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Bærum, Norway (1999 – 2005)

There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Span were a band from Bærum, Norway, who self-proclaimed themselves as “Norwegian Turbo-Rock ‘n’ Roll Commandos.”

The band started off as Explicit Lyrics, but changed bandname to Span in 1999. By this time, only Fridtjof Nilsen (“Joff”, guitar) and Jarle Bernhoft (“Burn”, vocals) remained from Explicit Lyrics, and Vemund Stavnes (“Wes”, bass) and Fredrik Wallumrød (drums) were recruited to form the new band.

Span released their debut EP, Baby’s come back, in 2002 and financed an UK-tour by guitarist Frithjof Nilsen’s appearence in commercials for the Norwegian consumer guidance for meat. Late 2003, bassist Stavnes was replaced by Kim Nordbæk.

The band continiued touring (mostly in the UK) and released numerous singles before their album debut in February 2004. This album, Mass Distraction, was produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighers) and enjoyed a great reception from both fans and music magazines. To date they have sold more than 55 000 copies of this album and toured both Norway, UK and USA to boost the sales.

In the spring of 2005, the band released their second album, Vs. Time, which received a far less warm welcome than their debut. Just months later, July 2005, the Span announced that they had decided to “end this while we are still the best of friends.”
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  • Lithium007

    Span feature in a new article over at Musicscramble - http://wp.me/pmvtu-ak

    April 2011

  • dfr0

    new Span track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQiu9UEyReU

    February 2011

  • rjfoofitghters

    i love this band, why did they split up and wtf happened to their lead singer his music not is shiit

    October 2010

  • IceSpoon

    scandinavian music thats not metal<<I loved that tag hahaha

    September 2010

  • Thonydef

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SPAN WHY!? I HAD TO FIND OUT YOU GUYS BROKE UP LIKE THIS!? :( Found these guys thanks to IMF (international Music Feed) which is also dead :(

    July 2010

  • fweiland

    ...we the fans call for a SPAN reunion ! ! ! hundreds and thousands of people are still waiting to buy a new SPAN CD/DVD or listen to it live and loud...

    January 2010

  • Plaumtothashizz

    hahah, they played at my school once, in front of like 70-80 fourten-to-sixteen-year-olds. and they earned 25,000 kroners for it. i remember the bassist chucking his instrument at my head.

    July 2009

  • boogiewookiewu

    I love span ^_^

    May 2009
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New album from former Span members

12 Sep 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/span

Joff, Fred an myself from SPAN are backin the game again. Finally!We're just about to unleash our album with our new band DOG ALMIGHTY. It is scheduled for release in Norway September 24th, but …

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