ยซNorsk Rocks Historieยป is a Norwegian documentary series about the history of rock'n'roll music in Norway.
CreatorsArvid Esperรธ, Per Kristian Olsen
1958โ1960: Rockโn'roll
Sep 19, 2004
American rock enters Norway and turns the perception of what popular music is upside down. And what really happened during the rock riots in Oslo in 1956?
1960โ1964: Shadowstida
Sep 26, 2004
Inspired by The Shadows, shadows bands spring up across the country in the sixties. And the parent generation calls their music barbed-wire music.
1964โ1967: Beatgrupper
Oct 3, 2004
Surrounded by screaming girls, parties, and scandals, the Pussycats are the first to live out what we associate with the sixties: Protest, colour, and free sex.
1966โ1969: Rhythmโn & psykedelia
Oct 10, 2004
As the generational conflict intensifies, a rawer and bolder pop music emerges: Rhythm and blues.
1969โ1977: Fra viserock til rock pรฅ norsk
Oct 17, 2004
Throughout the 60s, only the schlager singers sing in Norwegian. Then the Norwegian singer-songwriter wave emerges.
1971โ1977: Progressiv rock
Oct 24, 2004
In the 70s, people begin in earnest to buy records. The record companies smell money, and the artists dream of breaking through abroad.
1977-1980: Punk
Oct 31, 2004
With an intense hatred of the record industry, harsh opinions that disco sucks, and an appearance that scares most people senseless, the punks take over Norway.
1980-tallet
Nov 7, 2004
In the 80s, the record market explodes, also in Norway. But itโs pop that sells, not rock.
De fire store
Nov 14, 2004
Even though the punks try to make Norwegian a rock language, itโs only when deLillos, Raga Rockers, Jokke, and DumDum Boys enter the stage that it takes off.
Nummer 1 i USA
Nov 21, 2004
Norwegian rock and pop musicians have always dreamed of making it abroad. Finally, it happens: A-ha goes to the top in the USA.
Rockens nisjer
Nov 28, 2004
In the 90s, rockโs niches grow large enough to embrace narrow genres, and Norwegian techno, black metal, and world music conquer Europe.
Veien videre
Dec 5, 2004
At the turn of the millennium, many new artists have risen to prominence. They chart their own course for pop and rock.
