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It's easy to forget that Bigbang is a trio, that everything you hear and see comes from just three musicians. Where most rock bands need four or even five members to keep the ship afloat, the classic trio relies on musical skill, dynamics and multitasking. Bass, drums and a guitar, that's the most demanding but perhaps also the noblest band format. When it works, it can be magical, just look at Cream, Nirvana or The Jimi Hendrix Experience. With Bigbang it works.

Olaf, Niko and Øystein are not the band's first line-up, but it is undoubtedly this constellation that has defined them. Olaf Olsen, easily recognizable behind the drums and a sought-after contributor for others when he is not on the road with Bigbang. Don't forget that he is one of two Olsens in his brother (Todd) Terje's band project. Nikolai Hængsle, also a busy man, both as a bassist par excellence and as a music producer. A permanent fixture in Elephant9 and very central to the brilliant project Band of Gold.

As the band's vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, Øystein Greni is a clear frontman and the only constant member since the beginning. Øystein grew up in a home with a large record collection and a father who was also (is) a musician. He was involved in band rehearsals before he could talk, music is in his blood.

We have to go back to 2023 to find Bigbang's latest release, "Le Californie", songs from there like "Dogtown Boys", "She's all right" and not least the melancholic gem "Another Kind of Lonely", have since then established themselves as solid live favorites. When we can expect more new from the Oslo trio is unknown, but what is certain is that there is always work on new things in Øystein Greni's studio.

The press says:

"Only Bigbang can make summer rain feel like bright sunshine". (Address about the concert at Olavsfestdagene, die roll 5)

"Bigbang is a treasure, a primal force in contemporary Norwegian rock that in its best moments draws large crowds on pure energy and audience appeal (...) It is simply one of the best things we have ever seen from Bigbang."(Dagsavisen about the concert at Øyafestivalen 12. August 2023, die roll 6)