Stage Dolls

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Stage Dolls
Origin Trondheim, Norway
Genre(s) Rock, pop rock
Years active 1983 – present
Website Official website
Members
Torstein Flakne
Terje Storli
Morten Skogstad
Former members
Erlend Antonsen
Steinar Krokstad

Stage Dolls is a Norwegian rock band based in Trondheim, Norway. In 1982, Erlend Antonsen and Terje Storli played at local clubs in and around Trondheim. In need of a guitarist they called on Torstein Flakne, who by then had finished playing in The Kids (a popular teeny-band in Norway 1980-82). Throughout the summer and fall of 1982 the newly formed band started reharsing and playing shows in the region. The trio took the name Stage Dolls in January 1983. The first album, titled Soldiers gun, was released in the early winter of 1985 after a successful nationwide tour in Norway supporting the Norwegian band TNT

Antonsen left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Steinar Krokstad; he in turn left in 1993 and was replaced by Morten Skogstad.

The recordings for their next album ’Commandos’ started in the fall 1985. It peaked at no.8 in the Norwegian charts (VG) and set the band up as one of the most popular rockbands in Norway in 1986. The album was released in the US by BigTime Records and the title track ’Commandos’ gained considerable airplay on college-radio.

The self-titled third album was recorded in the fall of 1987. It made it to the top of the charts in Norway, and in 1989 the band signed a deal with Chrysalis Rec. for the American market. The single ’Love cries’ got to no.46 on the Billboard Singles Charts the same year.


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[edit] Current line-up

  • Torstein Flakne - Guitar + vocals (1983–present)
  • Terje Storli - Bass (1983–present)
  • Morten Skogstad - Drums and percussion (1993–present)

[edit] Former members

  • Erlend Antonsen - Drums and percussion (1983-1985)
  • Steinar Krokstad - Drums and percussion (1985-1993)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Compilations

  • Stories We Could Tell (1993)
  • Good Times - The Essential Stage Dolls (2002) (2 cd)

[edit] External links

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