Bigbang (Norwegian band)

Bassist Erik Tresselt completed the band's first lineup and the trio went on a month-long tour of the United States in 1993, and released their first album Waxed in 1995 on their own independent record label, Grand Sport.

[8] Greni sold his Vespa to pay the final installment to finance the production of Electric Psalmbook[9][10] recorded during 1998 in Athletic Sound Studio in Halden,[11] and released on the own label Grand Sport in March 1999.

The band's breakthrough came about following a highly successful 1999 by:Larm concert in Stavanger, when suddenly several record companies demonstrated great interest in signing them.

[11] For a period during 1999 as the song "Wild Bird" received considerable radio exposure and became established as a hit,[5] BigBang as a group was temporarily dissolved.

The album features the song "Frontside Rock'n'Roll", which Øystein Greni dedicated to two skaters he knew that had died in their youth.

[8] A double CD with half acoustic material, the album's title refers to a cheatcode often found on Norwegian hotel room TV remote controls to access pay-television.

[19] National network NRK taped a documentary over these live sessions, which climax is a performance of "Girl in Oslo" featuring five drummers, one of whom being Thor S.

With the April 2005 release of Poetic Terrorism, the band again utilised their own independent label Grand Sport in Norway, maintaining the role of Warner Music was for international and not domestic use.

BigBang live in Kongsberg, April 2007
Øystein Greni performing live in 2009