For Sent Å Angre (starts at 00:31)
Dit Vi Må (starts at 03:46)
Samhold (starts at 08:07)
På Sterke Vinger (starts at 12:49)
HØST '74 came from Askim and Ås in Indre Østfold and played music from the heavier end of the prog rock scale. The band was formed in 1973 and the first lineup remained more or less unchanged until 1976.
The band's distinctive vocalist Geir Jahren, sang only in Norwegian. The other members of the band were Svein Rønning (guitar), Bernt Bodal (bass), Lasse Nilsen (guitar) and Knut R. Lie (drums).
In 1974 they released “På sterke vinger", which was inspired very strongly by British hard rock, and was well received amongst fans. A short time afterwards Rønningen, Nilsen and Lie left the band, but it didn't take too long before replacements were found.
HØST 74 attended Rock På Torget Bodø 2010;
The original members Geir Jahren (vocal), Svein Rønning (guitar), Bernt Bodal (bass), Lasse Nilsen (guitar) and Knut R. Lie (drums) played at this concert..
We would also like to give a big thanks to Tomas Evjen and Cathrine Sørensen at News On Request, Morten Buvik in Lydteamet and Håvard Christensen in Store Studio which gave us pictures, sound and mixing for this documentaion of the festival.
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ROCK PÅ TORGET in Bodø, Norway, was a tremendous - and weather wise! - experience.
A Saturday evening in the late summer of 2010 SVENNE TORRISSEN and HÅVAR EIDE had managed to gather the best of Norwegian Prog Rock bands from the 1970's for a mini festival on the square of Bodø.
On the way they had good help from GEIR-JAKOB HELLEM, HARALD OLAUSSEN, many volunteers and the main sponsor NORDLANDSBANKEN and many local sponsors. The economical basis was therefore secured and uncertainty was reduced to two factors: How many tickets would be sold, and how would the weather gods behave?
About 1,100 paying attendees came from the whole country, something the weather gods didn't take into consideration. Rain without precedence came during the morning and worsened in the evening. The musicians weren’t depressed by the weather, it was something which fired them with extra energy; for a love of performing and the effort they put into their performances would be hard to find elsewhere!
NEWS ON REQUEST had four cameras to record and document this historic event - the result you can see here.
Sit back and enjoy!
Some photos from Rock På Torget festival and DVD released 2011.
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