Eldar Vågan

Eldar Vågan (born 30 August 1960) is best known as the song-writer and guitarist in Vazelina Bilopphøggers.^[1] Vågan is also a published illustrator and has acted in many Norwegian films and television productions.

Contents 1 Bands 1.1 Baiage 1.2 Vazelina Bilopphøggers 1.3 Eldar Vågan and The Eldarados 2 Records 2.1 Baiage 2.2 Vazelina Bilopphøggers 3 Solo 4 Filmography 5 TV series 5.1 Zebra Grand Prix 6 Illustrations 7 References

Bands

Baiage

Eldar Vågan and Bjørn Berg (vocalist on the first Vazelina-LP) were both in the band Baiage before Vazelina were formed. Lineup in 1979: Henning Hoel - guitar, Hallgeir Brumoen - singer, Eldar Vågan - guitar, Bjørnulf Dyrud - drummer, Jan Erik Dammerud - piano, Bjørn Berg - bass. For the last year, Baiage worked with bilopphøgger Arnulf Paulsen - as a bus driver for the band. Paulsen was the driver since he owned his own bus- a Swedish tourist bus from the 1950s.

The band released one EP with four tracks. Baiage x 4 - 1979 - NorDisc/Polydor - 12 NOR 2001.

Baiage took part in the National Battle of the Bands in 1979 and were included in the LP NM for rockeband LIVE with the song "På do". Released on Continental Records 1979, CC 101.

Vazelina Bilopphøggers

Eldar Vågan has been the guitarist in Vazelina since they started in 1980.

Eldar Vågan and The Eldarados

Eldar is the guitarist and vocalist in Eldar Vågan and The Eldarados.

Records

Eldar Vågan has worked on the following records.

Baiage

• Baiage x 4 (1979)

Vazelina Bilopphøggers

• 24 timers service (1980)
• Slitin i knea (1981)
• Blå lys (1982)
• På tur (1983)
• Fem fyrer med ved (1984)
• Fem års jubileum (1985)
• Musikk tel arbe' (1986)
• Gå for gull! (1987)
• Tempo (1989)
• Full behandling (1990)
• 11 år uten kvinnfolk (1992)
• Rock a Doodle (1994)
• Gammel Oppland (1994)
• Hææærli' på toppen ta væla (1996)
• Hjulkalender (2000)
• Bedre hell' all medisin! (2005)
• Bensin På Bålet (2007)

Solo

Albums

• Trøbbel (1982)
• En herre med bart (1985)

Singles

• K.F.U.M./Je angrer meg (1982)
• Alt je har å si/K.F.U.M. (1982)
• Je har itte bruk for giftering/Bigamist i kveld (1985)
• Smørja ski/Ligningssjefen (1985)
• Sugemerke (2011)

On other artist's records

• Tre Busserulls Piker, vin og 3 Busserulls (1985) (guest on the track "NM i HB")
• Steinar Ofsdal Reisefeber (1985) (vocals on Sang er pent)
• Tre Busserulls Å då lo eg (1987) (collaboration)
• Øystein Sunde Nå er begeret nådd (1999) (choir on "Snøfreser'n")
• Eda-Pelle Vita Äljen (2000) (producer, guitars, choir, organ, and editing)
• Jahn Teigen Utkledd som meg selv (2003) (on the title track)
• Maj Britt Andersen Dørstokken heme (2004) (vocals on "Mari du bedåre")

Sound tracks

• Fifty Fifty 50/50 - soundtrack (1982) (Du trur du kæin å spelle / Såre baller)
• Vidar Sandbeck i ord og toner: Gull ifra grønne skoger (2003) (Bildilla)

Filmography

• 1982 - 50/50
• 1982 - Krypskyttere
• 1983 - Hockeyfeber
• 1988 - Showbiz

TV series

• 1994 - Seier'n er vår
• 1994 - Brødrene Dal og legenden om Atlant-Is
• 1998 - Karl & Co

Zebra Grand Prix

In summer 2009, Eldar went out in the semifinal of TV 2's program Zebra Grand Prix.

Illustrations

Eldar Vågan has illustrated the following books:

• Øystein Sunde. Kjekt å ha - 1. Ex Libris forlag, 1990.
• Øystein Sunde. Kjekkere å ha - 2. Ex Libris forlag, 1992.
• Hans Rotmo. Tekstforfattaren: handbok for skriving av songtekstar. Samlaget, 1993.
• Arne Moslåtten. Stev på hjernen. Samlaget, 1996.
• Øystein Sunde. Du må'kke komme her og komme her. Ex Libris forlag, 1997.
• Hanssen, Halvard C. Gift med Lullen. Ex Libris forlag, 1998.
• Birger Sivertsen. Er de norske fjordene åpne om natten?. Frifant forlag, 1998.
• Øystein Sunde. Sånn er'e bare. Blåmann, 2006.
• Odd Nordhaug. Eksamensperler. Forlag1, 2008
• Hans-Ivar Kristiansen. Talerens Bok. Forlag1, 2009

References

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Name	Vagan, Eldar
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Date of birth	30 August 1960
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