Flunk
Flunk is a Norwegian electronic band consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, guitarist Jo Bakke, drummer Erik Ruud, and vocalist Anja Øyen Vister. The band began as a project between Ulf and Jo in Oslo, Norway in the winter of 2000-01. Starting out as an instrumental and sampled vocal project, they were signed for a track on a compilation by Beatservice Records in Winter 2001. On hearing the finished track, label manager Vidar Hanssen signed the unnamed band for a full album. During early Summer 2001, Ulf and Jo recorded most of the album and Anja improvised the vocals. After their vocals, Jo layered the guitars, but it would be a year before the album would be completed and released. In Spring 2002, the band was known as Flunk and they released their first single, a cover of New Order's Blue Monday in April. The track was well received in the UK and was included on numerous compilations in North America and Europe. Later in April, their debut album For Sleepyheads Only was released which garnered great reviews in Norway. With the success of their album, BBC invited them to do a recording session for the Radio 1 show The Blue Room in London. Shortly after Notting Hill Art's Club would become the location to their live debut. In the United States, they became signed to Guidance Recordings. By Summer 2002, raving reviews were being returned by British electronica magazines and in July they played Norway's finest rock festival. In October For Sleepyheads Only was released in th...
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Six Seven Times
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Everything Is Ending Here
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Probably
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All My Dreams on Hold
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Honey's In Love
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Sit Down
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Miss World
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I Love Music
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If We Kiss
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Keep On
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See You
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Common Sense
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Distortion
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Diet of Water and Love
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Morning Star
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Change My Ways
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Dying To See You
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Karma Police
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Down
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Ride
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Love Hearts
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Stain
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See Thru You
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Speedskating
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Shoreline
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True Faith
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See Through You
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True Faith (Recorded Live)
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