DE MUSIKALSKE DVERGENE

Five gentlemen started a rock band with a motto and a manifesto: Guaranteed ambitionless rock! They had a firm belief that if they wrote songs about everyday things and sang the way they spoke, people would understand what they were talking about.

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They appeared during the wave of Norwegian “New Wave bands” at the end of the seventies and chose the elaborate name De Musikalske Dvergene (The Musical Dwarfs). The name was a self-ironic and cheerful jab at the heavy-sounding names other groups of the time adorned themselves with. Most of those “other groups” have now disappeared, some have resurfaced, but De Musikalske Dvergene have been here all along.

They quickly earned a reputation as a down-to-earth cult band, but while trends and hairstyles have changed, the Dwarfs have stood firm and held on to their original motto.

De Musikalske Dvergene have stubbornly continued to deliver an ever-growing collection of bittersweet and self-ironic songs about the mishaps of everyday life. Songs that fit both small and large concerts, as sing-alongs at pre-parties, parties, and after-parties, or simply as the soundtrack to doing the dishes.

Those who once cheered them on have long since moved on to other pursuits. But new fans have arrived, often young men, and where there are young men, there are also young women. De Musikalske Dvergene thrive best in close, warm, and direct contact with their audience – without airs or nonsense!

In addition to six critically acclaimed albums, De Musikalske Dvergene are behind the book DMD – Ned Ables Alle’ (Eide Publishing), written by former guitarist Allert Bøkenes and songwriter and singer Helge Grønhaug.

Helge Grønhaug has also written the book Grønhaug’s Musings, based on his own commentaries in Herreavdelingen on NRK P1.