MySpace.com - Surfact - Copenhagen, DK - Rock / Grunge / Afro-beat

Band bio

Surfact is a great example on a classic rock group - one of the kinds that are based on: “one for all and the world against us.” Since the start of 2003 Surfact has tried to manage things themselves. They never sat down waiting for somebody to secure their fame – but instead relied on their own talent and chose to expose their music via concerts and web-communities, knowing that the music business has changed radically. Surfact had an American manager and played venues like The Viper Room in LA and Mercury Lounge in NY, way before they got their record deal. They have played hundreds of gigs both in Denmark and foreign countries only based on a self financed demo-EP, and have grown to be one of the biggest Danish bands here on MySpace. In August 2006 Surfact won the talent competition “Starfighters” at “Danmarks Smukkeste Festival” arranged by the national radio station P3, MTV Denmark and the national music magazine GAFFA. Latest news is that the song “Monkey on your back” from the debut album is featured in the American Miramax movie “The Lookout” written by Scott Frank who also wrote “Minority Report” and “Get Shorty”.

So far it has been only hard work for the five members of the band and the release of the debut album “Terrific Downfall” will show if it was worth it. The reception of the first single “Soulslide” indicates that somebody has noticed the band: 1 on MTV’s viewer chart “Fahrenheit” for 4 weeks in a row (so far 7 weeks in top 3), 1 on the download site Urban-Payload, airplay on national radio and currently 4 on the national music video chart Boogie – where the host foresees Surfact’s breakthrough in 2007.

Somehow, this is all the result of a musical statement. Surfact is playing rock music, a counterpart to the grunge of the 1990s, which conquered the world with bands like Nirvana, Soundgarden and Alice in chains. Today, some people claim that this kind of music is outdated. However, it’s still a genre with a huge international resonance, personified by the survivors from Pearl Jam as the all time ambassadors of grunge. Judging by the many comments here on Surfact’s MySpace profile, this is certainly music which draws a lot of fans even in 2007.

Surfact called the debut album “Terrific Downfall”; an oxymoronic comment to all the bullshit that the band has been given from the so called “music police” – and at the same time a statement that the ups and downs have been absolutely amazing. The music is heavy, hard and melodic – carried by glowing guitars, a steady rhythm section, a confident lead singer and a band playing well together. The songs are based on the reality of these very musicians – stories about friends and enemies, disappointments and crashed relationships, romances and humiliations, drugs and waste of talent.

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