Ola Snortheim

Ola Snortheim (born December 3, 1954, Harpefoss) is a Norwegian artist and record producer.[1]

Snortheim is the son of the folk-musician Olav Snortheim.[2] Known as one of the most important drummers on the Norwegian rock-scene of the 1980s and 1990s, he has played in many bands, often together with guitarist Jørn Christensen.

The most famous of the rock-bands Snortheim have played in was De Press. The group won the prize Spellemannprisen in the class New Rock in 1981, after releasing the album Block to Block.[3][circular reference][4]

Snortheim is the founder of the electronica-group Langsomt Mot Nord.[5][6][7][8]

Ola Snortheim has played in the following Norwegian bands:

  1. ^ En hardtslående Trommeslager, Ola Snortheim biography (in Norwegian), Dølen 01.04.2004, p 14-15
  2. ^ The foremost langeleik player in late 1900s, ta:lik
  3. ^ «Spellemannprisen 1981» Wikipedia
  4. ^ «På sporet av... Ola Snortheim» (in Norwegian) Klassekampen 09.03.1992, s 11
  5. ^ En hardtslående Trommeslager, Ola Snortheim biography (in Norwegian), Dølen 01.04.2004, p 14-15
  6. ^ About the band, langsomtmotnord.no
  7. ^ Langsomt Mot Nord: Westrveg, Curock, autumn 1988
  8. ^ Norwegian synth/folk project Langsomt Mot Nord crowdfunds 4 LP vinyl remasters box set, Side-Line Magazine