Frontside Rock'n'Roll

Frontside Rock'n'Roll is the fourth album by the Norwegian rock band BigBang, released in 2002.

Overview
Frontside Rock'n'Roll is the first full-length Bigbang album to be released outside of Norway. Warner Music Germany would also re-release their previous album Clouds Rolling By in the country.

Øystein Greni wrote the song "Frontside Rock 'n' Roll" as a tribute to two of his skater friends, who had died the same year. Frontside Rock 'n' Roll is also the name of a skateboard trick, a sport which Greni is a former European champion of. The song lyrics reference various skateboard tricks.

"Fire & Oil" was co-written with Nikolai Eilertsen and documents the 11th of September 2001 events from the point of view of a kamikaze pilot. "Earphones" is an homage to Ray Charles. "One of a Kind" is dedicated to his friend the Norwegian film director Joachim Trier, while "Mercedes" is dedicated to 'M.E.O.' (Maria Eva Orieta), a performer from Argentina and Greni's then-fiancée.

Personnel
Bigbang Additional personnel
 * Øystein Greni – lead vocals, guitars, piano, mandolin, horns, drums, percussion, producer
 * Nikolai Eilertsen – bass, organ, piano, harmonica, horns, percussion, backing vocals, co-producer
 * Olaf Olsen – drums, percussion


 * Nils B. Kvam – co-producer
 * Stig Morten Sørheim – engineer
 * Morten Lund – mastering
 * Stig Morten Sørheim – percussion, backing vocals
 * Karim Sayed – backing vocals
 * Martin Windstad – congas (track 1)
 * Lars Håvard Haugen – lead guitar (track 3)
 * Christian Engfelt – backing vocals (track 3)
 * Jon Riise – backing vocals (track 3)
 * Sølvguttene – choir (track 7)
 * Sindre E. Røysland – backing vocals (track 8)
 * Åshild Stensrud – backing vocals (track 8)
 * Åste Sem – backing vocals (track 8)
 * Asgeir Innerdal – skateboard noise (track 10)
 * Amelie Poulain – photography
 * Jan Inge Janbu – photography
 * Dimitri Kayiambakis – artwork
 * Millimeter – artwork