Bigbang have been dubbed Norway’s Greatest Live Band, and have been a major force in the Norwegian music scene for over a decade. During the past two years, the band has spent time focusing on the American market. Based in California, they have toured the country, playing intimate gigs and promoting their American debut From Acid to Zen, a compilation of songs from previously released albums. The album was very well received and resulted in great reviews among others from Rolling Stone Magazine’s Editor David Fricke:
It’s a shotgun buffet, like those early U.S. LPs by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones that combined album tracks and singles from unrelated sessions, and it succeeds the same way: like an instant greatest-hits record. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Øystein Greni has the right history in his genes — his dad sang in a Norwegian band that opened for Led Zeppelin in 1968 — and he grounds songs like “Early December,” “Hurricane Boy” and the brilliantly titled “From Acid to Zen” in the eternal power-chord charge and fish-hook riffs of the Stones and the Who. But Greni also has a knack for wringing fresh excitement from the familiar: the country-angel harmonies and ice-Byrds guitar in the new version of “Wild Bird,” the improbable dream of Badfinger and Hüsker Dü in “The One.” – David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine
Edendale was recorded in the legendary Sound City Studios, with an impressive list of collaborators:
Producers: Øystein Greni and Greg Richling (Wallflowers)
Technician/mixer: Bryan Cook (Damian Rice, Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Elton John etc)
Mastered by: Gavin Lurssen (Robert Plant/Alison Krauss, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello)
Guest guitarists: David Rawlings (Ryan Adams, Gillian Welch), Jared Nelson Smith (Hello Stranger)
Release date in Norway: 9th of March
Other territories: summer/autumn 2009
Hei! Har nok hilst på dere før under berusede tilstander på en av konsertene deres, men la oss ta det på nytt! Jeg er vokalisten i "The Bridds" og vil bare si fytte Helvete så bra musikken deres er!!! Øystein, you the man.. Vet det er smått å be dere høre på låtene våres, men i og med at dere er en av våre større inspirasjoner, så kunne det kanskje ha vert interresant? Annet enn det, dere eiger:) - The Bridds
Your new album is great, like always. Im glad to hear new from you too. I cnat wait till I get to see you guys live one of these days. Till then....I Love You. Don't stop doing what your doing. PEACE,LOVE&ROCKN'ROLL Dee
Thank You for responding Guys! you are one of the best bands I have had the pleasure to see in Norway.Loved your Music and wish you continued success .Kind Regards,Phil Jackson.
Håper konserten i Larvik blir like bra som på SKRAL FESTIVALEN i sommmer... >Aldri sett deg i så god form, som den dagen Greni;) Og det har blitt en del konserten iløpet av de siste 10 år... :D
Takk for ei herleg veke med to konsertar og to signeringar! Det kan eg leva lenge på. Edendale er antakeleg det beste de har laga. Kos dykk på turné! :)
Synd dere ikke er på sxsw i år. Dere var det desidert beste bandet der i fjor, og eg hadde med meg ein venn fra Austin som snakker om den konserten på Viper room enda! Men gleder meg til dere kommer til Drammen i april!
