Boys In A Band

Boys in a band are a five-piece group of young rock the Faroe Islands. Your dance music they describe as a cowboy skirt. She is the most successful newcomer band 2006/ 07 on the Faroe Islands.

The group was formed in September 2006 and immediately became popular. At the national knock on the Global Battle of the Bands ( GBOB ) they finished second. On the radio Útvarp Føroya they are played regularly. At the annual Awards Planet of the newspaper Sosialurin they were Best New band 2006 At the song contest of the Atlantic Music Event 2007 they finished with Secrets to Conceal the third place -. Compete with Eivør Pálsdóttir, the first was.

Boys in a band played at various concerts in the Faroe Islands. In July 2007, they performed at the Roskilde Festival, further performances are the G! Festival in July, and the Iceland Airwaves in October.

They described their music as a mix of Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Franz Ferdinand; genuinem British indie rock with traditional American folk / blues roots. They add: "This together with the strict dress code of the band is the recipe for cowboy skirt, a genre that is so far mastered only by Boys in a band."

Boys in a band in 2008 released an album titled Black Diamond Train.

The Global Battle of the Bands 2007, the Faroese have been winners. They are the first Faroese band in history, who won a worldwide competition for themselves.