User:Riots oslo

Riots are a Norwegian/Swedish/English Oslo based punk band.

The roots of Riots stem back to 2000 with Swedish musicians (Mathias Svensson - guitar, Louise Hellman - vocals, Mari Eriksson - bass) meeting at a festival and having an idea to start a band. They recruited Danish drummer Allan Bosan to the band which was christened - Goldcrush.

They found a rehearsal studio in the depths of the Oslo anarchistic squat house - Blitz, and immediately began working on a set of songs, which they were to gig with over the next few years. Three demo's were recorded during these years, the latter of them getting good reviews in several music publications. After numerous pub, club and festival gigs, they sacked their drummer.

A drum machine was used for the next six months and for the recording of their 4th demo before English drummer Paul Mileman stepped in. A lot of positive responses to this demo (February 2005), which co-incided with support slots in Oslo with the (International) Noise Conspiracy and U.K. Subs. In March they were selected as "unsigned band of the week" on NRK P3's Urørt show (Norway's national radio station) and playing two shows at the Oslo music day in June.

In 2006 they completed their first (and only... to date) UK tour, playing gigs in London, the east, the north and one great gig in Glasgow.

In 2007 they were the backing band for punk rock legend Charlie Harper and 20+ U.K. Subs songs were learned and played in a small sweaty club in Oslo. Following this gig, internal conflicts came to a head, and a new vocalist was sought. Previously they had played with Oslo band The Curves, and vocalist Gisle Bangsund had caught their attention.

The debut gig with Gisle was in 2008.

In 2009 saw the first 7” single release – Another Train EP on blood red vinyl, this coincided with appearances at Oslo punk rock festival and several support shows in Norway for the U.K. Subs.

In the summer of 2010 they toured Europe for the first time, playing everything from small sweaty clubs to large festival stages in Holland, Germany, Czech Republic and Poland. A new cd was released for the tour. New songs were written and recorded and in 2011 they played a couple of festival shows in Germany before embarking on another summer European tour, this time 8 club shows in Germany and Czech Republic.

In November 2011 Goldcrush changed their name to Riots.

A new release is planned for February 2012, to coincide with gigs in Sweden, Denmark and the Czech Republic and in April/May – they head east, for a tour in China, being the first Norwegian/Swedish/English punk band EVER in history to tour there.

More info: - www.riots.no

previous shows: -

PREVIOUS GIGS (2005 - present day )

31 October 2010 - Oslo Rock City Jamboree, Rockefeller, Oslo 10 July 2010 - Warhead Festival, Ustka. Poland Poster 09 July 2010 - Potse, Berlin. Germany (evening) 09 July 2010 - Strombad Subculture Festival, Cottbus. Germany (afternoon) 08 July 2010 - Dis Centrum, Prague. Czech Republic (with Destraktor) 06 July 2010 - Subway To Peter, Chemnitz. Germany (with Daisy und die Frittenbude) 05 July 2010 - De Plu, Heerlen. Nederlands (with Active Minds + Social Chaos) 12 March 2010 - Verkstedet, Oslo 26 November 2009 - Cacadou, Torgt, Oslo 22 October 2009 - Funhouse, Oslo (with Stinky Fingers + Prikkedød)(Release party for "Rock till we stinks") 29 July 2009 - Festival, Felix, Lillehammer (fundraising for Lillehammer og Omegn animal welfare - all ages gig) 28 July 2009 - Festival, Felix, Lillehammer (fundraising for Lillehammer og Omegn animal welfare) 16 May 2009 - Stavanger punk rock festival, Tou Scene, Stavanger (with TV Smith, The Exploited, Indecent Exposure + more ...) 01 May 2009 - G60 (Union Scene), Drammen (all ages gig) 01 March 2009 - Maskinistenes Hus, Tønsberg (support to UK Subs) 28 February 2009 - Felix, Lillehammer (support to UK Subs) 24 February 2009 - Garage, Oslo (support to UK Subs) 19 February 2009 - Elm Street, Oslo (support to Ronny Pøbel) 30 January 2009 - Elm Street, Oslo (Oslo Pønk Råkk Festival) 17 October 2008 - Skuret, Oslo (with Gottemia + Fant) 20 September 2008 - Funhouse, Oslo (with Sonic Bandits)(First gig with Gisle!!) 28 January 2008 - Feelgood, Halden (support to Sham 69)(3-piece, Paul on vocals) 17 August 2007 - Skuret, Oslo - Paul's 40th. Special guest - Charlie Harper (UK Subs), support from Haust. We play goldcrush set first, UK Subs set with Charlie afterwards. 21 April 2007- Elm Street, Oslo (support to Glorious Bankrobbers) 24 February 2007 - Skuret Kulturpub, Oslo (with The Åsmunds + Stinky Fingers + Sulk) 05 October 2006 - Elm Street, Oslo (with Fork + Team Armstrong) City Slang Fanzine release party 15 September 2006 - Skuret Kulturpub, Oslo (with Lucky Malice + Offpist) 03 June 2006 - Musikkensdag, Pilestredet (AKKS stage - outside Blitz) 30 April 2006 - Charity punk festival, Rockers, Glasgow. UK 29 April 2006 - North Notts. Punk festival, Blackmarket Inn, Warsop. UK(with Goldblade, Apocalypse Babys, Riot Squad, Resistance 77 + more) 28 April 2006 - The Farm, Chapel St Leonards, Nr Skegness. UK (with The Anti-Nowhere League) 27 April 2006 - Ryans Bar, London. UK (+ Short Bus Window Lickers + The Sharons) 26 April 2006 - 333 Club, London. UK (+ Attica + Ad Alta) 16 February 2006 - Dattera Til Hagen, Grønland, Oslo 02 December 2005 - The Gallery, Hausmania, Oslo 24 September 2005 - Feelgood, Halden (with Chainsaw Cowboys + Already Taken) 20 September 2005 - Garage, Oslo (Zoom 2006 competition) 27 August 2005 - Sub Scene, Oslo (ALL AGES) Poster Backstage Pass 09 June 2005 - "Fight Club", Garage, Oslo 04 June 2005 - Musikkensdag, Rådhusplassen, Oslo (ON STAGE AT @ 13:00) 04 June 2005- Musikkensdag, Birkelund Parken, Grünerløkka, Oslo (ON STAGE AT @ 16:30) 25 May 2005 - Verkstedet, Hausmanns Gt, Oslo (with The Gatecrashers) 07 May 2005 - Private party, Grünerløkka, Oslo 06 May 2005 - Club Blue Monk, Oslo (with Carl Berners Sound System) 16 April 2005 - Skuret Kulturpub, Oslo (with The Curves + 6ft Thunder) 10 February 2005 - Elm Street, Oslo (with UK Subs) 08 February 2005 - Blitz, Oslo (with The International Noise Conspiracy) 28 January 2005 - Blue Monk, Oslo 29 January 2005 - Blue Monk, Oslo