Kashmir (band)

This article is about the band. For the region, see Kashmir region. For other uses, see Kashmir (disambiguation).

Kashmir
Background information
Origin	Denmark
Genres	Alternative rock Indie rock
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Sony Records
Website	http://www.kashmir.dk/
Members
Kasper Eistrup Mads Tunebjerg Asger Techau Henrik Lindstrand

Kashmir is a Danish alternative rock band consisting of Kasper Eistrup (vocals and lead guitar); Mads Tunebjerg (bass); Asger Techau (drums) and Henrik Lindstrand (keyboards and guitar).

History

In the spring of 1991, Eistrup, Tunebjerg and Techau formed a heavy blues band under the name "Nirvana" at Kastanievej Efterskole (a continuation school) in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Shortly after they started performing Thursday nights at Ordrup Gymnasium (a local high school).

When the American band Nirvana started to gain success, they changed their name to "Kashmir", after the Led Zeppelin song.

In 1993, they finished second in "DM i Rock", a national amateur concert contest, behind Dizzy Mizz Lizzy and subsequently became popular in Denmark.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000, the band won six Danish Music Awards: 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Album', 'Best Danish Songwriter', and 'Best Danish Rock Album' for The Good Life; and 'Best Danish Producer' and 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space".^[1]

In 2001, Lindstrand joined the band's lineup.

In 2004, the band won four Danish Music Awards for 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Rock Album' for Zitilites, 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Rocket Brothers" and 'Best Album Cover' for Zitilites.^[1]

Their album No Balance Palace (2005), features Lou Reed reciting a poem by Eistrup on "Black Building" and David Bowie who sings a duet with Eistrup on "The Cynic". Additionally, the album was produced by Tony Visconti.

On November 13, 2009 Kashmir released the first single "Mouthful of Wasps" on their website. The band also recently announced via Twitter that Trespassers, their sixth full-length album, would see its release on February 1, 2010. Trespassers was produced by John O'Mahony and Andy Wallace and recorded at Jimi Hendrix' legendary studio Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Charts
		DEN [2]	NL [3]	SWI [4]	MEX [5]
1994	Travelogue	—	—	—	—
1996	Cruzential[+]	—	—	—	—
1999	The Good Life	3 [6]	—	—	—
2001	Home Dead	11	—	—	—
2003	Zitilites	1	—	—	—
2005	No Balance Palace	1	92	—	—
2008	The Aftermath (Live - CD/DVD)	—	—	—	—
2010	Trespassers	1	—	85	89

Notes

• ⁺ - Cruzential was re-released in 1997 with two extra songs as Cruzential (Luxury Version 1997).

Mini-albums & EPs

• Child of Kashmir (1st Demo) (1991)
• Kashmir Cabaret (2nd Demo) (1992)
• Travelogue: The EP (UK Edition) (1995)
• The Epilogue EP (1995)
• A Selection of Two Lilies EP (2003)
• Extraordinaire EP (2010)

Singles

Year	Single	Charts		Album
		DEN Singles Chart [2]	DEN P3 Tjeklisten [7]
1994	"The Story of Jamie Fame Flame"	—	—	Travelogue
	"Rose"	—	—
	"Art of Me"	—	—
1995	"Travelogue"	—	—	Cruzential
1996	"Bring Back Superman"	—	18
	"Prawn's Blues"	—	—
1997	"Gloom"	—	—
	"Stand"	—	—
1999	"Mom in Love, Daddy in Space"	27[~]	2	The Good Life
	"Graceland"	—	9
	"Miss You"	—	6
2000	"Make it Grand"	—	8
2003	"In the Sand"	—	15	Zitilites
	"Rocket Brothers"	33[~]	1
	"Surfing The Warm Industry"	—	3
2004	"The Aftermath"	9	1
	"Melpomene"	16	6
2005	"The Curse of Being a Girl"	9	3	No Balance Palace
2006	"The Cynic" (featuring David Bowie)	2	1
	"She's Made of Chalk"	8	4
	"Kalifornia"	11	2
2009	"Mouthful of Wasps"	5	1	Trespassers
2010	"Still Boy"	—	4
	"Pursuit of Misery"	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

• ^~ - Danish Single Chart peak positions for "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space" and "Rocket Brothers" are for the 2010 chart entries.

DVDs

• Rocket Brothers (2004)
• The Aftermath (2005) - A live concert DVD/CD from Store Vega, Copenhagen. November 2–3, 2004.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Danish Music Awards timeline". DR. http://www.dr.dk/dma/tidslinie/index.asp. Retrieved 2005-10-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Danish Charts - Kashmir
3. ^ Dutch Charts - Kashmir
4. ^ hitparade.ch - Kashmir
5. ^ Mexican Charts - Kashmir
6. ^ Top 20.dk - Kashmir / The Good Life
7. ^ danskehitlister.dk | Kashmir | 1994-2010

External links

Official sites

• Kashmir.nu - The official Kashmir website
• myspace.com/kashmiryeah - The official Kashmir Myspace

Fansites

• Kashmir-Lounge - Danish and International Fansite
• My Kashmir - Danish Fansite in Danish & English
• Petite Machine - Mexican Fansite

Others

• Fabchannel.com - Free video recording of the 2006 Amsterdam concert