Savoy are a Norwegian-American rock trio consisting of

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (born Pål Gamst, 6 September 1961) is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. Waaktaar-Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha, which has sold more than 50 mill ...

(famous from Norwegian band

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) (vocals/guitars/bass/keyboards), his wife Lauren Savoy (vocals/guitars) and Frode Unneland (drums/percussion/backing vocals). The band was formed in 1994 and has released seven studio albums to date.

Biography

Savoy, unlike Waaktaar-Savoy's other band

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, has a more down-to-earth

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approach to their music. All songs are composed by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy and Lauren Savoy. Lauren herself is known as a film maker, and Frode Unneland is one of Norway's best drummers known from the

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music scene as drummer with Chocolate Overdose and Popium. He has also drummed for Norwegian singer-songwriter

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. Savoy have achieved great critical success in Norway. They have been nominated for 3 Norwegian Grammy Awards (Spellemannprisen) and won two of them, in 2000 and 2002. Their most known hits include "Velvet" (also covered by A-ha), "Rain", "Star", "Grind You Down", "If You Won't Come to the Party" and "Whalebone" (from the soundtrack of the well-acclaimed Norwegian film ''Hawaii, Oslo''). The latter track recycled lyrics from A-ha's 1993 track, "Locust". Savoy have sold a total of 200,000 albums. On August 6, 2007, Savoy released ''Savoy Songbook Vol. 1'', a double-CD where CD2 is a "best of"-album with 14 tracks, and CD1 contains three new songs and seven re-worked versions of some of their older songs. It will work as an introduction to the band outside Norway (noting a possible worldwide release). The first single from this release, "Karma Boomerang", is one of the new tracks and was released on 13 April 2007. The second single was announced as "Best Western Beauty" and was released on August 5, 2007. Savoy signed a UK deal with indie label Genepool Records. In 2016, it was announced that the band's back catalogue would be remastered and re-released by Apollon Records. '' Lackluster Me'' and '' Mountains of Time'' were subsequently re-released in 2016 and 2017 respectively. As of 2020, the remaining albums have not been re-released. After some speculation and social media posts confirming recording in 2015, Savoy's first studio album in 14 years, ''

See the Beauty in Your Drab Hometown ''See the Beauty in Your Drab Hometown'' is the sixth studio album by the band Savoy. It was released on January 12, 2018. The title of the album comes from the opening line of the song "January Thaw". Release There was some speculation about a ...

'', was released on January 12, 2018. ''Under'' followed in 2024.

Band members

;Current members *

– Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards * Lauren Savoy – Vocals, guitar * Frode Unneland – Drums, backing vocals ;Guest musicians *Greg Calvert – Bass (1995–1997) *Geir Luedy – Bass (1997–1998) * Maya Vik – Bass (2004) *Christer Ottesen – Bass (2004) *Jørun Bøgeberg – Bass (2008) *Preben Grieg-Halvorsen – Keyboards (2008) *

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– Harp, backing vocals (2008) *Linn Frøkedal – Keyboards (2018) *Chris Holm – Bass (2018)

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation

References

External links

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Official Savoy Myspace site * https://web.archive.org/web/20110427032004/http://savoy.aha-fr.com/ French fan site {{Authority control A-ha Norwegian musical trios Musical groups established in 1994