Frontside Rock'n'Roll

Frontside Rock'n'Roll is the fourth album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in 2002.

Overview

Frontside Rock'n'Roll is the first full-length Bigbang album to be released outside of Norway. Warner Music Germany would also re-release their previous album Clouds Rolling By in the country.

Øystein Greni wrote the song "Frontside Rock 'n' Roll" as a tribute to two of his skater friends, who had died the same year. Frontside Rock 'n' Roll is also the name of a skateboard trick, a sport which Greni is a former European champion of. The song lyrics reference various skateboard tricks.

"Fire & Oil" was co-written with Nikolai Eilertsen and documents the 11th of September 2001 events from the point of view of a kamikaze pilot. "Earphones" is an homage to Ray Charles. "One of a Kind" is dedicated to his friend the Norwegian film director Joachim Trier, while "Mercedes" is dedicated to 'M.E.O.' (Maria Eva Orieta), a performer from Argentina and Greni's then-fiancée.

Track listing

Personnel

Bigbang

• Øystein Greni – lead vocals, guitars, piano, mandolin, horns, drums, percussion, producer
• Nikolai Eilertsen – bass, organ, piano, harmonica, horns, percussion, backing vocals, co-producer
• Olaf Olsen – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Nils B. Kvam – co-producer
• Stig Morten Sørheim – engineer
• Morten Lund – mastering
• Stig Morten Sørheim – percussion, backing vocals
• Karim Sayed – backing vocals
• Martin Windstad – congas (track 1)
• Lars HÃ¥vard Haugen – lead guitar (track 3)
• Christian Engfelt – backing vocals (track 3)
• Jon Riise – backing vocals (track 3)
• Sølvguttene – choir (track 7)
• Sindre E. Røysland – backing vocals (track 8)
• Åshild Stensrud – backing vocals (track 8)
• Åste Sem – backing vocals (track 8)
• Asgeir Innerdal – skateboard noise (track 10)
• Amelie Poulain – photography
• Jan Inge Janbu – photography
• Dimitri Kayiambakis – artwork
• Millimeter – artwork

References