THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Golden Brown» by The Stranglers
The Stranglers formed in 1974, and they emerged with their debut album Ratticus Norwegicus in 1977 amongst a wave of punk bands. From the beginning […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Love Maker» by Calum Bryce
Love Maker is most likely one of the biggest earworms you’ve never heard. At least if you have an appreciation for melodic British pop from […]
Welcome to the Rocking In the Norselands website!
After existing as a Facebook page for nearly three years, Rocking In the Norselands now also exists as a web page! New posts will be […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «American Valhalla» by Iggy Pop
In 2015, Iggy Pop sent a text message to Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age. He was looking to make a new album […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin» by Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his many conceptual progressive metal/rock operas. His main project […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Ride To Hell» by Horslips
Horslips are an Irish rock band with Celtic and folk influences. They were initially active as a touring and recording band from 1970-1980. After decades […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Afterimage» by Rush
When Rush drummer Neil Peart passed on 7 January 2020, the outpouring of love and respect was quite extraordinary. Peart was known as a private […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE ALBUM: «Stormbringer» by Deep Purple (a.k.a. When funk drove Ritchie Blackmore out of the band)
Saying that Deep Purple has gone through many line-up changes is like saying that there are many stores in a mall. The various line-ups are […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner» by Warren Zevon
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner is a song steeped in classic adventure story elements – a literal ‘Boy’s Own’-adventure in rock music form. It is […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Rain In the Summertime» by The Alarm
It was the 19th of November 1987. I was watching the weekly Norwegian music chart countdown show called TopPop, hoping for something good to appear […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Monkey On My Back» by Aerosmith
Aerosmith’s career resurgence was in full force by the time Pump was released on 12 September 1989. The original band collapsed in the first half […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Photograph» by Def Leppard
As 1983 rolled on, the lads in Def Leppard were ready to release their third album Pyromania on an unsuspecting world. It arrived on 20 […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Love Hurts» by Nazareth
“Love Hurts” is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant, who was a very prolific and successful songwriter for other artists […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Time For Me To Fly» by REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon released their seventh studio album with the memorable name You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish in April 1978. It […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Hounds of Love» by Kate Bush
“It’s in the trees! It’s coming!” The sample that opens the Kate Bush song Hounds of Love comes from the 1957 British horror film Night […]