All members (bar Helge) are involved in some sort of side project, and they concentrated on these in their break time. In 2007, the members of Kaizers Orchestra took a break from playing live. The book was also sold during their 2006 'Grand Finale Tour', a tour which included the bassist, Гyvind, painting a picture throughout the concerts and selling it at the end. At the book signing in Oslo to promote its release over 400 copies of the 3,000 first editions of the book had been sold. It is close to 300 pages and include almost 150 pictures documenting the 2005 Maestro tour. A book, written in Nynorsk by Geir Zahl's older brother Jan, called Kontroll pГҐ kontinentet was released 18 October 2006. Their 5 and 6 October 2005 performances at Vega, in Copenhagen, Denmark, were recorded for a live DVD, titled Viva La Vega, and double CD, Live at Vega. In connection with the release of Maestro, Kaizers Orchestra signed an international record deal with Universal Germany, taking them from one of the smallest labels to one of the biggest. The third album, Maestro, was released on 15 August 2005 in Norway and Europe. The second album, Evig pint, was released in February 2003. Ompa til du dГёr also made Kaizers Orchestra the highest-selling rock debut to be released in the Norwegian language. The album won a Spellemannpris (Norwegian Grammy) for 'best rock album', as well as two Alarm-awards (underground version of Spellemannprisen). It was critically acclaimed and became a success, first in Norway, later in Denmark and the Netherlands. Their first album, Ompa til du dГёr, was released on this label in September 2001. Kaizers Orchestra's sound and creative use of instruments was noticed by the small, Scandinavian label Broilerfarm. During by:Larm, a Norwegian festival focusing on up-and-coming artists, the band's songs were played frequently on the radio. In 2000, Kaizers Orchestra recorded the Kaizers Orchestra EP, containing four songs: 'Bastard', 'BГёn fra helvete', 'Katastrofen' and 'Dekk bord'. Kaizer took me in/He is the proud owner of the world's heaviest siamese cat') and the song's overall crowd response became a source of inspiration for Ottesen, and after gnom dissolved after disappointing record sales, he formed Kaizers Orchestra. However, they were known well in the area around Stavanger in Norway, having played as the local band Blod, snГҐtt & juling, and one of the songs they wrote after Mys called 'Bastard' got good crowd response. Of its 1000 copies, only 500 or so were sold the first year.

In 1998, childhood friends Janove Ottesen and Geir Zahl released their only album by their band gnom called Mys. The following year the group announced that they would retire at the end of their 2013 tour. 1 of the conceptual project arrived on January 31, 2011, followed by Volumes 2 and 3 in 2012. The following year the band announced plans to release the first installment in a planned trilogy called Violeta Violeta. The similarly themed Maskineri arrived in 2008, followed by a collection of re-recorded versions of previously unreleased material called VГҐre Demoner (Our Demons) in 2009. The band signed an international deal with Universal Germany for 2005вЂ™s Maestro, a typically diverse outing that boasted higher production values than their previous two releases. Evig Pint followed in 2003, resulting in numerous awards and even more impressive record sales than its predecessor. Their signature sound eventually led to a record deal with Scandinavian label Broiler Farm, and the band released Ompa Til du DГёr in 2001, an album that won the Norwegian Grammy and went on to become the highest-selling rock debut ever issued in the Norwegian language. Formed in the late '90s in the city of Bergen, the band consists of Jan Ove Ottesen and Geir Zahl on vocals/guitar/oil barrel, Helge Risa on pump organ, Гyvind Storesund on accordion and bass, guitarist/percussionist Terge VinterstГёen, and Rune Solheim on drums. The Norwegian sextet Kaizers Orchestra build cathartic rock songs that borrow heavily from the dirges of Tin Pan Alley and Eastern European folk music.

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