VEP - Sleeping It Off

First band out was last band in. VEP lasted about three years, but only managed to pull off 20-or-so rehearsals. The band was started in the summer of 2000 by Aud Sissel Hoel (bass) and Karine Kristiansen (vocal), primarily so that the former could learn how to play the bassguitar. To ensure a rock solid beat she could lean against, they enlisted Ståle Solvang to play the drums. However, he had never played his instrument before either, so it was off to a shaky start.

A repertoire of a few coversongs dominated the first few, guitarless, months. Roe Fremstedal stepped in for some guitarplaying at one point, but it didn't gel. I came in after that, probably towards the end of 2000, and for awhile there, we mangaged to rehearse as often as once a month. Over the next two years, the repertoire expanded: more coversongs (Pylon, The Alley Cats, Throwing Muses, Popguns, Siouxie and the Banshees, Peter and Gordon, and more), and finally, also some original numbers. For the last two or three rehearsals, Aage Asphaug did the drumming.

In the autumn of 2003, Karine announced that she was moving to Oslo. A hurried recording session was set up to immortalize the 8-9 songs that we had composed. Karine sang over a backing consisting of sampled drums (we had no time or space to record real drums) and some rudimentary bass and guitar, both instruments played by me. The demoes was never finalized, so this recording, like the rest, is marred by my "preliminary" basslines. Also, the sampled drums are still there.

This short song was brought in by me, meant as an instrumental (and with a different title, which I can't remember now), but Karine came up with some lyrics and a melody. Don't be surprised if more songs from this recording session turn up.


Edit: I have uploaded a slightly different mix - guitars are turned down a bit compared to the first upload. Must have been the MP3-conversion that cranked up the guitars in the first one...