Geir Zahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Geir Zahl

Norwegian musician

Date of Birth: 19-May-1975

Place of Birth: Bryne, Rogaland, Norway

Profession: singer, musician, guitarist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Geir Zahl

  • Geir Zahl (born 19 May 1975) is a Norwegian musician.
  • He is known for playing guitar in the Norwegian rock group Kaizers Orchestra.
  • The band was founded by Geir Zahl and Janove Ottesen who had both played together in some other bands, namely Blod, snÃ¥tt & juling and gnom.
  • Geir Zahl is the composer and main vocalist on several songs, both on the recordings and live at concerts. Geir was born in Bryne, Norway.
  • He befriended Janove Ottesen at an early age, and together, they played in a multitude of bands such as Destruction and Blod, snÃ¥tt & juling.
  • Zahl and Ottesen would write songs by themselves and record them to show to the other one, then work on those songs together.
  • After releasing two cassettes as Blod, SnÃ¥tt & Juling, the two friends hit a creative wall, and their third tape was left, unfinished.
  • Janove joined the army. Upon his return, Ottesen and Zahl formed a new band, known as gnom.
  • They only released one album, Mys, which did not sell well at all.
  • However, when their new band, Kaizers Orchestra, was created, Geir and Janove started composing songs again. In 2007, he released his first solo album under the name Zahl.
  • The album is called Nice for a Change.
  • The band that supported him live and on the album consists of Christer Knutsen, PÃ¥l Hausken and BÃ¥rd Halsne. In 2008, along with John Erik Kaada, Zahl wrote some of the songs for the soundtrack of the Norwegian movie Mannen som elsket Yngve. In 2009, Zahl filmed and directed a short film about the recording of "Die Polizei", the first single from the Kaizers Orchestra album VÃ¥re demoner. In 2010, Zahl announced the formation of another solo project known as Uncle Deadly.
  • Their album, Monkey Do was released on 2 February 2010.

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