Euroboys
| Kåre and The Cavemen | |
|---|---|
| Origin |
 Harestua, Norway
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| Genres | |
| Years active | 1990–2000 |
| Labels | Virgin Records |
| Associated acts | Turbonegro |
| Members | Kåre Erik Pedersen Knut "Euroboy" Schreiner Werner Holm |
| Euroboys | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norway |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Virgin Records, Hit Me Records, Man's Ruin Records |
| Members |
Knut Schreiner Anders Møller Trond Mjøen Mats Engen Erling Norderud Hansen |
Euroboys is a Norwegian band. They were formed in 1990 under the name Kåre and The Cavemen, but changed their name to Euroboys in 1997 for releases outside of Norway. In 2000 they changed their name to Euroboys for all releases including inside Norway.
Kåre and The Cavemen originally came from a smalltown north of Oslo called Harestua, and started out as a Beastie Boys inspired hip hop/punk band with founding members Kåre João Erik Pedersen (bass, vocals), Knut Schreiner (guitar) and Werner Holm (drums). They soon concentrated on punk rock, as Dag Gravem relieved Pedersen of his bass duties. In the fall of 1990, the group's musical orientation changed permanently to '50s and '60s instrumental garage rock heavily influenced by Link Wray, as Holm left and Pedersen took over the drums.
During the early nineties, Kåre And The Cavemen established themselves firmly in the Norwegian garage underground, supporting acts like The Cosmic Dropouts and Peau de Pêche while still in their teens. Garage rock entrepreneur Arne Thelin heard the band live as well as on their 1990 demo tape Rock With The Cavemen, and recorded a number of tunes by the group in the fall of 1991. Of these recordings, only the tune Monster-a-Go-Go has surfaced, on hobby ornithologist and leatherwear enthusiast Thelin's 1993 sampler LP Penguins and Bondage.
In the spring of 1993, Kåre And The Cavemen recorded a number of radio jingles for the Norwegian National Radio's brand new P3 channel. These jingles were used throughout the nineties on P3's Rocksrevyen (Rock review) show.
Around this time, Schreiner and Pedersen started concentrating on other musical projects, among these The Abusers, The Cavebones and the Thelin-lead Kwyet Kings. A rare Kåre And The Cavemen performance took place in the summer of 1994, when the band held a release party for Pedersen after he had served a DWI sentence.
Disillutioned with their other projects, Schreiner and Pedersen regrouped with Gravem in 1995. At the same time, Quentin Tarantino's seminal Pulp Fiction movie and its soundtrack was starting to influence mainstream popular culture. This development created an unexpected interest in Kåre And The Cavemen's music, which now also incorporated elements of easy listening and exotica. Still young and fluent in the styles of Link Wray and Dick Dale, the band suddenly became a popular live act at media kickoff parties as well as biker conventions. The group again entered the studio, and released the EP The Mood on Hit Me! Records in the spring of 1996. During these sessions, material for an entire album was recorded. Of these recordings only a cover version of Hava Nagilah on a 1996 radio promo single has surfaced. (Some of these songs, including Hava Nagilah, were re-recorded for Kåre And The Cavemen's 1997 debut album Jet Age.)
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