Honningbarna

Honningbarna
Honningbarna in 2011
Background information
Origin	Kristiansand, Norway
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	2010 - present
Website	honningbarna.no

Members	Edvard Valberg Lars Emmelthun Christoffer Trædal Fredrik Justnes Nils Nilsen

Past members	Mathias Johansson Anders Eikås

Honningbarna (English: "Honey children") is a punk rock band from Kristiansand, Norway, known for performing lyrics in the local Kristiansand dialect.

Career

The band débuted in 2010 with the EP Honningbarna. In January 2011, they were named as the winners in a competition for fresh music, Årets Urørt organized by the radio station NRK P3. The winning song named Borgerskapets utakknemlige sønner ("Ungrateful sons of the bourgeoisie"). At 25th of march, in the same year, they released their debut album La alarmane gå (Sound the alarms). The debut album won in the category of rock during Spellemannprisen 2011. They were also nominated in the category Newcomer. In 2011 They played at a festival Øyafestivalen^[1] and live on NRK TV campaign of 2011.

Drummer Anders Eikås died in a car accident on 31 January 2012.^[2]

Band members

Edvard Valberg (vocal, cello)
Lars Emmelthun (bass)
Christoffer Trædal (guitar)
Fredrik Justnes (guitar)
Nils Nilsen (drums)

Past members

Mathias Johansson (organ)
Anders Eikås (drums) (deceased)

Honors

2011: Spellemannprisen in the category Rock music, for the album La Alarmane Gå

Discography

Studio albums

2011: La Alarmane Gå
2013: Verden Er Enkel
2015: Opp De Nye Blanke

EPs

2010: Honningbarna (EP)

Singles

2010: Våkn opp
2010: Noen å hate
2010: Til ungdommen
2011: Den eldre garde
2011: Protokoll
2011: God jul Jesus - Bootleg Series
2012: Offerdans
2013: Fuck Kunst (Dans Dans)
2013: Police On My Back
2015: Prinser av Sarajevo
2016: Drep meg

In 2013 they also contributed to the book Think like a rockstar,^[3] written by Ståle Økland.

References

↑ Talset, Thomas (2012-01-31). "Konsertanmeldelse: Dunder-honning". Musical reviews (in Norwegian). Oslo: Verdens Gang. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
↑ Stalsberg, Trine (2012-01-31). "Honningbarnas trommeslager drept". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Oslo. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
↑ Økland, Ståle. "Tenk som en rockestjerne" (in Norwegian). PublicomForlag.no. Retrieved 2015-03-02.

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Awards
Preceded by Kvelertak	Recipient of the Rock Spellemannprisen 2011	Succeeded by Tommy Tokyo

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