Pekka Volt
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The two core members of Norwegian band Pekka Volt, Tom Volt (Vocals, bass) and Kim Volt (Synthesizer,lead guitar) have been playing together for 10 years in punk, stoner, prog and God knows what kind of bands. This upbringing however helped form the backbone of what has become todays intricate and very addictive psychopop that is Pekka Volt.
The rest of the band consists of Olafr on drums, Mikro on guitar and Snorre Valen on keyboards. Tom writes the riffs and Kim dreams up arrangements, the songs literally take form in his REM states of deep sleep, which has always been their method of writing material. Kim even came up with the bands name from a dream he once had. Even Lennon and McCartney on LSD couldnt match this style.
Pekka Volt came to light in the spring of 2001. A self-produced demo found its way to Swedish record label MNW Records in Stockholm, who signed the band immediately.
One year later the EP Corky went Overboard was released to tremendous reviews in the press (5 out of 6 in the major press, tons of radio playlistings).
Soon after, Pekka Volt entered a period of uncertainty with various band members
quitting and re-joining. It was at this time that current guitarist Mikro joined the band, after he maniacally head-dived into Olafrs drumset during a concert in the spring of 2003. This act, though painful for himself and devastating for Olafrs trashed drums, so impressed the band that the guitarist had to join. Fact is, he also plays one hell of a guitar.
In 2003 the Swedish label MNW decided to close down their Norwegian offices, thereby leaving Pekka Volt in a no mans land for a brief period before they singed with the newly-established Kong Tiki Records in Oslo, in January of 2004. Pekka Volt immediately went into Silence Studios in Sweden (Bob Hund, Hellacopters), to record their debut album.
The result has become a monster of a record titled Whipped Cream and Gasoline,
and is scheduled for release in Norway September 13, distributed by Playground Music Scandinavia.pekkavolt's station
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I have been on here trying to find some new bands to enjoy, and you are the first really awesome band I have heard today! I love the keyboards!