Kaizers Orchestra
Background information
Origin	Bryne, Norway
Genre(s)	Rock, Kaizerrock, Ompa
Years active	2000–present
Label(s)	Kaizerecords / Universal Germany (formerly Broilerfarm)
Website	Official homepage
Members
Janove Ottesen, vocals, guitar, piano, organ, oil drums Geir Zahl, guitar, vocals, oil drums Terje Vinterstø, guitar, backing vocals, percussion Rune Solheim, drums Helge Risa, pump organ, piano Øyvind Storesund, acoustic bass
Former members
Jon Sjøen, acoustic bass

Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian rock band formed in 2000. The two leading members, vocalist Janove Ottesen and guitarist Geir Zahl, had known each other for years, and first played together in a band called Blod, Snått & Juling in 1991. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 1,010 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Geir Zahl, Janove Ottesen, and Terje Vinterstø of Kaizers Orchestra at the concert in Vega, Copenhagen, on the 6th of October, 2005. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Bryne is a town, located in, and the administrative centre of, the municipality of Time, Norway. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Kaizerrock is what Kaizers Orchestra calls the music genre they play. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ... Geir Zahl, Janove Ottesen (middle) and Terje Vinterstø in Copenhagen 2005 Janove Ottesen (born 1975, formerly Jan Ove Ottesen) is a Norwegian musician, born in Bryne, Rogaland. ... Geir Zahl, is the front guitarist of the norwegian rockband, Kaizers Orchestra. ... Terje Vinterstø (born in 1977) is a Norwegian musician, playing guitar in several rock bands. ... Pump organ, a version of the reed organ where the player maintains the air pressure needed for creating the sound in the free reeds by pumping with his feet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Geir Zahl, Janove Ottesen (middle) and Terje Vinterstø in Copenhagen 2005 Janove Ottesen (born 1975, formerly Jan Ove Ottesen) is a Norwegian musician, born in Bryne, Rogaland. ... Geir Zahl, is the front guitarist of the norwegian rockband, Kaizers Orchestra. ...

Kaizers Orchestra are notable for being among the first Norwegian bands or artists singing in their native language to become popular in non-Scandinavian Europe. To other Norwegians, the band is instantly recognizable both because of their unique style, and because of vocalist Ottesen's marked Bryne dialect. Bryne is a town, located in, and the administrative centre of, the municipality of Time, Norway. ...

Biography

In 1998, childhood friends Janove Ottesen and Geir Zahl released their only album by their band gnom called "Mys". Of its 1000 copies, only 500 or so were sold the first year, and they were pretty much ignored. However, they were known well in the Stavanger area of Norway, having played as the local band Blod, Snått & Juling, and one of the songs they wrote after "Mys" called Bastard got good crowd response. A line from Bastard ("A certain Mr. Kaizer took me in/He is the proud owner of the world's heaviest siamese cat") inspired them to quit playing as gnom, and they started a new career as Kaizers Orchestra. County District Jæren Municipality NO-1103 Administrative centre Stavanger Mayor (1995-) Leif Johan Sevland (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 406 71 km² 68 km² 0. ... Look up bastard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 2000, Kaizers Orchestra recorded the Kaizers Orchestra EP, an EP containing four songs: "Bastard", "Bøn fra Helvete", "Katastrofen" and "Dekk Bord". During by:Larm, a Norwegian festival focusing on the artists of tomorrow, the band's songs were played frequently on the radio. Kaizers Orchestra's special sound and creative use of instruments was noticed by the small, Scandinavian label Broiler Farm. Their first album, Ompa Til Du Dør (Ompa 'Til You Die), was released on this label in September 2001. It was critically acclaimed and became a success, first in Norway, later in Denmark and the Netherlands. The album won a Spellemannpris (Norwegian Grammy) for “best rock album”, as well as two Alarm-awards (underground version of Spellemannprisen). “Ompa til du dør” also made Kaizers Orchestra the highest-selling rock debut to be released in the Norwegian language. The second album, Evig Pint (Eternally Tormented), was released in February 2003. The third album, Maestro was released on August 15, 2005 in Norway and Europe. They have made six music videos so far, for the songs Kontroll På Kontinentet, Mann Mot Mann, Evig Pint, Maestro, Knekker deg til sist and Blitzregn Baby (Live). In connection with the release of Maestro, Kaizers Orchestra signed an international record deal with Universal Germany. The Kaizers Orchestra EP, also known as the Gul (english: Yellow) EP, was the first EP ever recorded by Kaizers Orchestra. ... Ompa Til Du Dør is the debut album of Kaizers Orchestra, released in 2001. ... Evig Pint is an album by Kaizers Orchestra, recorded in November and December 2002. ... Maestro is an album by Kaizers Orchestra, released August 15, 2005. ... A song by Kaizers Orchestra, this song is one of the songs Kaizers almost always play live. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ...

Almost all members of the band are involved in side projects when they can find the time. Janove Ottesen released a solo album in 2004, Geir Zahl released his own solo album in early 2007, and Terje Vinterstø is the frontman of the punk-band Skambankt. Øyvind Storesund is also a permanent member of the bands Wunderkammer and Cloroform. Geir Zahl, Janove Ottesen (middle) and Terje Vinterstø in Copenhagen 2005 Janove Ottesen (born 1975, formerly Jan Ove Ottesen) is a Norwegian musician, born in Bryne, Rogaland. ... Terje Vinterstø (born in 1977) is a Norwegian musician, playing guitar in several rock bands. ... Skambankt is a Norwegian rock band from Klepp, just south of Stavanger. ...

Musically, Kaizers Orchestra mixes energetic gypsy rock with Eastern European ompa-music. They are regarded as one of Europe's best live acts, with their 2002 Performance at Roskilde earning them several "Concert of the Year" awards, as well as "Concert of Roskilde 2002". Any Kaizers show worthy of mention contains gas masks, oil barrels, crowbars, axe handles and the like. Geir Zahl sometimes has vocals on such songs as Dr. Mowinckel, Rullett, and Dekk Bord. The songs Kontroll På Kontinentet and Bøn fra Helvete are played some time in every concert. Kaizers are also famous for their Gypsy Finale, comprised of three songs; Sigøynerblod, Bak et Halleluja and Resistansen. A song by Kaizers Orchestra, this song is one of the songs Kaizers almost always play live. ...

Their October 5th and 6th, 2005 performances at Vega, in Copenhagen, Denmark, were recorded for a live DVD, titled Viva La Vega, and double CD, Live at Vega. A book, written in nynorsk by Geir Zahl's older brother Jan, called "Kontroll på Kontinentet" was released October 18, 2006. It is close to 300 pages long and include almost 150 pictures. At the book signing in Oslo to promote it's release over 400 copies of the 3000 first edition of the book had been sold. The book was also sold during their 2006 "Grand Finale Tour", a tour which included the bassist, Øyvind, painting a picture through out the concerts and selling it at the end. In 2007, the members of Kaizers Orchestra took a break from playing live. All members (bar Helge) are involved in some sort of side-project, and they concentrated on these in their break time. They only played three shows in 2007; one in Hungary, at the Sziget Festival, one in Norway, at Cementen, and finally at the german art expo Documenta. They plan on going back to the studio at the end of 2007 to record songs for a February 2008 album release. Some songs titles include 9 mm, Den Sjette Sansen, Du og Dine er Even, Under Månen, Silkebånd and Enden av November. It is still not confirmed what songs will actually be on the record. The first three songs they played during their "Grand Finale Tour" in 2006. For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ... Viva La Vega is a DVD presented by the Norwegian company Amazon Film of the band Kaizers Orchestra. ... Live at Vega is a two-disc album released by Kaizers Orchestra of their recorded concert performed at Vega in Denmark. ... Nynorsk (literally New Norwegian) is one of the two officially sanctioned orthographic standards of the Norwegian language, the other being BokmÃ¥l. ... History: (Timeline and Samples) Genres Classical - Folk - Hardcore - Hip hop - Opera - Operett - Pop - Reggea - Rock - Wedding pop - Wedding rock Organisations Mahasz Awards Golden Giraffe Charts MAHASZ TOP 40 album, MAHASZ Kislemez TOP 10, Dance TOP 40 Festivals Sziget, Mayday, Táncháztalálkozó, Miskolc Opera Festival Media Radio PetÅ‘fi... from documenta 6 documenta is one of the world‘s most important exhibitions of modern and contemporary art which now takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. ...

On September 4th 2007, the Kaizers released information about their still untitled 2008 album; it is to be recorded in Berlin, with the help from producer/engineer Mark Howard, and the release date has been set to the 18th of February 2008. This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Mark Howard (born January 29, 1986 in Manchester) is an English football player. ...

Kaizers Orchestra have created their own dark universe and their lyrics are often stories that tell of the Mafia, Russian roulette, "the revolution", "the resistance", war casualties, sailors and mental institutions.

Band Aliases

All members of the band have stage names ending with "Kaizer", similarly to the stage names of The Ramones. A stage name is a name used by a performer in place of their real name. ... The Ramones (L-R, Johnny, Tommy, Joey, Dee Dee) on the cover of their debut self-titled album (1976), cementing their place at the dawn of the punk movement. ...

• Janove - Sjakalen (The Jackal) Kaizer
• Geir - Hellraizer Kaizer
• Terje - Killmaster Kaizer
• Rune - Mink Kaizer
• Helge - Omen Kaizer
• Øyvind - Thunder Kaizer

Discography

Albums

Released	Cover	Album
2001		Ompa Til Du Dør
2003		Evig Pint
2005		Maestro
2006		Live at Vega

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EPs/Singles/Others

• Kaizers Orchestra EP aka Den Gule EP (2000)
• Død Manns Tango (2002)
• Kontroll På Kontinentet (2002)
• Mann Mot Mann (2002)
• Evig Pint (2003)
• The Gypsy Finale (Live) (2004)
• Maestro (2005)
• Maestro Bonus CD (2005)
• Viva la Vega DVD (2006)
• Kontroll På Kontinentet - book by Jan Zahl (2006)

The Kaizers Orchestra EP, also known as the Gul (english: Yellow) EP, was the first EP ever recorded by Kaizers Orchestra. ... Viva La Vega is a DVD presented by the Norwegian company Amazon Film of the band Kaizers Orchestra. ...

External links

• Official homepage
• The Official Kaizers Orchestra Fan Club, currently being translated into English and German
• Official German Fanpage in German and English
• German/English Fanpage
• An English/Norwegian Fanpage
• Viva Christiania German fanpage in English
• Polish fanpage
• A small Norwegian Fanpage