L8R (band)

L8R (pronounced later) was Norway's first boyband. The quartet consisted of teenagers Ray David (Raymond David Henriksen), Erik Kinn (Knut Eirik Kokkin), Kif Flinder (Christopher Flinder Petersen) and Chris Jensen (Christoffer Jensen).

History

Originally put together by the label Tribe Records (NO) who was looking to build a group around young Henriksen whom they knew from several stage performances. In January 2002 an audition was made in the regions around Oslo, looking for boys who could sing but with an emphasis on dancing abilities. Out of several hundred hopefuls Kokkin, Petersen and Jensen was chosen. Many months of hard work followed, grooming the boys into what would become Norway's first boyband, with Henriksen as the main vocalist.

The origin of the band name came from the boys themselves. From the beginning they would often keep in touch through text messages, and used to end their messages with "c u l8r" (see you later), and thus the band name was born.

L8R described itself as "metal pop" and their music and style was tougher than what one normally expected from boybands. This became evident with their debut single in 2003, Back in Black, a cover of the classic AC/DC-song. Debuting at #4 on VG-lista, Norway's official music chart, it quickly sold to gold. Extensive touring and promoting followed, as well as two more singles; World of Pain and most notably In Da House. The latter produced by Swedish industrial rap metal group Clawfinger and based on their old hit The Truth. It reached #2 on the Norwegian charts and it too sold gold.

+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.

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