KAIZERS ORCHESTRA IN BUDAPEST
[7 April 2008.]

The Kaizers - who sound like you blended the melancholy of the Leningrad Cowboys with the kicking power of the Rolling Stones along with crazy lyrics in Norwegian - give a concert on the 11th of April at a38.

Kaizers Orchestra is a hard-hitting, alternative rockband, with heavy eastern European influences in their rock sound. The band was founded in 2000, right after the members had partied like it was 1999, at a time when people thought the world was going under and stacked canned food in their basement in fear of computerbreakdowns and killer bees from Australia.

Kaizers Orchestra

Kaizers Orchestra absorbed the anxiety and the populations massive fear of the breakdown of civilisations, blended it with the pounding of norwegian oilbarrels, and just came out from the cellar sounding like nothing else on the planet. Lyrics are in Norwegian, and that is because Mr. Kaizer demanded it, so don´t feel bad if you don´t understand a thing, just know that they treat un-Norwegian themes like war, mafia and religion, mixed with half joyous - half bitter love/drinking songs in addition to some uncomprehendible stuff.

The three studioalbums the band has produced presents a huge variety of songs, ever changing moods, smooth grooves, disharmonic noises and just plain beautiful tunes. It´s all in there man.

Line up
Janove Ottesen: vocals, guitar, piano, organ, oil drums
Geir Zahl: guitar, vocals, oil drums
Terje Vintersto: guitar, backing vocals, percussion
Rune Solhiem: drums
Helge Risa: organ, piano
Oyind Storesund: acoustic bass

Related links
The website of a38
The official website of Kaizers Orchestra