Artist description Lazy Bastards

Music Style Melodic Guitar Noise

Musical Influences Good Music

Similar Artists Celine Dion

Artist History The Quay Porters came together in the winter of 1991, when Jan Arthur Pedersen & Morten Gusfre linked up with drummer Jan Tore Sandvik. During the next months the band rehearsed with several guitar players, and eventually the trio setteled with Tor Dahl. Early days were spent rehearsing intensly, and the band made their debut performance at a local talent show in the fall of -91. The next two years were spent writing songs, rehearsing and playing local gigs. The band also recorded a demo with producer Erik Honore', featuring the tracks Diving, Crosstown Bus and Once Upon a Town. In the winter of -93 the four members got increasingly frustrated by the lack of success, and creatively the band started to stagnate. It didn't last long before Jan Tore signed of, but the band made one last studio effort, a recording of the live favorite Awake in a Sleepy Town. Back as a trio, Quay Porters started searcing for a new drummer, but failed to find anyone who could fill Jan Tore's shoes. In the spring of -94 the band split up, and Tor whent to form Scream Opera in addition to perform solo gigs (a dead ringer of B.Dylans voice it is said). Disappointed by yet another band-failure, Arthur and Morten decided to take a break from playing music. The break lasted until the summer of -96, when the long-time buddies came together to record a few new track's on Arthur's 8-track studio. These sessions, recorded with a drum-machine, lacked the groove and energy of Q.P, but quite a few good songs came out of it, like Paper Route, First Lesson, (Come on) Restless and Butterball. This was the first step towards the reunion of Q.P, and in the spring of -98 Jan Tore rejoined the band. After a somewhat shacky start, Q.P have become increasingly comfortable with the trio-format, which has brought to the fore front new and exciting sides of the band.

Location Langesund - Norway

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