Honningbarna
Honningbarna in 2011
Honningbarna in 2011
Background information
OriginKristiansand, Norway
GenresPunk rock
Years active2010–present
MembersEdvard Valberg
Christoffer Trædal
Nils Nilsen
Johan Hansson Liljeberg
Tomas Berglund
Past membersMathias Johansson
Anders Eikås
Lars Emmelthun
Fredrik Justnes
Simen Følstad Nilsen
Websitehonningbarna.no

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 (31 January 2012). "Konsertanmeldelse: Dunder-honning". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). Oslo: Verdens Gang. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  2. ^ Stalsberg, Trine (31 January 2012). "Honningbarnas trommeslager drept". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. ^ Økland, Ståle. "Tenk som en rockestjerne" (in Norwegian). PublicomForlag.no. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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Awards Preceded byKvelertak Recipient of the Rock Spellemannprisen 2011 Succeeded byTommy Tokyo
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