Honningbarna

Honningbarna

Honningbarna in 2011
Background information
Origin Kristiansand, Norway
Genres Punk rock
Years active 2010 - present
Website honningbarna.no
Members Edvard Valberg
Lars Emmelthun
Christoffer Trædal
Fredrik Justnes
Nils Nilsen
Past members Mathias Johansson
Anders Eikås

Honningbarna (English: "The Honey Children") is a punk rock band from Kristiansand, Norway, known for performing lyrics in the local Kristiansand dialect.

Career

The band débuted in 2010 with the EP Honningbarna. In January 2011, they were named as the winners in a competition for fresh music, Årets Urørt organized by the radio station NRK P3. The winning song named Borgerskapets utakknemlige sønner ("Ungrateful sons of the bourgeoisie"). At 25th of march, in the same year, they released their debut album La alarmane gå (Sound the alarms). The debut album won in the category of rock during Spellemannprisen 2011. They were also nominated in the category Newcomer. In 2011 They played at a festival Øyafestivalen[1] and live on NRK TV campaign of 2011.

Drummer Anders Eikås died in a car accident on 31 January 2012.[2]

Band members

Past members

Honors

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

In 2013 they also contributed to the book Think like a rockstar,[3] written by Ståle Økland.

References

  1. Talset, Thomas (2012-01-31). "Konsertanmeldelse: Dunder-honning". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). Oslo: Verdens Gang. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  2. Stalsberg, Trine (2012-01-31). "Honningbarnas trommeslager drept". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  3. Økland, Ståle. "Tenk som en rockestjerne" (in Norwegian). PublicomForlag.no. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
Awards
Preceded by
Kvelertak
Recipient of the Rock Spellemannprisen
2011
Succeeded by
Tommy Tokyo

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