NRK Lydverket (musicshow on national television)
was invited home to Petter Baarlis combined livingroom and
rockmuseum to present his favourite guitars, and talk about his
meetings with rockheroes as Angus Young, Angry Anderson, Johnny
Thunders, Chris Spedding, Honest John Plain.
may 31st
BSG SPECIAL GUEST AT NY DOLLS SHOW IN OSLO
Backstreet Girls will support legendary NY Dolls
at Rockefeller, Oslo 24th of july. The New York Dolls created
punk rock before there was a term for it. Building on the
Rolling Stones' dirty rock & roll, Mick Jagger's androgyny, girl
group pop, the glam rock of David Bowie and T. Rex, and the
Stooges' anarchic noise, the New York Dolls created a new form
of hard rock that presaged both punk rock and heavy metal. Their
drug-fueled, shambolic performances influenced a generation of
musicians in New York and London, who all went on to form punk
bands. And although they self-destructed quickly, the band's two
albums remained two of the most popular cult records in rock &
roll history.
All of the members of the New York Dolls played in New York
bands before they formed in late 1971. Guitarists Sylvain
Sylvain (who named the band), Johnny Thunders and Rick Rivets,
bassist Arthur Kane, and drummer Billy Murcia were joined by
vocalist David Johansen. Early in 1972. The group began playing
regularly in lower Manhattan, particularly at the Mercer Arts
Center. Within a few months, they had earned a dedicated cult
following, but record companies were afraid of signing the band
because of their cross-dressing and blatant vulgarity.
The new album "Just When You Thought Things
Couldn't Get Any Worse... Here's The: Backstreet Girls" will be
in the stores 9th of march. This is Backstreet Girls' 15th album
since the start back in 1984. You can pre-listen to two of the
songs on the upcoming album at
www.myspace.com/backstreetgirls
Buy "Boogie Woogie Knockout" CD with Ziggy & The Rythmbulldogs
at
www.hitmerecords.com . Including members of Backstreet Girls!
Winner of two tickets to the gig at Hulen, Bergen: Kåre Frode
Høyheim.
february 13th
BSG SIGN DEAL WITH VOICES OF WONDER RECORDS
Backstreet Girls have signed a new record deal
with the label Voices of Wonder Records, marketed and
distributed by Voices Music & Entertainment AS (“VME”). VME was
founded as a label under the name Voices of Wonder Records in
1988 by Ketil Sveen and Dag Krogsvold. In the first years the
company was a label focusing on signing and developing Norwegian
rock acts. Since then the company has expanded rapidly, and
business areas now also include distribution and publishing.
The Voices of Wonder Records label has for the last 20 years
been VME’s prime label for norwegian rock acts including Sister
Rain, Motorpsycho, The 3rd and the Mortal, David Ruiz, Wig Wam,
folk&røvere, Shit City, Thom Hell, Discipline, and now finally
the norwegian rock legends; The Backstreet Girls.
“Our relationship with Backstreet Girls goes back a long time”
says Dag Krogsvold, Chairman of VME. Pål “Krisa” Kristensen
played drums in my and Ketils group A Technicolor Dream, but
left when he was recruited to play bass with The Girlies. This
happened without any controversy and we have always kept a
strong friendship and admiration for the Backstreet Girls. I
still remember their very first gig at Torshov as a hellraisin’
rock’n’roll experience. So it is a big honor to release Norway’s
# 1 Rock’n’Roll Band on our label, especially since it is their
25th aniversary.”
Petter Baarli & co. describes the deal as a step in the right
direction. And look forward to future releases with VME.
Together Backstreet Girls and VME is on a “Hardcore Mission” to
give people pure rock ‘n’ roll!
january 30th
WIN TICKETS!
Win two tickets to the 25th anniversary gig at
Rockefeller, Oslo 4th of april. Two lucky winners will be
announced 25th of march. Tickets will be given away in pairs.
If you can't go to the gig in Oslo, you have the opportunity to
win two tickets to the gig at Hulen, Bergen 5th of march. One
lucky winner will be announced 1st of march.
Your third chance is to win tickets to Kolben at Kolbotn 3rd of
april. No age limit at Kolben. Tickets will be given away in
pairs, to two lucky bastards.
Question:
When did Bjørn Muller join Backstreet
Girls, for the first time?
Check out this videoreport, when Backstreet Girls went back to
France in november to finish the recording of their 14th album.
november 13th
BSG SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM NEXT YEAR!
The work in the studio is over. 14 new tracks
will be on the next album, set to be released next year. The
album has been recorded in Jean Cataldo’s Garage
Rock On-studio in Annecy, France. Music and lyrics done by
Petter, Muller and Petter. Petter and Honest John Plain (The
Boys, The Yobs, The Lurkers, The Crybabys, Mannish Boys, Ian
Hunter’s Dirty Laundry, Honest John Plain & The Amigos) has
produced the album, which is still untitled. It will be mixed
and mastered in december.
hit me! Records releases "Don't Fake It Too Long" at "Platemessa
på Folkets Hus" this weekend. A new webshop has also been
launched at hit me! records. "Don't Fake It Too Long" onsale,
also Backstreet Girls buttons. Soon T-shirts to be onsale. Visit
hit me! webshop at
www.hitme.mystore.no
september 20th
DON'T FAKE IT TOO LONG
The previous unreleased album "Don't Fake It Too
Long" from 1995 to be released on
hit me! records in october.
Backstreet Girls had been in London in 1994 and recruited the
Irish rebell Pat Diamond as vocalist. He knew AC/DC and Faces,
and seemed to be the perfect frontman for the band. "Don't Fake
It Too Long" was recorded, but in 1995 Pat Diamond was kicked
out of the country by norwegian authorities, because he was
without a work permit. He returned to Norway a few weeks later, with short
hair, as a Hare Krishna. This time the band kicked him out, and
now one has never seen him since. Neither the album. But now
time has come to release one of the greatest album produced in
Norway.
Backstreet Girls 1994. From
the left: Pål "Krisa" Kristensen, Petter Baarli, Bjørn Terje
Baarli and Pat Diamond.
Photo:
Morten Andersen
september 03rd
CONTEST AT PYRO
Check out Pyro at NRK -
www.nrk.no/pyro 30th of
september. Backstreet Girls-contest, with a lot of Backstreet
Girls-stuff to the winner/winners!
A short report from the Backstreet Girls in studio: They are
enjoying their stay i France, enjoying the booze and the
recording of the album is going excellent!
august 24th
ONE WEEK TO GO!
One week to go, and Backstreet Girls will be in studio to record
their 14th album. Release of album is expected to be spring
2009, followed up with a 25th anniversary tour.
Petter was one of the guests (together with Eldar Vågan
(Vazellina Bilopphøggers), Ronni Le Tekrø and minister of
culture Trond Giske), when "Rockheim" opened last week in
Trondheim. "Rockheim" is the national center of rock and pop in
Norway -
www.rockheim.com
Rumours says Backstreet Girls are heading abroad
to record a new album this year, more info later.
Check out VG ( www.vg.no ) next
saturday (7th of june). Backstreet Girls will appear in Norways
largest newspaper together with one of Norways best footballers
in Norway the last decade.
may 22nd
WINNER OF NORWAY ROCKFESTIVAL CONTEST
One lucky winner of festivalpass to Norway
Rockfestival in Kvinesdal:
april 24th
NEW GIGS CONFIRMED
Two new gigs confirmed. The guys going up north
to play a double-gig. Check out the gigs-section.
Backstreet Girls live from Samfundet, Trondheim september 2007:
february 28th
BY:RAMP AND LIVEVIDEO FROM ROCKEFELLER
Check out some fantastic pictures from the
by:Ramp gig at Elm Street, taken by Per Olav Heimstad, thanx.
Also som pictures from the show at Tribute, Sandes last
christmas, pics taken by Gaard Emil Gramstad.
Check out interview with Petter at
RRAF (only norwegian)
Live videoclip, filmed front of the stage, from one of the
Backstreet Girls gigs at Rockefeller. Trashcan Darlings joins
them on stage, and the result is one hell of a version of Gypo.
Petter and Dan`s sideproject
The
Ratcats playing at Garage, Oslo. Supporting the legendary
Sham 69 More information at
www.garageoslo.no
Have received som pictures from the first singer in BSG, Tom
Kristensen. Some of pictures are from the very beginning of BSG,
with the Kristensen-brothers and Baarli-brothers.
Check it out!
Liveclip from Hydranten, Hamar 18th of january,
watch it! Pictures from the same gig at
Myspace.
january 04th
HAPPY NEW YEAR! NEW GIG CONFIRMED
Hopefully the new year will as the same high
class as last year, and the lads kicks off with the first gig
for 2008 at Hydranten, Hamar 18th of january. More information
at www.hydranten.net .
Check out the gigs-section for more confirmed shows.
BSG played three christmas gigs with huge success, review from
the gig in Rjukan
here. And a review from the split-gig with Valentourettes in
Horten
here.
And if you was'nt at the gig in Sandnes, you can check out a
videoclip from the show, right
here! And
here!
december 17th
PETTERS FIRST BAND: SLIPS
Backstreet Girls' Petter Baarli's first band:
Slips did a remarkable comeback this year, 27 years since
their last gig. The comeback resulted in an album, released
on
Hit Me! Records.
Christmas gigs: BSG will do three christmas shows. In Sandnes,
Horten and Rjukan. More info in the gigs-section.
Last weekend Backstreet played at "Den Blå Grotte" in
Fredrikstad, alongside the legendary The Yobs ( with Casino
Steel, Hones John Plain and Robbie Rushton), for a concert
review, check out
Fredrikstad Blad (only in norwegian).
november 12th
RADIO INTERVIEW AND TOURPICS
You can meet the guys on the radioshow:
Pyro on
wednesday 14th of november.
Check out the pics-section for some tourpictures, including some
from the tour with Rose Tattoo in the summer 2001.
