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Artist
Geir Zahl
12+ albums
singer-songwriternorwegianscandinaviannordic
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Geir Zahl (born 19 May 1975) is a singer-songwriter from Bryne, Rogaland, Norway. Together with his childhood friend Janove Ottesen, he founded the alternative rock band Kaizers Orchestra, for which he composes songs, plays second guitar, and occasionally performs lead vocals on certain compositions in concert. Ottesen and Zahl formed several other bands before Kaizers Orchestra became a success, and Zahl has also formed several solo projects. His brother, Jan Zahl, wrote Kaizers Orchestra's official autobiography. Zahl and Ottesen both received acoustic guitars around the same time; the first group which the two formed was Destruction, whose sets consisted mostly of cover songs. In 1991, Blod, snått & juling was formed; their songwriting "sessions" consisted of recording eight-track tape versions of songs they had written for the other member to give their input and opinion. The group received some mild attention from local newspapers, and their fan base consisted mostly of relatives and classmates from school. Blod, snått & juling released two official tapes: Ein glad tunnel and Sympatiske Fisk. A common associate of BS&J was Terje Vinterstø, a musician from the local area. A third tape was left unfinished in the studio after the band hit a creative wall which would eventually cause the dissolution of the band. In a short transitional period that followed, Zahl played bass guitar in Ibu Ubu. Upon Ottesen's return from military service, they formed another band known as gn
