Frode Unneland Explained

Frode Unneland
Birth Name:	Harald Frode Unneland
Birth Date:	14 April 1967
Birth Place:	Bergen, Hordaland
Origin:	Norway
Occupation:	Musician
Instrument:	Drums

Harald Frode Unneland (born 14 April 1967 in Bergen) is a Norwegian musician, drummer and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano and vocals).

Career

Unneland has been a central figure on the Bergen music scene. He has played in bands Savoy, Chocolate Overdose, Unge Frusterte menn, Popium, and Evig Din For Alltid.^[1]

In 2007 BBC Radio 2 chose Popium's timeless pop masterpiece Anchor Down as record of the week.^[2] In 2012 he found back to old friends, and now as 'Sergeant Petter & The Buddies' they play old songs again.^[3]

Discography

Pompel & The Pilts

• 1988: Kjellerteipen
• 1989: Leif I Hulen – Live
• 1989: Det Perfekte Menneske, various artists ("Klikk Klakk")
• 1992: Det Ingen Andre Vil Ha (Rec 90)
• 1997: Nesten Alt (Rec 90)

Unge Frustrerte Menn

• 1991: Slinger Og Snegler mini-CD
• 1995: Doddo Og Unge Frustrerte Menn (Tylden & Co)
• 1996: Sosialantropologi (Lucky Music)
• 1997: Hodet I Sanden (Grappa Music)
• 1998: Øl Og Peanøtter (Grappa Music)
• 2001: Dronningen Av Kalde Føtter (Grappa Music)
• 2002: Solen Titter Frem – De Beste Sangene compilation (Grappa Music)
• 2006: Dans Til Musikken – Tribute To Lasse Myrvold (Reel Noise Records), various artists ("Dødelige Drifter")

Chocolate Overdose

• 1992: Everybody Likes Chocolate (Warner Elektra Atlantic)
• 1993: Sugar Baby (Warner Elektra Atlantic)
• 1997: Whatever (Bar None)
• 1999: Dingledoodies (Rune Grammofon)

Savoy

• 1996: Mary Is Coming (Warner Bros. Records)
• 1997: Lackluster Me (EMI Records)
• 1999: Mountains of Time (EMI Records)
• 2001: Reasons To Stay Indoors (EMI Records)
• 2004: Savoy (Eleventeen Records)
• 2007: Savoy Songbook Vol. 1 (Universal Music)
• 2018: See the Beauty in Your Drab Hometown (Drabant Music)
• 2024: Under (Eleventeen Records)

Evig Din For Alltid

• 2013: Evig Din For Alltid (Apollon Records)
• 2014: Åtte Minutter Fra Solen (Apollon Records)
• 2015: Tilbake Til Byen (Apollon Records)
• 2016: På Tynn Is (Apollon Records)

Other projects

With a-ha

• 2000: Minor Earth Major Sky (Warner Elektra Atlantic)
• 2005: Analogue (Warner Elektra Atlantic)

With Ephemera

• 2000: Sun (Ephemera Records)

With Sondre Lerche

• 2001: No One's Gonna Come EP (Virgin Records)
• 2001: Sleep on Needles RP (Virgin Records),
• 2001: Faces Down (Virgin Records)

With Popium

• 2001: Popium (Music Network Records)
• 2002: Permanently High (Music Network Records)
• 2002: Beautiful Thing EP (Music Network Records)
• 2004: Camp (Kong Tiki Records)^[4]
• 2006: The Miniature Mile (Kong Tiki Records)
• 2007: Anchor Down single from The Miniature Mile^[2]

With others

• 1999: Something Is Like Nothing Was (Smalltown Supersound), with Monopot (Powerlunch)
• 2002: You Know Me (Columbia Records), with Paris
• 2012: Sergeant Petter & The Buddies (Vme, It's A Label), with Sergeant Petter & The Buddies^[5]
• 2017: Easy Versions, with Daelen (Marte Dæhlen)

External links

• Chocolate Overdose Biography on MIC.no
• Unge Frustrerte Menn Biography on MIC.no
• Savoy Biography on Ballade.no
• Paul Waaktaar, Lauren Savoy and Frode Unneland Savoy interview ny on YouTube
• UK radio play for Popium on Listen to Norway

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vitaminpoppille fra Bergens-rockere . Norwegian. Jan-Olav . Glette . MIC.no . 18 April 2002 . 2013-10-26.
2. Web site: UK radio play for Popium . Tomas Lauvland . Pettersen . MIC.no . 1 August 2007 . 2013-10-26.
3. Web site: Tjommiband serverer egne hits . Norwegian. Harald . Espeland . . 5 May 2012 . 2013-10-26.
4. Web site: Popium: Camp Review . Norwegian. Anders . Finslo . Puls.no . 22 June 2004 . 2013-10-26.
5. Web site: Tjommiband serverer egne hits . Norwegian. Øyvind . Rønning . . 2 March 2012 . 2013-10-26.