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Festival News: Aunt Mary Confirmed As Norwegian Headliner At Subtacto 2007

Posted on Tuesday, March 13 @ 05:29:16 UTC by nightowl

The Norwegian veterans in Aunt Mary was today [Mar 9] confirmed as the Norwegian headliner for the new progressive music festival www.subtacto.com in Holmenkollen in Oslo at Saturday, August 4th.

The band, formed in 1969, is probably one of the most acclaimed and well-known Norwegian progressive rock acts from the golden era of progressive music in Norway.

The band was supposed to play at the legendary Ragnarock Festival in Holmenkollen in 1973 (which probably has the same legendary status in Norway as Woodstock 1968 has in the rest of the world), but because of delays in the schedule the band never got on stage.

Now, 34 years later, they will get the chance!



The band comes with the legendary line-up of Jan Groth (vocals), Bj?rn Christiansen (guitar), Svein Gundersen (bass) and Ketil Steinsvik (drums).

Taken from progarchives.com:

Aunt Mary is one of the early and by many considered to be one of Norway's definitely best prog bands. Their music is a mix of heavy hard-rocking tunes, combined with clear influences from the symphonic genre.

The more symphonic sound however didn't appeared until their third, and last studio album, Janus. A great concept-album to start with. If you want the more thundering sounds coming from Aunt Mary, look for 1972's Loaded.

High-skilled musicians combined with good, creative melodies makes Aunt Mary a important Norwegian band to become acquainted with.

Discography:
1970 - Aunt Mary (Polydor LP)
1972 - Loaded (Philips LP)
1973 - Janus (Vertigo LP)
1974 - Whispering Farewell (Karussell RE AV 1.LP)
1974 - Best Of Vol. 1 (comp.) (Philips LP)
1975 - Best Of Vol. 2 (comp.) (Philips LP)
1977 - Janus (Philips RE - LP)
1981 - Live Reunion (Philips LP)
1992 - Bluesprints (Sonet CD)

Tickets for the Subtacto Progfest can be bought directly from our website at www.subtacto.com. The ticket price will be NOK 495,- (60 EURO / ? 41 / $ 79 ), and you can pay secure using your creditcard via PayPal. No additional fees apply.

There will also be possible to buy a limited edition of souvenir tickets with the same motif as on the festival poster designed by Mark Wilkinson. These tickets will only be made in 250 copies, and will be sold for NOK 595,- (72 EURO / ? 49 / $ 95 ).

Tickets can also be obtained from the norwegian Ticketmaster-affiliate, Billettservice.no. They will, however, only sell ordinary full price tickets, not souvenir tickets or members tickets.

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