Green Concorde is a Danish
indie rock
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band, founded in 2003. On 8 September 2009 the band members announced on thei
Myspace-profile that they would no longer be playing together as Green Concorde.
History
On the remainders of The Bella Rocca Band, four musically likeminded, yet personally diverse guys formed Green Concorde in October 2003. From their base in
Nørrebro
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, an area of Danish Capitol
Copenhagen
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with a lively multi-ethnic culture and a history of riots between squatters and police, the band started writing songs inspired by their surroundings.
Outside
Denmark
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, Green Concorde has played venues in
Germany
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, the
Netherlands
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,
France
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and
Norway
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.
Discography
9-Song Split
In 2004 the band released a split-CD with the Dutch instrumentalist
post-rock
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band
We vs Death We vs. Death was a Dutch instrumental post-rock band, founded in 2000.
History
In the second half of 2000 a couple of like-minded musicians find each other at Utrecht (city), Utrecht University in Netherlands and decide to start a band. The ban ...
. On this album, released o
Morningside Records(Denmark)
Zabel Muziek(Netherlands) an
Eglantine Records(France), appeared the following Green Concorde songs:
#Ten Cities of Green Concorde
#2:26
#This Time
#Yellow Raincoats
#Detroit
#Two Red Chairs
Ten Cities
The band released their full-length debut in January 2007. The CD and LP was released o
Bonnier Amigo Music(Denmark) an
Pop-U-Loud(GAS), and contained eleven tracks:
#This Time
#The Anthem To Which We Fall
#We Set Sail By The Way We Feel
#Detroit
#Rooster
#Toxic Symphony
#Fireside
#Ten Cities Of Green Concorde
#2:26
#Angel Food
#Catch And Turn
Down The Corridor To The Exit Through The Gates Out Into Safety
The band's second full-length came out in March 2009 on CD and vinyl. The album was released o
Target Records(Denmark) and Pop-U-Loud (GAS), and contained nine tracks:
#Flowers Of Romance
#Planet WWX (WWX may be a reference to
World War
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10)
#After Love (Nothing Else Will Do)
#Silvercoated Buildings
#Silence And Glass
#Neu
#Arrows On Fire
#Death
Line up
The members were:
*Peter Skaanning Opstrup (
bass
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Fish
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Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
)
*Carsten Hebsgaard Nielsen (
guitar
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)
*Morten Espersen Dam (
vocals
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and
guitar
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)
*Simon Lund-Jensen (
drums
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)
New Projects
*Peter Skaanning Opstrup
Sort*Carsten Hebsgaard Nielsen
War Drums*Morten Espersen Dam
No Blood in Bones
External links
Green Concorde on Myspace
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Danish indie rock groups