Katzenjammer (band)

The members of Katzenjammer met in 2004 while studying at a private music school in Oslo.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/pop_and_rock/article879651.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528074142/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/pop_and_rock/article879651.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2015|title=Ready for Anything|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Rob|work=The Sunday Times|publisher=News International|date=2012-03-04|accessdate=2013-02-26}}{{cite web|url=http://planetmusicreviews.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/the-interview-with-katzenjammer/|title=The Interview With … Katzenjammer|publisher=planetmusicreview.wordpress.com|date=2012-02-25|accessdate=2013-02-26}} The band was formed in 2007 while listening to Anne Marit Bergheim perform the song "Wading in Deeper" on the piano. They were brought together by a common feeling of being "the outcasts at the school." Katzenjammer felt that their music school didn't encourage originality, but "only wanted to teach what had been done."

The band is named after the Katzenjammer Kids, the oldest comic strip continually in syndication.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1989458_1989457_1989441,00.html/|title=Top 10 Long-Running Comic Strips / The Katzenjammer Kids|last=Suddath|first=Claire|magazine=Time|publisher=Time Inc.|date=2010-05-17|accessdate=2013-02-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225090452/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1989458_1989457_1989441,00.html|archivedate=2013-02-25}} They chose this comic strip because they noticed that they resembled the characters in it.{{cite web|url=http://wearsthetrousers.com/2012/03/katzenjammer-interview-2012/|title=Katzenjammer interview • "We are always on the lookout for the missing piece in the puzzle"|last=Delaney|first=Karen|publisher=wearsthetrousers.com|date=2012-03-22|accessdate=2013-02-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211022435/http://wearsthetrousers.com/2012/03/katzenjammer-interview-2012/|archivedate=2013-12-11}} The term Katzenjammer is a German loanword that literally means "lament of a cat", and is used in Norway to describe low-grade music and instrumentation (which in Germany would be called Katzenmusik - "music by cats").

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In 2008, Katzenjammer were chosen as one of the finalists in NRK's yearly Urørt competition for unsigned artists. They finished in third place with the song "A Bar in Amsterdam".{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/urort/articlePP.aspx?pparticleid=1.5044822|title= Urørtfinalist 1 - Katzenjammer|publisher=NRK|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2013-02-26}} That year they also performed at the Scandinavian music convention by:Larm in Oslo, gaining them national exposure.{{cite web|url=http://www.propellerrecordings.no/artists/katzenjammer|title=Artists: Katzenjammer|publisher=Propeller Recordings|accessdate=2013-02-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906070557/http://www.propellerrecordings.no/artists/katzenjammer|archivedate=2012-09-06}}

Katzenjammer's debut album Le Pop was released in September 2008. The album was a mixture of different musical styles including pop, dark cabaret, country and bluegrass.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/le-pop-mw0001456679|title=Review: Le Pop|last=Poet|first=J.|website=AllMusic|accessdate=2013-02-26}} Its songs were composed by the band's friend Mats Rybø, while the music was arranged by Katzenjammer on their fifteen shared instruments.{{cite AV media notes|others=Katzenjammer |title=Le Pop|type= liner notes |publisher=Propeller Recordings|year=2008}}{{cite web|url=http://beardrock.com/reviews/katzenjammer|title=Album: Katzenjammer / A Kiss Before You Go|last=Hughs|first=Pete|publisher=beardrock.com|date=2012-05-24|accessdate=2013-02-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421025327/http://beardrock.com/reviews/katzenjammer|archivedate=2013-04-21}}

Le Pop was well received by music critics, and was described as "engrossing and appealing".{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/127828-katzenjammer-le-pop/|title=Katzenjammer: Le Pop|last=Schiller|first=Mike|work=PopMatters|publisher=PopMatters Media, Inc|accessdate=2010-09-21|date=2010-07-06}} It reached number nine on the Norwegian albums chart and number seventy-one in the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Katzenjammer|title=Discography Katzenjammer|publisher=norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien|accessdate=2013-02-26}}{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Katzenjammer|title=Discografie Katzenjammer|publisher=dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien|language=Dutch|accessdate=2013-02-26}} In 2008, Le Pop was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award for Best Debut Album of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur-og-underholdning/1.8023172|title=Katzenjammer for full musikk|date=2012-06-03|accessdate=2013-02-16|publisher=nrk.no|language=Norwegian}}

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A Kiss Before You Go, Katzenjammer's second album, was released in September 2011. The album's lyrics and visual direction were inspired by the French film The City of Lost Children, a maritime fantasy adventure.{{cite web|url=http://www.aviva-berlin.de/aviva/Found.php?id=14049|title=Katzenjammer in Interview|last=Schwarzer|first=Leonie|publisher=aviva-berlin.de|date=2011-05-10|accessdate=2013-02-26}}

A Kiss Before You Go debuted at number seven on the German albums chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=katzenjammer&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=a|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707084720/http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=katzenjammer&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=a|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2014|title=Erweiterte Suche: Katzenjammer Album|publisher=Charts.de. Media Control|language=German|accessdate=2013-02-26}} and was certified gold.{{cite web|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Katzenjammer&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked|title=Gold-/Platin-Datenbank: Katzenjammer|publisher=Bundesverband Musikindustrie|language=German|accessdate=2013-02-26}} In Norway, the album reached number six. The album received positive reviews from critics, who found it to be "utterly delightful" and "close to brilliance."{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/ncnv|title=Katzenjammer: A Kiss Before You Go Review |last=Pearlman |first=Mischa|publisher=BBC Music. BBC Online|accessdate=2013-02-22|date=2012-05-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/katzenjammer-a-kiss-before-you-go|title=Album Reviews: Katzenjammer – A Kiss Before You Go|last=Weisz|first=Ben|publisher=MusicOHM.com|accessdate=2013-02-22|date=2012-05-07}} The lead single, "I Will Dance (When I Walk Away)", was a minor hit in Germany, peaking at number thirty-two on the singles chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=katzenjammer&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=s|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707084721/http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=katzenjammer&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=s|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2014|title=Erweiterte Suche: Katzenjammer Song|publisher=Charts.de. Media Control|language=German|accessdate=2013-02-15}}

In May 2012, Katzenjammer released A Kiss Before You Go: Live in Hamburg, their first live album. Recorded at Große Freiheit 36 during the Hamburg, Germany dates of their 2011 tour, it was released in both CD and DVD formats.{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.de/katzenjammer/news/detail/article:207434/nun-erschienen-katzenjammers-a-kiss-before-you-go-live-in-hamburg|title=Nun erschienen: Katzenjammers A Kiss Before You Go (Live In Hamburg)|publisher=universal-music.de. Universal Music Group|date=2012-05-25|accessdate=2013-02-23|language=German|archive-date=2013-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327071756/http://www.universal-music.de/katzenjammer/news/detail/article:207434/nun-erschienen-katzenjammers-a-kiss-before-you-go-live-in-hamburg|url-status=dead}} In 2013 they also contributed to the book "Think like a rockstar" [http://www.publicomforlag.no/book/tenk-som-en-rockestjerne/ Tenk som en rockestjerne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144446/http://www.publicomforlag.no/book/tenk-som-en-rockestjerne/ |date=2015-04-02 }},{{cite web |url=https://cameratravel.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/katzenjammer/ |title=Katzenjammer | LivingByCamera |accessdate=2015-04-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162308/https://cameratravel.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/katzenjammer/ |archivedate=2015-04-02 }} written by Ståle Økland.

On April 14, 2014, the band stated on their Facebook page that they were in studio recording their new album. On November 18, 2014, the first single, Lady Grey, was released with a lyric video on YouTube. On January 5, 2015, the music video for "Lady Grey" was released via Clash Magazine. The new album Rockland was released on January 16, 2015, via Vertigo and Universal Music.

Marianne Sveen wanted to leave the band after ten years, something she told the other band members in April 2015. Later the same year, in December 2015, it was announced that Katzenjammer had decided to take a break as a band.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/tv/i/A2KoXA/katzenjammer-sol-kastet-opp-etter-hver-konsert|title = Katzenjammer-Sol: - Kastet opp etter hver konsert| date=16 February 2019 }} One month later, it was announced to the public, that Sveen had decided to leave the band, something she wrote on Facebook in January 2016. {{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/190756717647963/1002665183123775 |archive-date = 2022-04-27| url = https://www.facebook.com/Dandylionmusic/photos/a.191273014263000.47663.190756717647963/1002665183123775/?type=3 |title = Marianne Sveen on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

{{Main|Katzenjammer discography}}

• Le Pop (2008)
• A Kiss Before You Go (2011)
• Rockland (2015)

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