Erik Norlander

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Didn't know where to put this, even though I have access to the Collaborator's Lounge and a couple of "troubleshooting department" Team could take care of this from there, so I thought I'd post this here, where the basic flaws in a band's bio, discography etc. are handled.

The biography for Erik Norlander describes a bit about the albums, but only until 2002's Music Machine

"ERIK NORLANDER'S newest
release is a 2CD rock opera concept album called "Music Machine" about
the dramatic rise and fall of a genetically engineered rock star.
previous solo albums are "Threshold" (1997), and instrumental
progressive effort with a decidedly electronically bent and "Into the
Sunset" (2000), a prog metal vocal album with a more traditional rock
band sound."

2002? It's the year 2008. Kind of terribly out-dated, since Norlander released four more albums and a concert DVD. 

Maybe, given this occasion, we could discuss in parallel Norlander's place in prog, cause rock...sure...space...maybe...but psychedelic...never!! 
Norlander's very keen to power rock (the 90s' kind: Magellan, King X), retro prog, metal, concept rock, pop-space and, alas, very weak to describe music. The covers from Hommage Symphonique raise a bit the charm of him being a progressive-influenced artist, but the work is minor (and mediocre) in comparison with the rest. 
I'd suggest Crossover for a move, or even Prog-Related, it's not farfetched.

Edited by Ricochet - February 07 2008 at 07:34

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Ricochet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301	Topic: Erik Norlander Posted: February 07 2008 at 07:33
	Didn't know where to put this, even though I have access to the Collaborator's Lounge and a couple of "troubleshooting department" Team could take care of this from there, so I thought I'd post this here, where the basic flaws in a band's bio, discography etc. are handled. The biography for Erik Norlander describes a bit about the albums, but only until 2002's Music Machine "ERIK NORLANDER'S newest release is a 2CD rock opera concept album called "Music Machine" about the dramatic rise and fall of a genetically engineered rock star. previous solo albums are "Threshold" (1997), and instrumental progressive effort with a decidedly electronically bent and "Into the Sunset" (2000), a prog metal vocal album with a more traditional rock band sound." 2002? It's the year 2008. Kind of terribly out-dated, since Norlander released four more albums and a concert DVD. Maybe, given this occasion, we could discuss in parallel Norlander's place in prog, cause rock...sure...space...maybe...but psychedelic...never!! Norlander's very keen to power rock (the 90s' kind: Magellan, King X), retro prog, metal, concept rock, pop-space and, alas, very weak to describe music. The covers from Hommage Symphonique raise a bit the charm of him being a progressive-influenced artist, but the work is minor (and mediocre) in comparison with the rest. I'd suggest Crossover for a move, or even Prog-Related, it's not farfetched. Edited by Ricochet - February 07 2008 at 07:34


T.Rox Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 06 2004 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 9455	Posted: February 08 2008 at 04:41
	Hi Rico, I don't know Erik Norlander at all so cannot comment on where he belongs in PA. I type this post because your initial point about the discography being out of date is an important one! There has been some discussion in the Collaborators' Zone (which I have not been directly involved with) debating whether or not the discography listing in the bio should be included at all. I personally think not because, as has happened here, the discography gets out of date. If we need a discography list it would be much better if the assigned albums could somehow be displayed as a series of consecutive links giving the list appearance in the bio section, just driven from the albums added for the artist. Let us see if others comment. Cheers, Coops
	"Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche