Lonely crowd
Aren't You Forgetting Something?
Release: 30.06.08
KAR40
Lonely crowd
Watching from a distance
Release: 30.06.08
KAR32
Stig Jakobsen
Vocals
Nils-Arne Øvregård Guitar (on these recordings)
Bjørn-Are Rognlid Guitar (on these recordings)
Arthur Holøien
Bass (on these recordings)
Ola Snortheim Drums (on these recordings)
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Lonely Crowd has existed in different forms since 1995, when singer Stig Jakobsen left the highly eccentric Vampire State Building and immediately formed the band, with former members of De Press and Holy Toy. Full of self-confidence, they brought the Mega Records boss to their first gig, and got signed right away, more because of the phenomenal after party than their live performance. (The party even resulted in the band being refused to play in Tromsø ever again).
Lonely Crowd released three EPs on Mega, and the second of which (Jesus In The Pub) became a huge radio hit in Norway, and was given rave reviews (six out of six in both Dagbladet and Panorama). The song featured the world famous opera singer Anne Lise Berntsen, and later became a mini-hit on XFM in London.
Lonely Crowd moved to London before Mega Records got to release their debut album. Here they set up a studio, and recorded and toured constantly for the next four years. Three of the original crusaders were replaced by a Norwegian guitarist, Marius Gengenbach, and an English rhythm section, consisting of double bass player Floyd Jensen and drummer James Corner (formerly of Back To The Planet and Barry Adamson).
Having made a bit of a name for themselves in England, they were booked on a European tour and later played support for the Fun Loving Criminals at their London concert. The band were in the middle of negotiations with one of the larger indie labels in the UK, when Floyd tragically, and completely out of the blue, died from a sugar coma. The album material, however, was already completed, and most of this will be appearing on the “We Laughed At The Time...” album released later this autumn.
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LONELY CROWD IN THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL CHARTS
18.08.08
Lonely Crowd's latest single, "Aren't You Forgetting Something?", has done very well this summer, and last week it reached 18th place on the main national charts in Norway's biggest newspaper, VG. It also reached 7th place on the Norwegian sales chart. This resulted in an interview in VG yesterday.
News about their forthcoming album, "The End Of The Roadie" will come shortly.
LONELY CROWD SUMMER SINGLE
06.06.08
This summer, we're releasing a new single with Lonely Crowd for digital sales only. The 2 tracks, "Aren't You Forgetting Something?" and "Learning The Hard Way", are from the forth coming album "The End Of The Roadie". The release date is set to the 30th of June, so get the songs then on iTunes etc.
LONELY CROWD ON TOUR IN THE UK
02.04.08
Our dark pop act, Lonely Crowd, returns to the English shores yet again these days:
Fri Apr 04 08 08:00 PM | London
Venue: Industry
Address: 1 Curtain Rd, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3JX, UK
Sun Apr 06 08 11.30 PM | London
Venue: 12Bar
Address: Denmark St, London
Mon Apr 07 08 08:30 PM | Brighton
Venue: Joogleberry Playhouse
Address: 14-17 Manchester St, Brighton, BN2 1TF, UK
Tue Apr 08 08 08:00 PM | Brighton
Venue: Bom-Bane
Address: 24 George St, Brighton, BN2 1RH, UK
Find more info on their myspace site.
LONELY CROWD VIDEOS FINALLY AVAILABLE AGAIN
20.12.07
In the mid 90's, Lonely Crowd made some groundbreaking videos for the two tracks "Jesus In The Pub" and "There's No Way Out Of Here". These haven't been seen since they were made, and finally they can be seen again!! Check out Lonely Crowd's myspace site to see them!
LONELY CROWD RELEASEDATE
06.09.07
Finally, after a very long delay, we have a releasedate for Lonely Crowds album "Watching From A Distance". The album will be out in the stores on the 22nd of October.Lonely Crowd is the popband of Stig Jacobsen, the former Vampire State Building vocalist and current editor of FHM Magazine, Norway.