In 1988, The English artist Morrissey released his first solo album "VIVA HATE" after The Smith's break-up. The album has a track on it called "Late Night Maudlin Street". It's a great song. We thought maybe we could borrow that "Maudlin" word from the English vocabulary. So we did and it ended up being a part of the band's name. We have no idea where "HOUNDS" came from though. Next we knew, we were The Maudlin Hounds. We believe our music is a bit "maudlin" as well so carrying such a band name soothes us just fine.

We do concerts, mainly in the northern parts of Norway but other places as well. It's the funniest thing.

We actually did sign a deal with Norwegian record company NNP in 2006. It's very fulfilling, it makes everything a whole lot easier.

The Maudlin Hounds

HQ: Storsteinnes, Norway.
Formed: 2002.
Releases: EP (2003) - Somersaulting (2006).
Label: NNP.
*New album coming soon.

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The Maudlin Hounds are:

Alf Vesterelv, lead vocals, guitars & keyboard..
Tommy Granli, bass & vocals..
Nikolai Haugstad Medgard, drums & vocals..

The Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Opeth, Bad Co, Matthew Sweet, The Jayhawks, Wilco, Foo Fighters, Semisonic, Free, Teenage Fanclub, Metallica, Dimmu Borgir, Jethro Tull, Bob Mould, Paul Westerberg, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Rainmakers, Jason & Scorchers, Georgia Satellites, Dio, Steve Ray Vaughan, Better Than Ezra, Judas Priest..... (just to name a few)

The northern Norway in the summertime and the midnight sun on full. There are so many beautiful places, we couldn't possibly name them all. Earth itself is a beautiful place and we should stop messing her up the way we do. She's too precious...

Schecter, Gibson, Ibanez and Yamaha guitars and basses. Laney, Blackheart, Marshall, Carvin and Ampeg guitar and bass amps. Marshall, Line6, Mesa Boogie, Carvin and Blackheart guitar and bass cabinets. Yamaha and Ayotte drums and Sabian cymbals. Heil Sound, Shure, Beyer Dynamic, Aktiv Audio, Golden Age, Studio Projects, AKG and Milab microphones. Fulltone, TC Electronic, Analog Man, Tone Freak, Snarling Dogs, Visual Sound, Schaller, Korg, Little Lanilei and Electro Harmonix effects. Yamaha, EMU and Korg synthesizers/modules. Mocca Master coffeemaker..

Downloading the 2006 "Somersaulting" album from the internet....

Download the entire Somersaulting album or as many tracks from the album as you like by clicking one of the links below. Dowloading the album or single tracks don't cost much. It's safe, great mp3 quality and most important of all; you'll get some great new rock 'n' roll music playing on your computer.
Use the "copy and paste links" method.


Rhapsody (USA)
http://www.rhapsody.com/themaudlinhounds/somersaulting

Music From Norway (NO)
http://www.musicfromnorway.com/default.aspx?norwegian=artist&music=25300

Music Online (NO)
http://www.mfn.musiconline.no/shop/displayAlbum.asp?id=31222

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The Maudlin Hounds are well reprecented several mp3 sites on www. Here's a few. Use the "copy and paste links" method.

- The Maudlin Hounds on Myspace -
http://www.myspace.com/maudlinhounds

- The Maudlin Hounds on Facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Maudlin-Hounds/16321826001

- The Maudlin Hounds on Reverb Nation -
http://www.reverbnation.com/themaudlinhounds

- The Maudlin Hounds on Mixposure -
http://www2.mixposure.com/The_Maudlin_Hounds/

- The Maudlin Hounds on Mixposure Reviews page -
http://www2.mixposure.com/The_Maudlin_Hounds/reviews_received.php

- The Maudlin Hounds on Last:fm -
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Maudlin+Hounds

- The Maudlin Hounds on R&R World -
http://www.randrworld.com/The_Maudlin_Hounds/

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Oooh, by the way, e-mail us!! We'd love to hear from you.

......TMH (2010)