Animal Alpha ble dannet i 2002. Etter budrunde fra mer enn ti plateselskaper, signerte bandet med Racing Junior i 2004. Deres debut-EP solgte til gull i 2005. Debutalbumet "Pheromones" produsert av legendariske Sylvia Massey (Tool, Johnny Cash, Red hot chili peppers, Prince) kom høsten 2005 og "You Pay For The Whole Seat, but You'll Only Need The Edge" fulgte i 2008. Bandet signerte med ITBs bookingagent Ian Sales (Metallica, System of a Down) i 2007 og besøkte flere av Europas største festivaler de siste årene. Blant dem, Download (Monsters of rock, England) og Pukkelpop i Belgia hvor de åpnet hovedscenen før Radiohead i 2007, Provinsi Rock, Pinkpop, Wacken open air, Rock Im Park og Rock Am Ring i Tyskland hvor bandet sist sommer spilte for rundt 20 tusen publikumere.

"Det er rart å innse at bandet legges ned, men vi kommer til å jobbe sammen på et senere tidspunkt, kanskje også som Animal Alpha" sier gitarist Christian Wibe og vokalist Agnete Kjølsrud. "Vi har opplevd utrolige øyeblikk, lært mye av hverandre og sammenkjørt humor til et høyt internt nivå. Nå er vi klare for nye utfordringer." Agnete er allerede i gang med et nytt band og Christians jobb som komponist for filmen “Død Snø” har åpnet en helt ny verden for han innen film-musikk.

Bandet ønsker å takke alle sine fans og samarbeidspartnere for deres tillit og hardt arbeid de siste årene.

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One of Norway’s most promising talents for international success Animal Alpha has disbanded. The Norwegian gold sales and award winning four piece found themselves in a creative deadlock while preparing for their third album and after evaluating the situation decided to call it quits.

"It is sad to see the band quitting at this point, Animal Alpha was definitely one of the freshest and honestly interesting new bands to emerge during the past years”,  says Jone Nuutinen from the band’s management company Urbanited Music and continues: “We will definitely see a sort of a continuation to the story at some point, Agnete is already working on a new band  and Christian’s venture into composing movie music is no doubt opening a new challenging world for him”

Animal Alpha was formed in 2002. Their self-titled debut EP breached the top 20 of the Norwegian album charts and also claimed a gold status. Debut album “Pheromones” went straight into the national album charts #11, and the 2nd album “You Pay For The Whole Seat But You’ll Only Need The Edge” was released in 2007. Blossoming global success took the band to the huge stages of festivals such as Pinkpop in Holland, Download in the UK and Rock Am Ring in Germany to mention but a few.

The band wants to thank all their fans and collaborators for their trust and hard work during the past years.

Eastborder Management.

We´ll be back with a more in depth explanation for fans and friends shortly.

Christian, AA