Chocolate Overdose

Last updated
Chocolate Overdose
Origin Bergen, Norway
Genres Alternative rock, pop music
Years active1991 –
Labels Rune Grammofon
MembersGeir Luedy
Paal Andersen
Bjørn Ivar Tysse
Mats Egil Grønner
Frode Unneland
Past members Even "Magnet" Johansen

Chocolate Overdose (initiated 1991 in Bergen, Norway) is a pop oriented rock band. [1]

Contents

Biography

The band was started by the four musicians who originally was backing band for songwriter and singer Eduardo «Doddo» Andersen in his project Unge Frustrerte Menn. They were Geir Luedy (vocals and brother of Eduardo), Paal Andersen (keyboards, not brother of Eduardo), Frode Unneland (drums, vocals) and Even Johansen (guitar) later known as Magnet. The band lineup was finally completed when bassist and producer Bjørn Ivar Tysse joined in. He had previously played with Luedy in the band Forbidden Colours. Luedy was former bassist in the band MonaLisa Overdrive, later known as Barbie Bones, while Unneland and Tysse had been rhythm section in The Rub and Pompel and the Pilts. Johansen and Andersen also had experience within various Bergen bands. Chocolate Overdose was a part of the so-called Bergen Wave early 1990s. The band got a record contract with Warner Music, and made their international debut at the Glastonbury Festival 1992. This was the first time a Norwegian played at this festival, in front of 15.000 spectators, and Ole-Petter Dronen organized it all for them. [1]

Their debut album Everybody Likes Chocolate (1992) was no great success, and Warner connected the band with Swedish star producer Michael Ihlbert, and the second album Sugar Baby became more of a success, as an open and accessible record, with guest performances by artists like Sonya Aurora Madan of Echobelly, PapaDee and Geir Sundstøl. The great sales failed, and Chocolate Overdose was suspended from the contract with Warner. [1]

Johansen then moved to London, where he initiated the band Libido. He was replaced by the guitarist Mats Grønner, and the band went on as Unge Frustrerte Menn. At this poit Unneland joined in the band Savoy. Chocolate Overdose managed to record two full albums with Doddo before releasing something on their own. Whatever was first released in the United States and Canada in 1997 on the label Bar None, while the Norwegian fans had to wait until the spring of 1998, when a contract with Rune Grammofon was signed. [2]

The next album was produced by the band, and included guest musicians like Hildegunn Solbø (vocals), Per Jørgensen (trumpet) and Stein Inge Brækhus (drums). The fourth album Dingledoodies, was released the year after, and stood out as the most complete album style-wise. Anders Marius Bortne collaborated as co-vocalist on the track «Lou and Lee». The author Aksel Fugelli wrote lyrics for the band, and he and Luedy acted as a duo under the name Lou and Lee. [1]

Band members

Present members
Past members

Discography

Related Research Articles

Savoy (Norwegian band)

Savoy are a Norwegian-American rock trio consisting of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (vocals/guitars/bass/keyboards), his wife Lauren Savoy (vocals/guitars) and Frode Unneland. The band was formed in 1994 and has released 6 studio albums to date.

<i>Analogue</i> (album) 2005 studio album by A-ha

Analogue is the eighth studio album by the Norwegian band A-ha, released in 2005. It is a-ha's first album on Polydor Records (Universal), having previously been signed to Warner Music. Four singles were also released from this record. The album's second single, "Analogue " became the group's first top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart since "Stay on These Roads" (1988). The album reached No. 24 in the UK and got silver certification there.

Anneli Drecker Norwegian singer and actress

Anneli Marian Drecker is a Norwegian singer and actress from the city of Tromsø. She is the frontwoman for the dream pop band Bel Canto.

Eivind Aarset Norwegian guitarist

Eivind Aarset is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Sheppard, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef, Django Bates, and Nils Petter Molvaer. Aarset is married to Norwegian singer Anne-Marie Giørtz.

Matchstick Sun was a Norwegian rock band, formed in 1984. In their first four years they were part of the Oslo underground scene, and in their last three years of existence, they released two albums on a major record label, won a Norwegian version of a Grammy, but then broke up.

We (band)

We is a Norwegian rock band from Oslo founded in 1992.

Per Jørgensen Musical artist

Per Jørgensen is a Norwegian multi-instrumentalist with trumpet as his main instrument, also known for his vocal contributions, in collaboration with Dag Arnesen, Knut Kristiansen, Alex Riel, Jon Christensen, Jon Balke, Audun Kleive, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Marilyn Mazur, Nils Petter Molvær, Bugge Wesseltoft, and Terje Isungset.

Mats Eilertsen Norwegian jazz musician and composer

Mats Eilertsen is a Norwegian jazz musician and composer. He is known for recording with numerous bands, including the Maria Kannegaard Trio, Ola Kvernberg, Nils Økland, Eldbjørg Raknes, Anders Aarum Trio, Eirik Hegdal, Sverre Gjørvad, Nymark Collective, SKRUK, «Jazzmob», «Dingobats», Håkon Kornstad Trio, Food with Iain Ballamy, Jacob Young Band, Solveig Slettahjell's Slow Motion Orchestra, Håvard Wiik Trio, and «JazzCode».

Per Zanussi Musical artist

Per Zanussi is an Italian–Norwegian jazz musician and composer, known from several bands and releases such as with Hamid Drake, Louis Moholo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Bobby Bradford, Sabir Mateen, Franklin Kiermyer, Stephen O'Malley, Axel Dörner, Petter Wettre, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Bugge Wesseltoft, Mats Gustafsson, Kjetil Møster, Kevin Norton, Ivar Grydeland, Ernesto Rodrigues, Tetuzi Akiyama, and Håvard Wiik.

Anders Hana is a Norwegian musician (guitar), composer and marine biologist, known as a veteran of the bands Noxagt, Ultralyd and Moha!, and a series of wildlife projects in northern Norway.

UC 3 is a Jazz album by the Norwegian Jazz band Urban Connection.

Even Helte Hermansen Musical artist

Even Helte Hermansen is a Norwegian guitarist, known from several orchestras playing experimental jazz.

Harald Frode Unneland is a Norwegian musician, drummer and multi-instrumentalist.

Pål Hausken Norwegian Jazz musician (born 1980)

Pål Hausken is a Norwegian Jazz musician, most known from bands like the jazz trio In The Country where he plays together with Morten Qvenild and Roger Arntzen, but also for his collaboration with artists like Susanna Wallumrød, Bull of the Year, Zahl and Music for a While together with Tora Augestad.

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1968 in Norwegian music.

Geir Luedy is a Norwegian manager, musician, songwriter, and music producer.

Doddo Andersen Norwegian musician

Eduardo Hans "Doddo" Andersen is a Norwegian singer-songwriter known as frontman of the band Unge Frustrerte Menn (UFM), a band that through seven albums gained local popularity in Bergen as well as nationwide performance at NRK.

Unge Frustrerte Menn was a rock band from Bergen, Norway.

Aksel Fugelli is a Norwegian novelist.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chocolate Overdose". Biography (in Norwegian). MIC.no. 2006-08-06. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ↑ "RCD 2009 - Chocolate Overdose: Dingledoodies". Rune Grammofon . Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ↑ "Chocolate Overdose (1991 - )". Groove.no. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Chocolate Overdose". Discography. Discogs.com . Retrieved 2015-05-03.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.