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Around
1994 the big engine called a-ha
began to run out of steam. During this time, boredom set in
from
cabin fever during a cold Norwegian winter for the lead song-writer
and co-founder of a-ha,
Paul
Waaktaar-Savoy.
Doubts about the future of a-ha
left a need for Paul to have a musical
outlet, so he set out with a repertoire of songs (some of which had
been intended for a-ha)
to look for a band he could call his own. Paul's
first move was to borrow drummer Frode Unneland
from another Norwegian band called Chocolate
Overdose. Through some looking around he managed
to gain bass-guitarist Greg Calvert.
After failed attempts to find a lead singer, his wife Lauren
Savoy managed to convince Paul that he should take on the
responsibility along with lead guitar.
The line-up was finally complete with Lauren joining the band
initially with back-up vocals and second guitar. With that, the
rock-oriented CD Mary Is Coming was
released in 1996 with the single Velvet
being released in Europe and the US.
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The
next album, Lackluster Me, was more ambitious
and the producing more polished. Lackluster Me developed a strikingly
different sound to the songs which included Lauren singing. Though the
band was still together, the bassist Greg became detached from the group,
and eventually dropped out all together.
The sound of the current album, Mountains of Time,
is a combination of the two previous albums. The remaining members of
Savoy--Paul, Lauren and Frode--managed to pick up Norway's
Spellemannsprisen
Award for Best Pop Group of 1999, even as there were signs ahead that a-ha
was to reunite. Even with the tremendous success of a-ha in 2000,
Paul
has proclaimed to keep his 'side-project,' so that eventually we can all
look forward to another Savoy CD. |
Velvet
Date:
1995
Album: Mary
Is Coming
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Rain
Date:
1998
Album: Lackluster
Me
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Star
(Original Video)
Date:
2000
Album:
Mountains
of Time
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Star
(Version 2)
Date:
2000
Album:
Mountains of Time
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Grind
You Down
Date: 2000
Album:
Mountains
of Time
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