Casino Steel
Født		22. feb. 1952 (72 år) Trondheim
Beskjeftigelse		Sanger, musiker, plateartist
Nasjonalitet		Norge
Medlem av		Gary Holton and Casino Steel Hollywood Brats The Boys Claudia / Big Hand / Casino The Yobs
Utmerkelser		Spellemannprisen i roots og country (1985) (sammen med: Claudia Scott, Ottar Johansen) Gammleng-prisen (2019)[1] Rockheim Hall of Fame (2021)[2]
Musikalsk karriere
Pseudonym		Casino Steel
Instrument		Vokal
IMDb		IMDb

Stein Groven (født 1952), kjent under artistnavnet Casino Steel, er en norsk keyboardist og vokalist. Han har spilt i flere ulike band og sammensetninger innen rock, punk og country i Norge, Storbritannia og USA og har gitt ut flere soloalbum. Han ble innlemmet i Rockheim Hall of Fame september 2021.^[3]

Liv og virke

Som 18 åring flyttet han til London hvor han i 1970-årene blant annet var medlem av punk-rockbandene Hollywood Brats og senere The Boys som fortsatt er aktivt. I Norge ble han først kjent for sitt samarbeid med Gary Holton som han ga ut fire album med på starten av 1980-årene. I 1983 startet han samarbeidet med Claudia Scott og Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen i countrytrioen Claudia / Big Hand / Casino. Trioen ga ut tre plater. De fikk Spellemannprisen 1985 i klassen roots & country for albumet Oh Yeah! og ble nominert til Spellemannprisen 1984 i klassen country & western for Fools Never Learn. Samarbeidet med Claudia Scott fortsatte utover 80-tallet, først som duo og deretter i bandet CCCP hvor også Carlene Carter og John Payne var medlemmer. I 1990 ga han ut sitt første soloalbum som fikk navnet Casino Steel. Året etter startet han plateselskapet Revolution Records. I 2007 startet han The Last Rock 'N' Roll Band sammen med blant andre Honest John Plain fra The Boys.

Han fikk veteranprisen under Gammleng-prisen 2019^[4] og ble nominert til Rockheim Hall of Fame i 2018 og 2019 før han ble innlemmet i 2021.

Han ble i 2002 dømt til 120 dagers fengsel for grovt økonomisk utroskap i den såkalte GramArt-saken. Saken fikk stor oppmerksomhet i media, da en rekke kjente norske musikere var deltagende som vitner.^[5][6][7][8]

Diskografi

Album

• Steelworks (1983)
• Scott & Steel (1988), med Claudia Scott
• Casino Steel (1990)
• Casino Steel & The Bandits (1991)
• The Wonderful World of Mr. Casino Steel (1991)
• Oh Boy! (1992)
• Casino Steel With The Hollywood Brats, The Boys, Gary Holton etc (1992)
• V.S.O.P. (2001)
• There's a Tear in My Beer (2005)
• Past the Point of No Return (2012)
• "60" (2012)

Singler/EP-er

• This Ain't America/I Ain't Coming Back (1988)
• Do You Believe In Love/What's the Matter (1988)
• Little Rebel/Party Crashin (1990)
• Dance Naked With Me/Blowing the Dust Off the Angels Wings (1990)
• Heroine/When You Walk In the Room (1991)
• Røde kort (2002), med Trond Ingebretsen
• What a Wonderful World (2005)
• There's a Tear in My Beer (2005)
• (Lord, Help Me Through) Christmas Day (2009)
• C'est la vie (You Never Can Tell) (2012)
• Carmelita (2013), med Claudia Scott
• I Don't Wanna Talk About It (2018), med Hans Petter Baarli
• Mary Ellen Jones (2022), med Hard Luck Street

Hollywood Brats

Album

• Grown Up Wrong (1975), med Andrew Matheson
• The Hollywood Brats (1980)
• Whatever Happened to The Hollywood Brats (1986)
• Sick on You (2016)

Singler

• Then He Kissed Me/Sick on You (1979)
• Rough Mixes (1984)
• Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me/Suckin' on Suzie (1986)
• Zurich 17/Nightmare (2005)

The Boys

Album

• The Boys (1977)
• Alternative Chartbusters (1978)
• To Hell with The Boys (1979)
• Boys Only (1981)
• Live at The Roxy Club, April '77 (1990)
• To Hell with The Boys – The Original Mix (1990)
• Odds and Sods (1990)
• The Boys/Alternative Chartbusters (1991)
• BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1993)
• To Hell with The Boys/Boys Only (1994)
• The Best of The Boys (1995)
• Complete Boys Punk Singles Collection (1996)
• Power Cut (1997)
• The BBC Sessions (1999)
• The Peel Sessions (1999)
• The Boys In Concert (1999)
• The Very Best of The Boys (1999)
• Sick on You (1999)
• Punk Rock Rarities (1999)
• To Original Hell With/Odds N Sods (2000)
• Live and Unplugged: Leads 3 Amps. United 0 (2000, The Yobs)
• The Worst of The Yobs (2001)
• The Collection (2003)
• I Don't Care (The Nems Records Years) (2004)
• The Punk Rock Anthology (2008)
• Punk Rock Menopause (2014)
• Undercover – Live in China (2015)
• Made In China (2015)

Singler/EP-er

• I Don't Care/Soda Pressing (1977)
• First Time (1977)
• Run Rudolph Run/The Worm Song (1977)
• Brickfield Nights/Teacher's Pet (1978)
• Silent Night/Stille Nacht (1978)
• Kamikaze/Bad Day (1979)
• Rub-a-Dum-Dum/Another Christmas (1979, som The Yobs)
• You Better Move On/Schoolgirls (1980)
• Terminal Love/Love Me (1980)
• Weekend/Cool (1980)
• Let It Rain/Lucy (1981)
• Sick On You/Soda Pressing (1999)
• Svengerland/Only a Game (2002)
• Jimmy Brown (2008)

Med Gary Holton

Album

• Gary Holton and Casino Steel (1981)
• Part II (1982)
• III Edition (1982)
• Best of Gary Holton and Casino Steel (1984)
• No. 4 (1984)
• We Did It Our Way (1986)
• The Best (1989)
• Ruby – The Very Best of Gary Holton & Casino Steel (1995)
• Anthology (2010)

Singler

• Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town/Good Ol' Gary (1981)
• No Reply/What Looks Best on You (1982)
• She's Got Balls/On the Rig (1982)
• Blackberry Way/Candy (1982)
• Thinking of You/Good Ol' Gary (1982)
• Baby I Love You/I Wish I Was an Angel (1984)
• Baby I Love You/Blue Eyed Blonde (1984)
• People In Love/Pick Me Up (1986)
• Runaway/She's No Angel (1989)
• Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town) (2010)

Claudia/Big Hand/Casino

• Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1983)
• Fools Never Learn (1984)
• Oh Yeah! (1985)
• Honky Tonk Night – The Best of Claudia/Big Hand/Casino (2009)

Singler

• Honky Tonk Night/Barroom Roses (1985)

CCCP

• Let's Spend the Night Together! (1986)

Singler

• Let's Spend the Night Together/Strange Brew (1986)
• Feelin' Alright/One of These Days (1986)

1st Revolution Orchestra

• 1st Revolution Orchestra (1991)

The Last Rock'N'Roll Band

• The Last Rock'N'Roll Band (2007)

The Mattless Boys

Album

• The Mattless Boys (2010)

Split

• 1977–2010 (2010), med Stiffs, Boss Martians, Arctic Depression

Deltar på

• RCA Victor: Punk Collection (1977)
• RCA Victor: English Waves! (1978)
• Jem Records: Teenage Party (1978)
• Futura: Pop på pulsen (1979)
• Polydor Records: 20 of Another Kind (1979)
• Music for Pleasure: We Do'em Our Way (1980)
• Pete Stride & John Plain: Laugh at Me/Jimmy Brown (1980)
• Pete Stride & John Plain: New Guitars In Town (1980)
• The Kids: Norske jenter (1980)
• Gary Holton: Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)/Listen/Love Is Young (1980)
• The Young Lords: The Young Lords EP (1980)
• VG: På gang 1 (1981)
• The Kids: Svenska tjejer/Cool (1981)
• New Noise Records: Big Voice of New Noise (1981)
• Saturday Cowboys: Human Cut-Out/Move It Over (1981)
• Home's Musikk: Gullkassetten 81 (1981)
• Det Nye: Hett fett & svett (1981)
• Saturday Cowboys: We Like to Watch (1981)
• X Records: An X-tra for X-Perts (1981)
• The Kids: Hon är förälskad i lärar'n (1981)
• VG: På gang 3 (1981)
• Det Nye: Rock'n Disco 1 (1981)
• Mariann Records: Alle menn vol. 4 (1981)
• Philips: Power Pop 82/1 (1982)
• VG: På gang 5 (1982)
• Cherry Red: Burning Ambitions: A History of Punk (1982)
• K-Tel: Double Hits (1982)
• Det Nye: Hett, fett & svett 2 (1982)
• VG: På gang 8 (1982)
• Philips: En enda lysere idé fra Philips (1983)
• Marith Endresen: Good Girl Gone Bad (1983)
• Se og Hør: Se og Hør: Country Show (1983)
• Postsparebanken: Hallo i luren (1983)
• VG: På gang 11 (1983)
• Trygg Trafikk: Helikopter Jon (1984)
• Tiedemanns: De gamle løver rører på seg... (1984)
• Mariann Records: Momarkedet Vol. 2 (1984)
• VG: På gang 14 (1984)
• Big Hand Records: The New Outlaws (1984)
• Reader's Digest: One For the Road (1984)
• Cherry Red: Give Me Some Cherry (1984)
• NÅ: NÅ Meloditoppen 4 (1984)
• Reader's Digest: Mer "køntri" (1984)
• A/S Grappa: Mesterhuskassetten (1984)
• Reader's Digest: Det beste fra norsk country (1985)
• Cambra: Viva la Revolution! (1985)
• Family 5: Stein des Anstoßes (1985)
• Big Hand Records: Countryfestival Skjåk '85 (1985)
• Forente artister: Sammen for livet/Ikke gråt, Afrika (1985)
• Forente artister: Sammen for livet (1985)
• Bahama Records: Norsktopper 1985: Originale norske artister! (1985)
• VG: På gang 20: Jubileumskassetten (1985)
• Claudia Scott: Rock'n Roll Band (1986)
• Melodi Grand Prix 1986: Norsk Grand Prix '86 (1986)
• Gary Holton: People In Love/Angel (1986)
• VG: På gang 23 (1986)
• Gary Holton: Gary Holton (1986)
• The Grønne Glitrende 3 og Dag: Grønne Glitrende 3 & Dag (1986)
• VG: På gang 24 (1986)
• MBC Records: Punk: A World History (1987)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: I'm Still Your Fool/Rough Norwegian Roads (1987)
• The Coast: Nine to Four/Mr. Tambourine Man (1987)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: Big Hand (1987)
• VG: På gang 31 (1988)
• Stephen Ackles: Stephen Ackles and The Memphis News (1988)
• Castle Communications: The Best of 20 of Another Kind (1989)
• Amnesty International: Time to Take a Stand (1989)
• Totenschlager: Jørgen Engum A/S (1990)
• White Canyon: White Canyon (1990)
• FINA: Opaas Trafikkskole (1990)
• NMK: NMK Vikedalkassetten (1990)
• Pojat: Pojat (1990)
• Polarvox: Rocksuosikit soimaan 1 (1990)
• Receiver Records: Nice Enough to Eat (1991)
• Ottar "Big Hand" Johansen: The 16 Very Best (1991)
• Music Club: Punk (1991)
• Frank Aleksandersen: Rundt i ring (1991)
• VIF Fotball: Vålerenga Vål'enga 91 (1991)
• Totenschlager: Borettslag Oslo (1991)
• Streetlink: The Great British Punk Rock Explosion (1991)
• Plateselskapet: På vei te Ullevål (1991)
• Pojat: Pasi virtanen/B-5 (1991)
• Henning Kvitnes: Songs People Play (1991)
• Connoisseur Collection: The Indie Scene '77: The Story of British Independent Music (1991)
• Die Toten Hosen: Learning English, Lesson One (1991)
• Pojat: Irti (1992)
• Totenschlager: Bodø Taxisentral (1992)
• Streetlink: The Great British Punk Rock Explosion Volume 2 (1992)
• See for Miles Records: Your Starter For Ten... The See For Miles 10th Anniversary Sampler (1992)
• MG Records: Punk Compilation Vol. 1 (1992)
• Backstreet Girls: Let's Have It (1992)
• Die Toten Hosen: Demos and Outtakes (1992)
• Rhino Records: DIY: Teenage Kicks – UK Pop I (1976–79) (1993)
• Stephen Ackles: Rarities vol. 1 (1993)
• Anagram Records: Burning Ambitions – A History of Punk Vol. 2 (1993)
• Trøste & Bære: To på topp (1993)
• Revolution Records: Completely Rock'n'Roll Vol. 1 (1994)
• Music Club: Punk Vol. 1: Loud and Angry (1994)
• Sony Music Entertainment/PolyGram: Norske hits 1980–1989 – 38 pop & rock klassikere (1994)
• Karussell: Norsk pop 1980–1989 (1994)
• Emporio: Indie Punk Classics (1994)
• Receiver Records: Kamikaze: 20 Punk Classics (1994)
• Andrew Matheson: Night of the Bastard Moon (1994)
• The Problematics & Snotboy: The Problematics/Snotboy77 (1994)
• Revolution Records: Completely Rock'n'Roll Vol. II – The Ballads (1994)
• Revolution Records: Whale Meat Again! (1994)
• Music Club: Punk Vol. 3: Raw and Live (1994)
• Merry Records: Perfectly Stoned (1995)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: 30 Years On the Road (1995)
• Emporio: Punk: Live and Nasty (1995)
• Anagram Records: Cherry Red Records – The Punk Singles Collection (1995)
• Ronco Silver: Seventies Rock (1995)
• Ian Hunter: Dirty Laundry (1995)
• The Splash Four: Funbangers EP (1995)
• Nasty Vinyl: Punk Christmas (1995)
• Dressed to Kill: Agitprop: The Politics of Punk (1996)
• The Kids: Sønner av norske jenter – The Kids Greatest Hits (1996)
• Dressed to Kill: God Save the Queen: 20 Years of Punk (1996)
• Dressed to Kill: Were So Pretty: A Punk Anthology – Part Two (1996)
• The Splash Four: Do the Earthquake Shake! (1997)
• The Circus Sideshow: The Circus Sideshow (1997)
• The Lurkers: God's Lonely Men (1997)
• Music Club: United Kingdom of Punk (1997)
• Rialto: New Wave (1997)
• Cleopatra: 100% Pure Bollocks: The Unacceptable Stench of Bullshit (1997)
• The Boys-hyllest: Satisfaction Guaranteed – A Tribute to The Boys (1997)
• Pojat: Parhaat biisit ja paras mahdollinen show (1997)
• Trøste & Bære: Greitest Hits (1997)
• Receiver Records: A History of Punk (1997)
• Egmont Music Club: Det beste av norsk musikk 1981–1983 (1998)
• The Mighty Four: I'll Never Wound Anything But Hearts (1998)
• Ian Hunter: Bald at the Station (1998)
• Safety Pins: Crazy Man (1998)
• Dressed to Kill: The Shit Factory: The Greatest Punk Swindle of All Time (1998)
• Jeff Dahl: I Was a Teenage Glam-Fag – Volume 1 (1998)
• Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: Out Blues/Soda Pressing (1998)
• Safety Pins: Powergenerator (1998)
• Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: 7inch Vinyl Box (1999)
• Receiver Records: Live at the Roxy, London (1999)
• Universal Music: 1-2-3-4 Punk and New Wave 1976–1979 (1999)
• Dressed to Kill: The Greatest Punk Album of All Time (1999)
• Receiver Records: The Ultimate Punk Box Set (1999)
• Dressed to Kill: I Spit On Your Gravy (1999)
• Loose Lips: Talkin' Trash (1999)
• The Vultures: Alcoholic Lady/Soda Pressing (2000)
• MTG: Æ e trønder æ (2000)
• The Lurkers: The BBC Punk Sessions (2000)
• Ne Luupojat Surf: Henki elää! (2001)
• Dressed to Kill: Silver Jubilee: 25 Years of Punk (1976–2001) (2001)
• Harry May: A Proper Fucking Punk Album: 16 British Real Punk Anthems (2001)
• Dressed to Kill: The Entire History of Punk (2001)
• EMI: Cash from Chaos: The Complete Punk Collection (2001)
• BMG: Punk Lives! (2001)
• Receiver Records: Live from the Roxy, Vol. 2 (2002)
• Universal Music: 96% countryfest (2002)
• Asgeir: På en støvete landevei (2002)
• Asgeir: Turbo compressor noz injection (2002)
• Cherry Red: Punk Covers – Voice of a Generation (2002)
• Safari Records: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album of Safari Records (2002)
• Holly Tree: The British Punk Classics Greatest Shits (2002)
• Michael Monroe: Whatcha Want (2003)
• The Sirens: Chez Maximes (2003)
• TNT: The Big Bang – The Essential Collection (2003)
• LaserLight Digital: Punk The Greatest Hits – The Best of Punk (2003)
• The Crybabys: What Kind of Rock'n'Roll: The Anthology (2003)
• Rhino Entertainment: No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion (2003)
• RPM Records: Glitterbest – UK Glam With Attitude 1971–1976 (2004)
• Asgeir: Asgeirs beste (2004)
• PK & DanseFolket: I kjempeslag (2004)
• The Sirens: The Sirens (2004)
• Ole Ivars-hyllest: En annen dans (2004)
• Street Dogs Records: Oi! Across the World (2004)
• The Robots: We Are Everywhere (2004)
• Rockaway Records: Todos somos Ramones (2005)
• Claudia Scott: Collection (2005)
• McMusic: More No 1 Hits (2005)
• Ratcats: Promo (2005)
• Membran Music: God Save This Box: Punk Original Masters (2005)
• Liv Marit Wedvik: Dance All Night (2005)
• Unidisc: Norsk musikk i 100 – Vol. 4: Ikke helnorsk, men... (2005)
• Liv Marit Wedvik: Home Sweet Home (2005)
• Ratcats: License to Rumble (2005)
• Ramones-hyllest: Leave Home: A Norwegian Tribute to The Ramones (2005)
• Castle Pulse: Punk Crazy: Anarchy in the UK (2006)
• The Sirens: The Sirens Are Dead (2006)
• Universal Music: Country Jukeboks (2006)
• Backstreet Girls-hyllest: Never Too Loud! A Tribute to Backstreet Girls (2006)
• Artistforbundet: Out of Norway – Selected Songs From Norwegian Artists 2006 (2006)
• Mojo: TRASH!: The Roots of Punk! (2006)
• Castle Pulse: Punk Power! Anarchy In the UK (2006)
• The Carburetors: Loud Enough to Raise the Dead (2006)
• The Kids: Hits fra Kids (2007)
• Backstreet Girls: Shake Your Stimulator (2007)
• Music Brokers: Punk 1977–2007: 30th Anniversary (2007)
• John Payne: Different Worlds (2007)
• EVA Records: Absolute VG-lista 1981 (2007)
• EVA Records: Absolute VG-lista 1982 (2007)
• Castle Music/Sanctuary Records: If the Kids Are United: The Punk Box Set (2008)
• Mojo: Destroy! (2008)
• Cherry Red: Perfect Unpop: Peel Show Hits and Long-Lost Lo-Fi Favourites Vol. 1 – 1976–1980 (2008)
• Diverse: Canciones que nos enseñaron... Shock Treatment (2008)
• Cherry Red: I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart – The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection 1978–1983 (2008)
• Ziggy & The Rythm Bulldogs: Boogie Woogie Knockout (2009)
• Backstreet Girls: Just When You Thought Things Couldn't Get Any Worse... ...Here's the Backstreet Girls (2009)
• Diverse: Cherries Jubileee (2009)
• Vinyl Japan: Vinyl Japan Calling From London: The Official Method of Klub Dancing Vol. 5 (2010)
• Virgin/EMI: 101 Punk & New Wave Anthems (2010)
• Radiations: Radiations (2010)
• Year Zero: Dirty Water: The Birth of Punk Attitude (2010)
• Backstreet Girls: Let the Boogie Do the Talking (2010)
• Die Toten Hosen: Vinyl Box (2010)
• TNT: Engine (2010)
• Trond Granlund: Bror min og jeg (2012)
• Pojat: Klassikot (2013)
• Pojat: Toimintaa & sankareita (2013)
• Liv Marit Wedvik: So the Story Goes – The Very Best of Liv Marit Wedvik (2013)
• Universal: Norsk på engelsk country – 20 norske countryklassikere (2013)
• Petter Baarli: You Petter B. Goode (2014)
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! (2014)
• Universal: Norske countryduetter (2014)
• Soul Jazz Records: Punk 45: Sick On You! One Way Spit! After the Love & Before the Revolution – Proto-Punk 1969–76 Vol. 3 (2014)
• Ox Fanzine: Ox-Compilation 114 (2014)
• Wompers: Wompers (2014)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: 50 Years On the Road (2015)
• Mojo: Pretty Vacant – Mojo Presents 15 Pre-Punk Nuggets (2015)
• Plastic Tears: Rhythm Rider (2016)
• Petter Baarli: Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Dawn! (2016)
• Warner Music: Spurts! Punk & Post-Punk From the '70s & Beyond (2016)
• Cherry Red: Action Time Vision – A Story of Independent UK Punk 1976–1979 (2016)
• Benoni & Big Hand: Benoni & Big Hand (2017)
• Stnd. Union: Sing, Drink, & Dance With Stnd. Union (2017)
• Edsel Records: Gary Crowley's Punk and New Wave (2017)

Referanser

Eksterne lenker

• Biografi fra Norsk pop- og rockleksikon
• The Boys
• The Last Rock N Roll Band
• ballade.no Arkivert 13. april 2014 hos Wayback Machine.
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