Nephew (band)
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| Nephew | |
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| Origin | Århus, Denmark |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Label(s) | Copenhagen Records |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| Simon Kvamm Kristian Riis Søren Arnholt Kasper Toustrup René Munk Thalund |
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Nephew is a Danish rock band. The band formed in 1996, in Århus. They had their breakthrough in 2004 with the release of their second album USADSB. The release coincided with lead singer Simon Kvamm's highly successful appearances on Danish television in the cult comedy show Drengene fra Angora, which helped boost the band's popularity. USADSB went double platinum in Denmark and spawned six hit singles. Aside from Denmark, USADSB has been released in Japan, Germany and in Norway.
The band uses an odd mixture of Danish and English in their lyrics; they started singing mostly in English with just a few Danish lyrics, but gradually, they have been using Danish more and more in their songs.
In October 2006 they released a new album, Interkom Kom Ind, which received many positive reviews, and has fared well commercially both in Denmark and other countries in Europe. The singles, Igen & Igen &, Science Fiction & Familien and Mexico Ligger I Spanien rotated heavily on Danish radio.
On January 21, 2007 it was revealed that American producer Timbaland had received the tracks to three songs ("En Wannabe Darth Vader", "Igen og Igen &" and "Hospital") and was working on turning some of them into a track for his forthcoming Timbaland Presents Shock Value album - and so he did. A remix of the song "The Way I Are" was produced by Nephew. Only the vocals from the original song are the same, the Danish band having completely redone the song. Nephew frontman Simon Kvamm also delivers new vocals for the song, which will be included on the single release. The remix samples the melody from Igen og Igen but translated lyrics from the song and is incorporated throughout the remix of the song.
On November 5, 2007 Nephew released a live-box set (Live-CD/2DVD) entitled Roskilde//07.07.07 based upon a much-acclaimed live performance at Orange Scene at the 2007 Roskilde Festival. The Live CD features songs from the albums USADSB and Interkom Kom Ind, including a special version of 'Hospital' which features a guest performance by Danish rapper L.O.C.. The Special Edition of the box also features the bands remix of the Timbaland track The Way I Are.
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[edit] Members
- Simon Kvamm (vocal/song writer/keys), 1996-
- Kristian Riis (guitar/backup vocals), 1996-
- Søren Arnholt (drums/backup vocals), 1996-
- Kasper Toustrup (bass), 1998-
- René Munk Thalund (keys), 2005-
[edit] Former Members
- Jonas Juul Jeppesen (bass), 1996-1998
