Animal Alpha
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Norwegian five-piece Animal Alpha was formed in 2002.
After spending a great deal of 2004 in a battered old van gigging around Norway, the band soon earned a growing fan base and interest from the music industry.
This alongside performances at Oslo’s prestigious Øya Festival, earning them 8 of 10 points in British Metal Hammer Magazine, combined with an appearance on national TV program ‘Lydverket’ created a buzz around the band that led to two sold-out nights at Oslo’s 500-crowd-capacity John Dee club. Without any released material this is quite unique by any standards. From being one of Norway’s best hidden musical secrets, the band rose from relative obscurity into the musical mainstream by the end of 2004.
A bidding war between none less than 11 record-labels ensued, and the band chose the small indie label Racing Junior, penciling the release of their first EP and album spring 2005.
Animal Alpha spent year 2005 playing all over Norway supporting their self-titled EP and debut-album “pheromones” which was released on September 5th. They both received smashing reviews from fans and industry.
In short time the EP sold to gold and their two singles/videos got massive national airplay. With gold sales in combination with exploding live-performances, best music video 2005, best debut artist nominees as well as a fast growing following, no wonder Animal Alpha caught the attention of music industry worldwide. Animal Alpha is now breaking into new territories. Winter 2006, the band played different industry festivals in the US, England and The Netherlands earning great interest from record-labels, booking-agencies, press and festivals worldwide. Animal Alpha is in writing moment sorting out offers from labels in the UK, US, Germany and other territories while playing many of the big festivals in Europe.
Their hit single Bundy is featured in the video game Burnout Revenge.
Rock am ring, Rock im park, Download festival in England and Pukkelpop, Belgium is among the festivals on their schedule this summer.
[edit] Records
- "Animal Alpha EP"
- "Pheromones" - 2005
