Frontside Rock'n'Roll

Infobox Album | Name = Frontside Rock'n'Roll
Type = Album
Artist = Bigbang


Released = 2002
Recorded = December 2001, January 2002
Genre = Rock and roll
Length = 45:26
Label = Warner music
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = Clouds Rolling By
(2000)
This album = Frontside Rock'n'Roll
(2002)
Next album = Radio Radio TV Sleep
(2003)

Frontside Rock'n'Roll is the fourth album by the Norwegian Rock and roll band Bigbang, which was released in 2002.

Overview

This is the first album to be published outside Norway. Warner Germany also re-released the previous full-length Clouds Rolling By in the country. The first record to hit Germany was actually "Girl In Oslo" EP '01 edition, also known as "Girl In Oslo (Europe)".

Øystein Greni wrote the song 'Frontside Rock 'n' Roll' in tribute to two of his skater friends, who died the same year. 'Frontside Rock 'n' Roll' is also the name of a skateboard trick, a discipline Greni is a former European champion. The song uses various skateboard trick references. 'Fire & Oil' is a controversial song co-written with Nikolai Eilertsen and documenting on the 11th of September 2001 events from the point of view of a kamikaze pilot. 'Earphones' is an homage to Greni's admired soulman Ray Charles. 'One Of A Kind' is dedicated to his friend short movie Procter Norwegian director Joachim Trier (hence the line "for my fiend Jo"). 'Mercedes' is dedicated to 'M.E.O.' (also known as Maria Eva Orieta) which is a Latin performer from Argentina and his fiancee.

Track listing

# "One Of A Kind" – 4:23
# "Fire And Oil" – 4:23
# "Heaven And Stars Above" – 4:04
# "Spiritual Heart Surgery" – 2:52
# "Liquid Gold" – 3:33
# "Mercedes" – 2:49
# "Where The World Comes To An End" – 4:46
# "Earphones" – 3:23
# "The Elephant Man" – 3:49
# "Frontside Rock'n'Roll" – 5:24

Personnel

*Øystein Greni - Lead vocals, guitars, piano, mandolin, woodwinds, drums, percussion
*Nikolai Eilertsen - Bass, organ, piano, harmonica, brass, percussion, vocals
*Olaf Olsen - drums, percussion
*Stig Morten Sørheim - Percussion, vocals
*Karim Sayed - vocals

Media links

* [http://www.smallbang.net/video/oneofakind.mov One Of A Kind (promo)] - Music video