Year : 1993-2023 (2024)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Norway
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 193 mb
Bio:
Stage Dolls is a Norwegian hard rock band based in Trondheim, Norway. In 1982, Erlend Antonsen and Terje Storli played at local clubs in and around Trondheim. In need of a guitarist they called on Torstein Flakne, who by then had finished playing in The Kids (a popular teeny-band in Norway 1980-82). Throughout the summer and fall of 1982 the newly formed band started rehearsing and playing shows in the region. The trio took the name Stage Dolls in January 1983. The first album, titled Soldier's Gun, was released in the early winter of 1985 after a successful nationwide tour in Norway supporting the Norwegian band TNT.Antonsen left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Steinar Krokstad; he in turn left in 1993 and was replaced by Morten Skogstad.The recordings for their next album Commandos started in the fall 1985. It peaked at no.8 in the Norwegian charts (VG) and set the band up as one of the most popular rockbands in Norway in 1986. The album was released in the US by Big Time Records and the title track Commandos gained considerable airplay on college-radio.The self-titled third album was recorded in the fall of 1987. It made it to the top of the charts in Norway, and in 1989 the band released the album on Chrysalis Records for the American market. The single "Love Cries" went to number 46 on the Billboard Singles Charts the same year. A second single for the song "Still in Love" was also released in America.
Album:
Own compilation of STAGE DOLLS new songs and rarities / hard to find recordings.The last Stage Dolls studio album titled ‘Always’ appeared in 2010, but since then the band has been recording and releasing singles.We made this compilation titled “The New & The Rare” some time ago, and now has been requested again. But meanwhile STAGE DOLLS released more standalone singles – then we have updated the track list – you have all of them here, from 2011 to this very 2024. All really good Melodic Rock tunes.From the ‘Rare’ side, we have Stage Dolls tribute album contributions: the rocking cover “Splitter Pine” (DumDum Boys tribute, a popular Norwegian band), and their version of classic ‘Beth’, from ‘Gods of Thunder: A Norwegian Tribute to Kiss’.Also from the very hard to find ‘Always’ Japanese Edition, here’s the two Asian bonus tracks ‘Wings of Steel’ and ‘Love Don’t Bother Me’.Additionally, in the ’90s Stage Dolls and their label released the Greatest Hits album ‘Stories We Could Tell’, including two new, previously unreleased songs; ‘Lawyers, Guns & Money’, and ballad ‘Hard To Say Goodbye’.And for the end, perhaps the rarest of all; CDsingle “Love”, released in 1993 including the title track and two more songs; ‘Siamese’ and ‘Wonder Land’, all exclusive to this maxi-single, never included into any other release, and of course, out of print.Collector’s stuff for Stage Dolls and quality Melodic Rock fans.
Line Up:
Torstein Flakne – guitars, vocals
Steinar Krokstad – drums
Terje Storli – bass
Tracklist:
The New: singles 2011-2023
01. Highway of life
02. Into The Fire
03. 5 Minutes of Fame
04. The One
05. Drive for Life
06. Hey Rock’n Roll
07. One Of These Days
08. You’ll Find Me
09. Rock’n Roll Train
10. The Summer We Won’t Forget
11. Guess I Must Be Dreamin’
12. Two Eagles
Rare Tribute album contributions:
13. Beth (Kiss tribute)
14. Splitter Pine (DumDum Boys tribute)
Rare Bonus Tracks:
15. Wings of Steel (Always Japan bonus track)
16. Love Don’t Bother Me (Always Japan bonus track)
17. Lawyers, Guns & Money (Stories We Could Tell new track)
18. Hard To Say Goodbye (Stories We Could Tell new track)
Rare CDsingle “Love” (1993)
01. Love
02. Siamese
03. Wonder Land
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