My Midnight Creeps (initiated 2003 in

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) was a Norwegian rock band fronted by Madrugada-guitarist Robert Burås and Ricochets-guitarist Alex Kloster-Jensen.

Biography

Other members included Dag Stiberg on

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, Behzad Farazollahi on

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s, Anders Møller on

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and Raymond Jensen on

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. Keyboardist Mikael Lindqvist also appeared on their first album, ''My Midnight Creeps''. The band's music carried inspiration from

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, as well as

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and

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. Their critically acclaimed second album ''Histamin'' received six out of six points in a review in Norwegian newspaper ''

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''. Following the death of Burås on July 12, 2007, My Midnight Creeps was quickly dissolved, however, in 2011 the remaining members of the band (with the exception of bassist Jensen, who was replaced by ex- Madrugada bassist

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) started a new project named Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O. They released their self-titled debut in June 2011 with a follow-up entitled ''Are You Land Or Water?'' released in January 2016. The band is named after a My Midnight Creeps song from the album ''Histamin'', and is musically very different from its predecessor, making heavy use of intricate rhythms and female backing vocals with their second album heading in a more dark and

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musical direction.

Honors

*2007:

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in the category Rock music, for the album ''Histamin''

Discography

*2005: ''My Midnight Creeps'' (MMC Records) *2007: ''Histamin'' (

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References

External links

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