Geir Zahl got two albums for christmas when he was 11. Knutsen & Ludvigsen´s "Juba Juba" (norwegian duo playing childrens music, great stuff!) and Bruce Springsteen`s "Born In The USA".
Around the age of 16 Geir Zahl started playing guitar in the basement with his childhood friend Janove Ottesen, fooling around writing weird songs and lyrics, having a laugh and no ambitions. Then songwriting increasingly became more serious, and later these two companions went on to form the highly successful oilbarrel banging gypsy-rock punk-adrenalin-infused act Kaizers Orchestra.
Five years and three albums into Kaizers Orchestras career, Zahl is ready to release his solo album "Nice For A Change". Different in many ways from the spastic eastern european expression of Kaizers, Zahl this time explores the great American style singer/songwriter genre, "americana", or whatever you want to call it, just "good songs" does it really.
Basiclaly that christmas in 1986 paved the way for the two headed dog, Kaizers and soloZahl, for Geir.
The album "Nice For A Change" was released in Norway february 19th. 2007, and is available on itunes stores almost all throughout Europe and the US. Stay posted for more information about shows and tour plans!
3. oktober frå kl. 18:00 på Hovudscenen / i foajeen:
ROCKEPARTY MED TURBOVERT Hank von Helvete er vert når Det Norske Teatret inviterer til Rockeparty. Jesus Christ Superstar sparkar i gang festen kl. 18:00 og etterpå kjem Apocalyse Dudes og DJ til å sørge for ein fortsatt heftig kveld. Open bar. Billettar på www.detnorsketeatret.no eller i billettluka på 22 42 43 44. Festen kostar kr. 20 i tillegg til teaterbilletten. NB! Avgrensa tal på billettar. 18-års aldersgrense.
Hi, I looove your music, my favourite song is "Leave me in"... I hope there will be more to come... sometime...! And Geir, you really should sing more songs. You and your voice are just fantastic! :) Keep it up!
Thanks for keeping your space updated. Now, I've been listening a lot to your songs and it's really growing on me... as usual though I would love to read your lyrics. Are they posted on the net anywhere? If not, I hope to see them published on your new fancy website for 09? ;)Or on here of course.
You have a great talent thanks for putting it into use, ever expanding.
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