matches for maggie

Short lived Norwegian band, featuring Eirikur Hauksson (Artch) and Henning Ramseth (Return).

MATCHES FOR MAGGIE (1996) DEMO

  1. Schizoid
  2. Big City Ghosts
  3. Man In Your Mind
  4. Once In A Lifetime
  5. After The Evening Prayers

Line-up:

Eirikur Hauksson - Lead Vocals

Henning Ramseth - Guitars, Vocals

Vidar Tyriberget - Bass

Eskil Håkonsen - Drums, Vocals

This is the only sign of life this band ever showed, a 5 track demo recorded in 1996. My interest in the band lays simply in the fact that one of the best vocalists in the world is their singer. Eirikur Hauksson (or Erik Hawk as he named himself during the years with Artch) is an amazing talent, but I do not find this demo to be his finest work. Matches For Maggie (have no idea what lays behind that name) play funky, guitar-oriented hard-rock, or soft metal ala Extreme. Henning really gets to show what a fine guitar-player he is. But as a whole this demo kind of falls through. The songs are in my opinion not good enough to get this band anywhere. Just another showcase of the fact that sometimes talent isn't enough. This demo is now pretty rare (only 300 copies were printed). I first bought it for 40Nkr, but ended up selling it again. Then it reappeared, and this time I had to pay 100 Nkr for it. But I've seen it go as high as 250 Nkr!! Got my CD signed by Eirikur Hauksson.

Killer tracks: Big City Ghosts, Once In A lifetime

Eirikur Hauksson guest appearances:

Gardenian - 'Soulburner'

 

Related artists:

Artch