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PAPER BOY
what the press said : how the crowd felt : why our friends wept : expressions and opinions beyond our control : free tibet : the views expressed on this page is not necessarily those of goldenboy's mothers :
clever people from bergengoldenboy: goldenboy, the band from bergen, has become a better band since their last ep : they have also invested their money in better sound : but what impresses you most about 'never ending happy ending' is the good melodies : you won't find catchier punk-pop than '(not) going home alone' or 'in a year or two'. the slightly more complicated 'pink' also shows that goldenboy has grown as a band : and they have an energy that's contagious when they rock their guitars and sing about cynical womanizers and girls on mtv : well, this is also the band who left haphazardly for the us : with a couple of gigs as the result : if they are to compete with their american counterparts, they need to brush up their lyrics a little and become better musicians : but the material on their two ep's is so strong in itself that goldenboy should reach more people : ann kristin frøystad bergensavisen 26.09.01 |
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national newspaper, man!yep, a brief moment in the cyberspace limelight for goldenboy on 17 aug : on the cover page of national newspaper dagbladet's web edition it took very little time before people noticed and e-mails started pouring in : the good news was that the people in oslo took their time to check out our web pages and actually wrote an article about goldenboy based on a press release and whatever they could find on our cyberspace haven : the internet is truly powerful : you can read the article by clicking here : haven't had time to translate it yet so take it as a free norwegian language lesson if you don't speak the language : it will magically pop up as a new window in your browser : thank god for macintosh : thank god for a lot of things actuallly : |
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The audience should really look forward to tonight according to the boys in goldenboy. This evening they play their last concert before heading for the US to try their luck. -Contrary to many other bands we have great ambitions to actually perform for our audience, says Nils Hægstad Flåm, member of the all-set-and-ready-to-go-band. -We give everything we got on stage, and that's quite a lot, he claims with certainty. In a haphazard way Hard work Guro Istad Article in Bergensavisen 17 aug 2001 |
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coming out of the basementIt's not especially cool. The lead singer is moderately good and the musicians are really quite average. Producer Bjørn Ivar Tysse has removed much of the clutter that dominated the last release but it still oozes basement of goldenboy. And so what? Goldenboy performs powerpop with the "everybody can do it"-attitude of punk and that is exactly what gives this local group of 20-somethings their charm. While they are gradually cramming their ensemble and moving personal thresholds, they are playing all the strings they master. And they are doing it with an enthusiasm and a spirit that blows you away. Listening to it once, twice or three times they references to genre-chiefs like Offspring, Millencolin and NOFX might seem devastatingly apparent on this four-track EP. But you shouldn't be mislead by the first impressions. This band is first and foremost about good melodies. Listen to the guitar running parallel to the chorus in "(Not) going home alone". Or devour "Pink" in its entirety with its stop/start dynamics and its irresistible refrain. It could almost have been Lemonheads. That's how good the song is. These guys have got something going for them. Sven Erik Hole Review of "Never Ending Happy Ending", Bergens Tidende (Tid & Sted), Thursday 23 aug 2001.
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goldenboy on speedstudent newspaper "hibiscus" covered goldenboy's release party : in the nov issue fans found a two-page interview with torkel : they also found space for a review of the promo-cd thus making the issue golden in every way : the interview revealed classic comments about torkel's hobbies being porno and playstation and also showed that the band in no way would like to be associated with "trang fødsel", a group that at one time were world famous in norway : "if we're anything like them, then we're trang fødsel on speed" was the laconic comment from lead singer torkel : all the golden trivia was surrounded by incredibly horrible photos : |
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promising debutgoldenboy takes us by surprise with their clever melodies on the debut ep "entertaining your girl" : most of the six songs on the cd are hummable and well structured : they're short and concise and have catchy refrains : "family values", the first song on the record, could have used a slight tightening at least in relation to the punk pop genre : the quality of the sound is not the best, but goldenboy shouldn't be blamed for that : it's probably caused by a small budget : even if many of the songs are catchy one of them stands above the others : "kitchen sink reality" is my obvious favourite : a good production could easily take it to the b-list of p3 (norwegian radio station) which should be one of the first goals for this band : |
before and afterlocal newspapers bergensavisen and bergens tidende both found space for goldenboy : the first had an interview with torkel and the latter gave a very favourable review of the release party concert : |
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ready for the stage[29 may 2000] Torkel Thowsen, vocalist and
guitarist in goldenboy, playing at Garage tomorrow. critics prefer goldenboy[30 may 2000] 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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golden opportunity: very local newspaper 'bygdanytt' very enthusiastic
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BERGEN (Bn): Goldenboy venter spent i musikerrommet på Garage.
Bjørn Tore Taranger fra Osterøy og tre andre gutter har
laget sin første demo-cd. Nå har bandet releaseparty. Snart
skal de på scenen for å vise hva de er gode for.
—Det er mye folk nede. Dette blir bra, utbryter vokalisten Torkel.
Han har kommet fra konsertlokalet opp til bandrommet. Det er en liten
time til de fire guttene som utgjør "goldenboy" skal
ned og spille. Stemningen er litt stresset og bandet går frem og
tilbake. Vokalisten begynner å varme opp, mens gitaristen og bassisten
øver en siste gang på riffene. "goldenboy" er seriøse.
De vil satse på musikken.
- Vi har planene klare. Vi har tenkt a sende CD'en vår til 40-50
av de mindre plateselskapene i USA, til alle selskapene i Norge og til
noen i Sverige også, forteller trommeslager Bjørn Tore Taranger
(til venstre) fra Osterøy. Bn sitter og snakker med ham like før
konserten. Vi er i et nedslitt rom som blir brukt til oppholdsrom for
gjestende band på Garage. En åpen dør skiller oss fra
resten av bandet som sitter i rommet ved siden av.
Stresset
For et kjellerband uten platekontrakt som "goldenboy", er det
viktig å få spillejobber. Det er lørdag, og på
en lørdagskveld er det nesten alltid fullt nede i konsertsalen
på Garage. Der er det plass til over tre hundre mennesker som "goldenboy"
skal prøve å overbevise.
- Jeg var svært nervøs tidligere på dagen, men nå
har det roet seg litt. Det blir litt verre når vi skal gå
på scenen, sier trommeslageren Bjørn Tore. Bandet har lys
og røykmaskin på plass nede på scenen, og Bjørn
Tore forteller at de har fått en kunstner til å lage logoen.
Den ser ut som filmselskapet Warner Bros, men WB er skiftet ut med GB,
for goldenboy. En fane med logoen henger bak Bjørn Tores trommesett.
Foran releasepartyet har bandet øvd fire dager i strekk. Så
nå er de klare. - Vi skal har det gøy. Når vi har kommet
i gang med den første sangen, da løsner alt. Da er det artig.
Dette er et ekstra kick, sier trommisen.
Fullt driv
Samtidig som "goldenboy" spiller på scenen nede i kjelleren,
blir CD'en deres lagt ut for salg. Den heter "Entertaining your girl...",
har seks spor og er fullstendig selvfinansiert.. Bandet opplyser at de
har søkt blant annet Solofondet om støtte, men de har ennå
ikke fått svar.
- Hva slags musikk er det på CD'en?
- Jeg vil kalle det optimistisk, svettedrivende, melodiøs rock
'n roll. Full driv, liksom, sier Bjørn Tore og trekker frem band
som Green Day, NOFX og Blink 182 som inspirasjon. Det er et litt punkete
band med mye energi. Bjørn Tore mener det ikke er så mange
band i Bergen som spiller samme musikk som "goldenboy." - Jeg
vet ikke om det er noen. Det er for mange band som spiller dyster og melankolsk
musikk i Bergen, synes tjueenåringen.
- Hva handler musikken om?
- De handler om hverdagen vår. Slike ting vi har opplevd. Det kan
være kjærester og forhold eller helt andre ting, fortelle
Bjørn Tore.
Lærerstudenter
De tre andre i bandet heter Torkel Hofslett Thowsen, Gaute Halvorsen og
Nils Flåm. Torkel synger og spiller gitar, Gaute er gitarist og
Nils er bassist. De fant hverandre på Lærerhøgskolen,
hvor alle studerer. Musikklinjen satte opp musikalen "Les Miserables"
i fjor. Alle fire deltok i den oppsetningen, og etterpå dannet de
et band. Og tre-fire måneder senere ble bandprosjektet seriøst.
Bandet har flere sanger på lager, og nå er det mulig at de
også skal spille konserter i Oslo og Stavanger.
- Hva skjer hvis dere får napp hos et plateselskap?
-Da satser vi fullt ut. Da blir det øving hver dag og permisjon
fra studier og eventuelle jobber. Men vi har beina plantet på jorden.
Det er litt flaks og bingo, og det vet vi.
light
in the dark
Saturday at 23:00 it's time to take of your leather jackets and heavy boots in the basement in Nygårdsgaten. It's time for light-punkers Goldenboy (picture) to enter the stage with the ambition to raise the ceiling from the existing level of a metre and a half in the bunker below street level, aka Garage. -Dennis can forget about the lights tonight, proclaims Torkel Thowsen. Tonight you'll hear optimistic, melodic and sweaty Blink-inspired light-punk anchored in early glam rock, if we are to believe the students.
critics
prefer goldenboy
[30 may 2000] 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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