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golden gigs
date	occasion	place	city	state
17 july '03	departure gig	kvarteret	bergen	norway
07 june '03	working class hero	festival	drammen	norway
30 may '03	punk rock party	1880	bergen	norway
21 may '03	support los fastidios	kvarteret	bergen	norway
11 apr '03	europunk	all hell breaks loose	århus	denmark
12 apr '03	europunk	lobusch	hamburg	germany
13 apr '03	europunk	u bazyla	poznan	poland
14 apr '03	europunk	pub wulkan	walbrzych	poland
15 apr '03	europunk	rocker	wroclaw	poland
16 apr '03	europunk	4 roze dla lucienne	zielona gora	poland
17 apr '03	europunk	eingang sieben	bielefeld	germany
18 apr '03	europunk	hk 2	kaunitz	germany
19 apr '03	europunk	hafermarkt	flensburg	germany
13 dec '02	kids need punk	1880	bergen	norway
28 dec '02	x-mas fat gig	garage	bergen	norway
01 nov '02	up half north	knaus, samfundet	trondheim	norway
21 sept '02	little big heart festival	kvarteret	bergen	norway
11 sept '02	release concert "s.l.a.t.w."	garage	bergen	norway
golden[cow]boy us-tour '02
17 july '02	usa is the reason	fitzgerald's	houston	texas
19 july '02	usa is the reason	the door	dallas	texas
22 july '02	usa is the reason	the college bar	stillwater	oklahoma
24 july '02	usa is the reason	frederick's music lounge	st louis	missouri
26 july '02	usa is the reason	fireside bowl	chigaco	illinois
27 july '02	usa is the reason	the bottle rocket	toledo	ohio
30 july '02	usa is the reason	the mad frog	cincinnati	ohio
01 aug '02	usa is the reason	high 5	columbus	ohio
03 aug '02	usa is the reason	midtown billiards	little rock	arkansas
05 aug '02	usa is the reason	the cavern	dallas	texas
06 aug '02	usa is the reason	redblood club	dallas	texas
08 aug '02	usa is the reason	dreamstreet	san diego	california
10 aug '02	usa is the reason	scolari's office	san diego	california
13 aug '02	usa is the reason	the casbah	san diego	california
14 aug '02	usa is the reason	winston's	san diego	california
18 aug '02	usa is the reason	the cat club	hollywood	california
26 apr '02	bt's nostalgia	jæren folkehøgskole	klepp	norway
19 apr '02	new haircut	garage	bergen	norway
26 feb '02	punk for kids	1880	bergen	norway
17 feb '02	moustache night	blæst	trondheim	norway
17 nov '01	punk-bonanza	vannkanten	bergen	norway
11 nov '01	support: as friends rust & strike anywhere	garage	bergen	norway
10 nov '01	back in business	kvarteret	bergen	norway
california dreaming tour '01
21 sept '01	usa is the reason	the rythm lounge	san diego	usa
14 sept '01	usa is the reason	the rythm lounge	san diego	usa
11 sept '01	usa is the reason	the rythm lounge	anaheim	usa
06 sept '01	usa is the reason	the gypsy lounge	lake forest	usa
04 sept '01	usa is the reason	the casbah	san diego	usa
17 aug '01	release party "n.e.h.e."	kvarteret	bergen	norway
12 may '01	southbouund impulse	checkpoint charlie	stavanger	norway
05 may '01	just because	garage	bergen	norway
27 jan '01	football hate tour	knaus, samfundet	trondheim	norway
26 jan '01	ride this train	garage	bergen	norway
08 dec '00	x-mas party	kvarteret	bergen	norway
27 oct '00	release party "e.y.g."	garage	bergen	norway
15 july '00	summer concert	garage	bergen	norway
30 may '00	debut concert stundesløse	den stundesløse	bergen	norway

moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches

[26 apr '02] for those of you who do not know, the headline here is a song title : goldenboy is a happy band : because what could have been trite was not : instead, a school concert became sort of a highlight for the boys : yep, those of you who were there probably know that the group enjoyed every minute as much as you (hopefully) did : these words are just out here to tell you that a thorough concert report will follow and that we're on cloud nine : because of a small school : in an insignificant city : life is weird and wonderful : a small concert? maybe : a big concert? definitely!

mission possible

[19 apr '02] the mission was set and difficult : to attract people even though big-shots like gluecifer and small-shot like division of laura lee were playing the same day : question : would this town be big enough for the three of them? answer : the goldenboy concert at garage attracted 213 paying and apparently happily content spectators : the crowd was submitted to a lot of new material but with the usual gb trademark : melodic hummable catchy pop-punk songs : a lot of movement, stage diving, grins and a band that now seems to have lost their musical diapers and gained the ability to stand on their own two, eehh, 8 feet :they have developed coherent talking : they are musically self-sufficient : it was a nice energetic evening and it must have been cool to wake up the next day feeling confident with a deadly hangover knowing that the locals had chased the swedes out of bergen : at least this time : it all made sense : flower power is back : and the feeling of love is a two-sided mutual thingie : goldenboy loves their fans and goddammit it seems that their fans are taking a fancy to goldenboy, too : appreciation rules :

x-mas gift

[8 dec '00] the Xmas party at kvarteret housed a goldenboy so compact and condensed that if you put the feeling in a jar and sent it to a record company the band would have a deal immediately : unfortunately no one had thought about bringing a lid so goldenboy's concert is now only preserved in the memory of those present : a large crowd can still let their thoughts wander back to this evening when the band did their best performance ever : the only sad thing was that there were no men in black present : they should be spanking their own asses for having chosen norway's worst and most hyped up band euroboys instead of having a golden energy kick : shame : shame : shame :

sold out concert : unknown band

[27 oct '00] an almost sold-out concert for the release of a promo-CD of an unknown band? how is this possible and plausible in a world where garage bands [pun intended] seem to pop up like forbidden mushrooms? well, in the spirit of "image is everything, buy bananas" the golden boys did their best to create and fulfill the expectations of what seemed to be an international crowd : it was obvious that the marketing endeavors for the concert paid off [pun intended again] : the band seemed to grow in confidence with every song and every cheer from the public : at one point a group of Spanish girls were seen throwing bras and underwear onto the stage : the concert ended with a remarkable cover version of the george michael classic "careless whisper" much to the amusement of 300 happy ticket holders :

what the press said:

[27 oct '00] goldenboy threw a release party for their first cd at garage friday night : judging by the turnout and the mood of the crowd, the band has already established quite a large group of fans : not at all undeserved as goldenboy seem to possess most of the qualities you expect from a good rock band : brilliant pop songs, charming performance and solid craftsmanship : a band you easily take a fancy to : we still miss a little identity and distinctiveness, but those elements are usually derived from experience :

einar engelstad
bergens tidende 31.10.00

horny goldenboy

[5 may '01] goldenboy is one of the city's most progressive and "gig-horny" bands. Saturday night Garage was the venue, and all the stage experience is really starting to show. The sound is condensed, solid and harmonious with clever arrangements both vocally and instrumentally. Cheerful and fresh songs stealing from the glitter-rock of the 70's and the surfpunk of the 90's. We still detect a little lack of originality in the material, but at this point this is the only objection we have.

einar engelstad
bergens tidende may '01

impressive attendance

[30 may '00] Sigh and goldenboy attracted an impressive attendance at "Nystemten" at Den Stundesløse last Tuesday. Even on the slowest day of the week in the middle of the music festival it was as crowded as on a Saturday night. Probably due to intensive marketing to friends and familiars. Solid performances by both bands even though I have to admit that goldenboy was more to my taste. It's nice to once again experience a band that plays positive rock in the middle of all the melancholy that rules the stages around the city.

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