Backstreet Girls

Backstreet Girls are a Norwegian rock band from Oslo.

Band History

The band was formed in 1984 together with stone Ramberg of the Cowboys Saturday, but went by the pairs of brothers Tom and Pål Kristensen and Bjørn Terje and Hans Petter Baarli already after a short time. Even singer Tom Kristensen left the Backstreet Girls before the first, self-produced publication Mental Shakedown, Arne Aarnes meanwhile took over singing at the. After that, she signed with PolyGram and with new singer Bjørn Muller began in 1988, the most successful period of the band. With the album Boogie Till You Puke the quartet had his breakthrough this year and was able to place first in the Norwegian charts. Over 15 000 copies were sold. Two other top 20 albums and top 10 single Gimme Just a Second followed in the next two years. They were the first band was allowed to play in the newly built Oslo Spectrum 1991.

Then Müller left the band to begin with Speed ​​of Sound its own project, and went with him of success. In the following years, the singer changed and the other members played again and again in other productions. The new label Warner did not bring forward also and after an unsuccessful album, the collaboration was ended again. After Mueller's return in 1995, it took another four years until the small Norwegian label studio album Face the front appeared Hellway to High, whose title refers to their idols AC / DC. There were mainly tours and live albums, with Rose Tattoo, which also include not only the Ramones and the status quo to their musical influences, they went on a European tour. On the album Black Boogie Death Rock n 'Roll from 2002 recordings of performances in Germany can be found.

Pål Kristensen and Bjørn Terje Baarli left after 15 and 22 years of membership until 2006, the band, leaving only guitarist Petter Baarli remained of the founders. In addition to singer Dan André Müller then completed Raaden Hoque, known as Dan Thunderbird, as a bass player and the Swede Martin H Son drums the line-up. Anyway, they managed in 2007 with the album Shake Your Stimulator a comeback in the Norwegian charts that they could continue two years later with Just When You Thought Things Could not Get Any Worse ... Here's the Backstreet Girls.

Discography

• Mental Shakedown (1986 )
• Boogie Till You Puke (1988 )
• Party on Elm Street (1989 )
• Coming Down Hard ( 1990)
• Let's Have It ( 1992)
• Live (1993 )
• Hellway to High (1999)
• Boogie Till ' You Bleed! (2000, Compilation)
• Tuff Tuff Tuff (2001)
• Black Boogie Death Rock n 'Roll (2002)
• Sick My Duck ( 2003)
• Shake Your Stimulator (2007)
• Do not Fake It Too Long (2008)
• Just When You Thought Things Could not Get Any Worse ... Here's the Backstreet Girls ( 2009)

Swell

• Band biography from the " Norsk pop -og rockleksikon " (Norwegian)
• Backstreet Girls / Bio, ReverbNation (English)