He plays in the blues rock band The Grand together with his older brother, the guitarist and vocalist Amund Maarud.

Together with his brother Amund, he started the 'MaarudKara' as a four-year-old, where their father was backing on bass in addition to the Simen Aanerud (known as Simon Taylor) on piano.

During this period, 'Amund Maarud Band' regular house orchestra at the blues club Muddy Waters in Oslo and backed Norwegian and international artists like R.C Finnegan, Vidar Busk, Paal Flaata, Barbara Blue, Larry Burton, Earl Poolbal, Hal Ketchum, Brian Setzer, Mason Ruffner, Linda Gail Lewis, Claudia Scott and Glenn D. Hardin hundreds of concerts and jam nights.

Per Tobro replaced Bill Troiani on the bass, and Eirik Tovsrud Knutsen joined at the organ during this tour.

He is also music producer and sound engineer at Snaxville Studio, which he owns with his brother, and has participated as a technician on recordings with, among others, The Respatexans (Shine On who won the Spellemannprisen in 2005), Kid Andersen (Greaseland in 2006), Ottar "Big Hand" Johansen (Drømmeland in 2006), Jens Andreas Kleiven (Moments in 2008) and Bill Troiani (Love Sickness in 2009).