2004-09-19
American rock enters Norway and turns the perception of what popular music is upside down. And what really happened during the rock riots in Oslo in 1956?
2004-09-26
Inspired by The Shadows, shadows bands spring up across the country in the sixties. And the parent generation calls their music barbed-wire music.
2004-10-03
Surrounded by screaming girls, parties, and scandals, the Pussycats are the first to live out what we associate with the sixties: Protest, colour, and free sex.
2004-10-10
As the generational conflict intensifies, a rawer and bolder pop music emerges: Rhythm and blues.
2004-10-17
Throughout the 60s, only the schlager singers sing in Norwegian. Then the Norwegian singer-songwriter wave emerges.
2004-10-24
In the 70s, people begin in earnest to buy records. The record companies smell money, and the artists dream of breaking through abroad.
2004-10-31
With an intense hatred of the record industry, harsh opinions that disco sucks, and an appearance that scares most people senseless, the punks take over Norway.
2004-11-07
In the 80s, the record market explodes, also in Norway. But it’s pop that sells, not rock.
2004-11-14
Even though the punks try to make Norwegian a rock language, it’s only when deLillos, Raga Rockers, Jokke, and DumDum Boys enter the stage that it takes off.
2004-11-21
Norwegian rock and pop musicians have always dreamed of making it abroad. Finally, it happens: A-ha goes to the top in the USA.
2004-11-28
In the 90s, rock’s niches grow large enough to embrace narrow genres, and Norwegian techno, black metal, and world music conquer Europe.
2004-12-05
At the turn of the millennium, many new artists have risen to prominence. They chart their own course for pop and rock.
