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Arabs In Aspic
12+ albums
Progressive rockPsychedelic Rockheavy progspace rocknorwegian
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The puzzle Arabs In Aspic was first started in 1997, when part time guitarist Jostein Smeby and Tommy Ingebrigtsen became friends through their common love of Black Sabbath. Their obsession with this heavy rock band resulted in the guitar duo Plastic Fingers. After a year with the volume of the Snakeskin guitar turned up to ten, the duo decided it was about time to "hire" a drummer. Eskil Nyhus from Orkdal, the younger brother of a friend to the duo, made the choice easy. Anders Sprauten from Sprova was recruited as a vocalist, because of his rare, original voice. The cult band Electric Snowjogs was born!!! The band mostly played covers of Sabbath, but they soon started to produce their own songs. Electric Snowjogs also had special interests in social ethics, and the song about an HIV-positive guy from Oppdal, "Prince Virus", became a classic tune that will live forever. At this time their interest for stoner-rock and especially British 70's-rock grew, and the band hired a bass player, Terje Nyhus. In 1998 the band changed their name to Pilot. Pilot made numbers of riffs and had tons of ideas. In 1999 guitarist Jostein Smeby moved to Lillehammer to be a full time ski-jumper. The band was left with broken legs, but was not lifeless. Music was created here and there, and was interchanged through modern communication equipment, like tapes and telephone. At this time the Pilot headquarter was in a barn in Orkdal (near Trondheim), where they came together a couple of times a y
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