18:06
In an article published a month ago under the title ” Westlake Village firm’s mikes help novices record music like pros”, a Los Angeles based firm called Blue Microphones demonstrate a iPhone recorder device called “Mikey”, using Øystein as a test dummy. The whole article in English can be found @ LA Daily News homepage.
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November 29, 2009, Posted by gisleson@bigbangfans.com at 17:28
For those of you who haven’t read up on the Bigbang history, it all started with Øystein shelving his skateboard and picking up the guitar. Skateboard zine Tacky.no found some old videos recorded, with pictures of Norwegian skateboarders around those days: “Øystein Greni was one the 90s, and overall, best Norwegian skater. He was a pro [...]
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