Vassendgutane

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Vassendgutane are a Norwegian country band that have defined their own genre, party-country.

Members:

  • Sindre Aam - vocals, bass and lyrics
  • Arthur Johan Bjørdal - vocals, guitar and lyrics
  • Rune S Brautaset - guitar, vocals and lyrics
  • Ernst O Brune - accordion
  • Lars Egil Vaagseter - steel
  • Eivind Skjerdal - el. guitar, background vocals
  • Roberth Lien - drums
  • Einar Nilsen - synth

Their three albums are very popular in Norway, with 100,000 albums sold to this day. A concert DVD is planned to be sold in Autumn 2007. Their lyrics are in Norwegian and the songs mainly concentrate around subjects such as getting drunk on moonshine, bachelors with double beds and various tools that can be used when repairing vehicles.

They spend most of the year on tour on various arrangements, events and festivals around smaller towns in Norway.

Band members often seem very intoxicated on both alcohol and drugs at concerts, before and after. They do not take interviews, but gladly performs on radio and television.

In 2005 there was a rumor that the synth-player, Einar Nilsen was addicted to cocaine (straight from Bolivia) and sold most of the band's instruments. This was later confirmed by Sindre Aam, but there has always been a tension between the two and most of the hardcore fans consider this a false allegation from Sindre.

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