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My custom logo bassdrum

Mark Wilkinson, british air brush artist, made this logo for my Marillion tribute Misplaced Neighbourhood. It's made from Marillion's logo for their first albums, while Fish was the singer. I'm proud to have an original logo from such a great artist like Mark.

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Tags: Octo, Norway, tama , starclassic, Trondheim, Jan, Bassdrum, Mark Wilkinson, Marillion



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Octo 1991...

This is my band Voodoo Kiss in 1991. We played funky rock, and did pretty well. Allthough our outfits don't look that good in my opinion. But hey, this is what norwegian rock musicians looked like in '91, HAHA. I'm on the left, btw. Jan

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Tags: Octo, Trondheim, 1991, Voodoo



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My musical companions

A few of you have put out pic's of your instruments. Lovely. Instruments are beautiful. So are mine, I think. My Starclassics and Zildjians never let me down. This pic is from my big band's release party. It's all there, except the Octobans and the 22" Oriental china. What a lovely place to work. Some info on what's there: A Starclassic Maple kit in Brown Fade finish. 22" Kick 6,5" snare and a piccolo to my left 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16" suspended toms 20" Gong drum

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Tags: Drums, Octo, starclassic, Trondheim, Jan, Zildjian, DW



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Trondheim Big Band- Play That Funky Music

Another clip from our release party. We filmed with two cameras, but still haven't mixed the two together. The sound is ok, although it's done with an ambience mic. Jan

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Tags: Octo, Trondheim, Jan, Trondheim Big Band



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Trondheim Big Band Live

I don't remember if this was the right way to embed a link from YouTube, but I'll give it a try. This is "It's Raining Men" from our release part for our album "Live '07" at Blæst in Trondheim. Jan

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Tags: Octo, Trondheim, Jan, Trondheim Storband



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We blesswed the rains down in Africa

Africa was the last song in Trondheim, and during that, the rain came pouring down. Ole Jørgen(left) and I was soaked! So was all 6500 people, of course. But we got to dry up backstage. You can see by our grins that our day with Toto made our day.

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Tags: Octo, Trondheim, August



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Drum talk with Si- Phi

After having tried his kit, obviously a few questions popped up. I suppose Simon gets tired of talking drums every night, but we had a good talk. he's truly a british gentleman. And he's fucking brilliant. I wonder if there's something that bloke don't know about drums...

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Tags: Simon, Octo, Trondheim, August



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Greg the great and me

After the show, meeting the band. I had a quick talk with Greg. Funny guy. I think he made me crack up in laughter after about three seconds.

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Tags: Greg, Octo, Trondheim, August



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Luke, me and Ole Jørgen, my co- host

After the show, Luke, Ole Jørgen, my co- host, and I went back to the band's hotel for a few beers and aquavites. Luke payed for the whole sha-bang. Thanks, Luke. Much appreciated!

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Tags: Luke, Octo, Ole, Trondheim, August



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Trondheim saturday

Thanks to the guys in the band for a fantastic day!!! The weather scared me before the show, man, a couple of the showers were extreme! We rarely have rain like that. Well, a short story about how my day was: We picked up the band and crew at the airport at 10:40am, with a sign saying "Spinal Tap". Luke got the joke. Great, man!HAHA The tour buses were there, so I rode with the band, while the other host, Ole, went with the crew. We got the guys settled in the hotel, and then Luke, Bobby and Tony wanted to eat, so we went to a restaurant for some lunch. Luke took the bill. Thanks for lunch, man. REALLY appreciated it. We sat there for a couple of hours, and just had a good time.

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Tags: sklar, Luke, Simon, Bobby, Greg, gear, tony, Octo, Trondheim, Rain



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Link to photos from the gig in Trondheim

Some nice photos shot by Alexander Zetlitz. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zetlitz/ And the countdown continues..... C ya in Årdalstangen folks :-) GD

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Tags: Norway, Trondheim



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Good luck tonight, guys

Have a great show tonight, guys. I wish I was there with you. And have a great trip tomorrow morning. The outdoor stage in Trondheim is ready. Sinead O'Connor played there last night. I wasn't there, but it is said to have been a great concert, only beaten by the Bob Dylan gig a few years back. That "record" is to be broken tomorrow. Norwegian journalist Ole Jacob Hoel (Adresseavisen newspaper) might disagree. He wrote that Rosanna is a hidious song the day it was released. There are morons in Norway as well. See ya tomorrow Jan

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Tags: Rosanna, Norway, Trondheim, Dylan, Sinead, Adresseavisen



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The Trondheim gig is 6 days away

And I don't think I've ever looked forward to a Toto gig this much before. Of course, it feels special to finally have them coming to my hometown, but being a host for the band makes the occation even more memorable. I've been counting down the last few days, and now there are only six days left. The weather is terrible these days; it's been raining cats and dogs, and the forecast isn't much to cheer for, but one can always hope it will change for the better. Tickets sales are going well, so I really hope the city square will fill up nicely. I heard rumours that Toto were supposed to play in Trondheim on the Past to Present tour, but I have never heard that being confirmed, but the rumour was the venue turned down the band's offer.

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Tags: Octo, Trondheim, Cuty Square, Jan



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