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L8R (pronounced later) was a Norwegian band, most notably Norway's first boyband. The quartet consisted of teenagers Ray David (Raymond David Henriksen), Erik Kinn (Knut Eirik Kokkin), Kif Flinder (Christopher Flinder Petersen) and Chris Jensen (Christoffer Jensen). In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising off of a musical arrangement. ...
A boy band (American English) or boyband (British English) is a style of somewhat to mostly prefabricated pop group featuring about between three and six young male singer/dancers, but normally five. ...
A quartet is a group of four identical or similar objects, or or a grouping of four persons for a common purpose. ...
Raymond David Henriksen (born April 6, 1988) is a Norwegian actor, singer and former member of the boyband L8R. He grew up and still lives in Ellingsrud, Oslo. ...
Knut Eirik Kokkin (born October 11, 1988) is a Norwegian singer and dancer, and a former member of the boyband L8R. Branded the quiet member of the group, he quickly became a favorite among fans of the band. ...
Christopher Flinder Petersen (born October 29, 1987), is a Norwegian dancer and former member of the boyband L8R. Already at a young age he got 7th place in the world championships in freestyle dancing. ...
Christoffer Jensen (born February 14, 1987) is a Norwegian singer, and former member of the boyband L8R. He grew up and still lives in Oslo. ...
History Originally put together by Tribe Records who was looking to build a group around young Henriksen whom they knew from several stage performances. In January 2002 an audition was made in the regions around Oslo, looking for boys who could sing but with an emphasis on dancing abilities. Out of several hundred hopefulls Kokkin, Petersen and Jensen was chosen. Many months of hard work followed, grooming the boys into what would become Norway's first boyband, with Henriksen as the main vocalist. 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ...
The origin of the band name came from the boys themselves. From the beginning they would often keep in touch through text messages, and used to end their messages with "c u l8r" (see you later), and thus the band name was born. A received SMS being announced on a Nokia phone. ...
L8R described itself as "metal pop" and their music and style was tougher than what one normally expected from boybands. This became evident with their debut single in 2003, Back in Black, a cover of the classic AC/DC-song. Debuting at #4 on VG-lista, Norway's official music chart, it quickly sold to gold. Extensive touring and promoting followed, as well as two more singles; World of Pain and most notably In Da House. The latter produced by Swedish industrial rap metal group Clawfinger and based on their old hit The Truth. It reached #2 on the Norwegian charts and it too sold gold. Mudvaynes guitarist, Greg Tribbett, typical example of the importance of image in pop metal. ...
2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band. ...
A Gold Single is a single that has passed a milestone in official sales. ...
Clawfinger is an industrial rap metal band from Sweden, one of the earliest bands to adopt this sound. ...
October 27, 2003, saw the release of their first and only album, Enter the Dragon. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ...
L8R's tough image seemed to work well with kids around their own age, especially with girls in their early teens. The boys were also given credit for their well-rehearsed stage shows and continued to perform around Norway well into 2004. In July of that same year group member Petersen, an aspiring dancer, got into a prominent dance academy in Oslo and decided to leave the band. With the friendship being very tight-knit in the group, the other boys would not continue without their fourth member and they chose to split up. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Today Petersen concentrates on his dancing, but the other three boys keep in touch and get together on a regular basis.
Discography
Albums
Singles - Back in Black (2003)
- World of Pain (2003)
- In Da House (2003)
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