Aunt Mary is a
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including ...
prog rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initi ...
band from the 1970s.
They signed a
recording contract
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with
Polydor Records
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in Denmark, to facilitate the release of ''Aunt Mary'' in 1970. The group gradually moved towards progressive rock with the records ''Loaded'' in 1972 and ''Janus'' in 1973.
The group disbanded in 1973, but has reunited for several concerts since 1978.
The band's former lead vocalist,
Jan Groth
Jan Leonard Groth (25 February 1946 – 27 August 2014) was a Norwegian musician.
Biography
Groth was born in the borough of Greåker in Sarpsborg, Norway. He first made his name in the early 1970s as a member of the progressive rock band Aunt Ma ...
, died from cancer on 27 August 2014, at the age of 68.
The band toured the US in 2019
Musicians
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Jan Groth
Jan Leonard Groth (25 February 1946 – 27 August 2014) was a Norwegian musician.
Biography
Groth was born in the borough of Greåker in Sarpsborg, Norway. He first made his name in the early 1970s as a member of the progressive rock band Aunt Ma ...
- Vocals, keyboards, guitar
*Bjørn Kristiansen - Guitar, vocals
*Svein Gundersen - Bass, piano, vocals
*Ketil Stensvik - Drums, vocals
*Bengt Jenssen - Keyboards
*Eirikur Hauksson - Bass
*Per Ivar Fure - Flute, sax, vocals
*Ivan Lauritzen - Drums
*Øystein Selenius Olsen - Bass
Discography
;Studio albums
*1970: ''Aunt Mary'' (Polydor) gjenutgitt 1974 på Karussell som Whispering Farewell
*1972: ''Loaded'' (Philips)
*1973: ''Janus'' (Vertigo)
*1992: ''Bluesprints'' (Sonet)
*2016: ''New Dawn'' (Playground)
;Compilation albums
*1974: ''The Best of Aunt Mary'' (Philip)
*1975: ''The Best of Aunt Mary Volume 2'' (Philips)
*2007: ''The Things We Stood For''
;Live albums
*1981: ''Live Reunion'' (Philips)
*2009: ''Barbed Wire Waves'' (Pan) - a radio concert recorded in 1971
Singles
(selective)
*1970: "Did You Notice?"/"The Ball"
*1971: "Jimi, Janis and Brian"/"Stop Your Wishful Thinking"
*1971: "Whispering Farewell"/"All My Sympathy for Lily"
*1972: "G Flat Road"/"Joinin' the Crowd"
*1972: "Rosalind"/"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
*1973: "Nocturnal Voice"/"Mr. Kaye"
*2016: "Slave Parade"
References
External links
Norwegian Progrock Discography
Norwegian progressive rock groups
Musical groups established in 1970
1970 establishments in Norway
Musical groups disestablished in 1973
1973 disestablishments in Norway
Musical groups from Fredrikstad
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