THE RETURN OF THE PHALANX

The Rottweiler Bachelor Party was supposed and meant to be a sort of "one-night-stand" The band assembled to do a thing then and then only. By now, this "one-night-stand" has turned into a "two-nights-stands" and invites from the world will soon pull this vehicle to a "four-nights-stand"

Saturday 24th July 2006, the Rodent-Phalanx captured the souls of some 50 people when they brought the old consept "live@theFarm back to life.

The audience was astonsihed(!) Some of them had heard the band before. Their immediate response was that THIS was better than ever!

In the absence of Rottweiler, which is currently suffering from honeymoon babe- and horseback riding in Mongolia(!), Arnie Metalroar grabbed the mic and bursted the walls of sound with his shimmering voice.

Eerie Hex tricked the guitar and howled out the old, glory Van Halen "Eruption" while Bullwart handled the bass as steady as one may expect from that crappy lad.

Unfortunately, Gorm Sputnique is currently guiding his choir in northern norway, so them drums were treated by Magnus Sobieski. He did an outstanding job, that lad just steppin' in this way!

Next, Rodent-Phalanx is invited to rock on the Irish National Skiing teams party in Oslo Friday 28. July 2006. Then you may be able to get your ears saturated by immense noise at the Rumble in the Jungle festival, Saturday 29. july 2006.

Stay tuned to rodent-phalanx.com !!!

WTF was that ????(!)

... Ashes promised drummer did never appear --- that is 3 years ago --- and, somehow, Rodent-Phalanx died --- and this time, the band really died for real ...

Did it? Yes! Silence was about to absorb mother earth. People were about to gray. Rock was about to fade. Music was about to be shouted down under by the oral diahorroea. The Phalanx was a slowly, fading tale of what rock greatness once was ...

But what happened recently - Saturday, May 13. 2006?? From the ashes of nothing - from the hidden, muddy, dark, dirty holes around the world; Metalroar, Hex, Sputnique and Bullwart (former Kolyma) catched a surprising call call from an unexpected source, the Best Man of Rottweiler. They replied, and carefully they assembled, hit some rehearsal ground and re-captured their home: The Rock'n Roll Stage!

The event was Johnny Rottweilers Bachelor party at Midtstuen Skole.

Johnny was the only one without knowledge. But within minutes, he entered the stage, morphed his civil shell and spawned as the Johnny Rottweiler hi-end werewolf-monster ego - the ultimate him! - and ruled the stage as none can do after him.

Immediately, the Eyes of the God of Rock'n Roll changed focus; from somewhere less important to a sparkling navel, an old - though new - hotspot in the world:

The resurrected Rodent-Phalanx.

Got a drummer!

It didn't take the band long before yet another excellent drummer found his way to the Phalanx!

His name is C. Inlay, an outstanding lad well known to Ahe Draven from earlier days. He joined the band last week and made his way through the new RP Pioneer Rock Show in an excellent way! The band is indeed excited and happy: finding Zodiaks equal seemed impossible - he was and still is too bloody good! - but; fortunately: they did!

The band has now returned to their foundations and rehearses Black Sabbath songs like Iron Man, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, A National Acrobat and Children of the Grave - and they'll continue with songs like Highway Star, Black Night and Burn by Deep Purple before making their way through some Rainbow, Heep and Zeppelin tunes. Even a good old goodie from Scorpions is expected to appear in the show!

The show is supposed to hit the road during this coming autumn. 

Besides this, Rodent-Phalanx is still working on their major jason.burns project which is indeed complicated and advanced - it'll burst your stage some day

Back in business!

One year with lead guitarplayer Eerie Hex as bloody busy soldier way south and far away from the band has passed.

He's now doing his gunning duties at Gardermoen, not far from the bands home playground. This means: Rodent-Phalanx is about to escalate it's activity and return to banging business.

The bands priority is to work on with the jason.burns project,now picking up the ouverture and the Cold Shivers section before moving on with The Virulent Void. These songs will be recorded in the Yri studio this coming autumn for a complete Christmas release of jason.burns section one. Secondary, the band will do things with their Live Rotten show for coming autumn shows.

The band has, unfortunately, lost it's excellent drummer Zodiak. He left for further musical-performance education in Liverpool, England. The band is though catching up by - most hopefully - completing the lineup once again with a very promising new drummer. At the moment the drummer is ill and it's not yet known when he'll be able to team up with the band for rehearsals.

Else: all bandmembers were dutied to watch the recent Iron Maiden show in Oslo. All members are stunned and appreaciated! Great, Maiden! Just simply Great Maiden! Next duty is the Deep Purple & Uriah Heep show (since all Ozzy tickets ran out too bloody fast!)

Check it out!

At last: the first track from the jason.burns affair is ready for a premiere! Do though sure abouut that this is the first, rough mix of the song!

The band has spent a lot of time in the Yri studio to record and establish the trax they wanted for this special song. It's the fifth in the jason.burns legend, but the first one to be recorded and pre-released. Next, the band is going back to the studio to record the first four trax of the jason.burns project. That's "The Foreboding", "The Cold Shiver", "Virulent Void" and "Endarkened" All songs will, most hopefully, be released this coming autumn.

All those who wonders where the final mix of "I am the Devil" is must wait a month or so. We'll do two more mixes before the master. But, to be kind: the song is allready available in the Media - MP3 section on this site! Download now and check it out!

The futures' coming alive:

Eerie Hex and Ashe Draven lending ears to the last great, Hex-tracks.

THE DEVIL'S ON TRAX!

So, now it has all begun: Rodent-Phalanx's in studio recording the tunes of their coming nova: jason.burns!

Tons of expectations and frustrated rockaholic desires related to this coming Rodent-Phalanx product has NOT been spotted among the crowds. But this is what the band is up to: they will give them those needs and desires with a recording out of mind complex and beyond what the Phalanx detesters is willing to accept.

Ashe and Thumb teaching Pärkälä what to do on that piano ....

It has begun.

God has allready spoken through Hex and drilled his fingers across acres of tunes and over valleys of echoes in "I am the Devil"; six trax of spice from his God given hands along with Tom Thumb's steady guitar blossom and Kolymas - as usual - dreadful bass.

That was today.

A good and promising day on earth: The Rodent-Phalanx is finally rising and definitely leaving the bare, boring, commercial, regurgitated metal ground for the millions of metal, dulldressed gamecocks. They're now twisting the screw of rock history one more time.

Fozzy Ashborne has dreamt of studio life ever since he was five inches tall. Strange, happy lad? Yap!

Dag Yri, the producer, is doing an outstanding job

making the walls of sounds, crecendoes, blended mattes and progressive musical circumstances optimal for a full blooded rock'n roll act. All free from horrorfuzzy, treble saturated, anarchy guitars. He spends time doing this. Giving advices. Adding on experience. A professional's there for them; to make it possible for Rodent-Phalanx to alive a work Kolyma spent two years writing and the band one year to learn and rehearse.

There is more to do. It ain't over yet. Next up on schedule: twenty five more tracks and then the voices ...

PROPER STUDIO FOUND?

Kolyma and Hex will inspect RP's potential recording loaction this coming sunday.

Kolyma has made some calls and found Yri studio at Finstad in Eidsvoll the most proper studio available at the moment.

If the studio, terms and dealt prize is accepted, the band will kick off recording the rythm sections of "I'm the Devil" next week/week-end.

Have a wap cellphone?
THE PHALANX ON THE WAP!

As usual: Rodent-Phalanx is ahead of everybody else! What other bands, including the great ones, offers their fans a fine wap website?

You may now check out the status of Rodent-Phalanx even when your closest internet connection is to be found on the moon! Pick up your cellphone, connect through the wap and there you are: check out the latest news, concert dates or even download the Rodent-Phalanx logo to your cellphone!

Or how about having a Phalanx song as your ringing tone??

At the moment, the site ain't yet finished; some pages are still not built!

Address: rodent-phalanx.com/125/wap/rp.wml

Hex the dramatizer :
WITH ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE!

(God himself, Harestua) Friday morning, January 3rd. 2003: Zodiak calling Kolyma: "Mr. Hex and his Lady Hex has been puking all night long" Question: "Can he play?" Answer: "By all means: a completely dehydrated corp do live in some way. But that's all about it"

Hex gave the band more interesting frustration than it really deserved. Most of the day passed; they all had to wait for his call; "I'm ok. Let's go"

Failed tech-availability drained Pärkäläs' set of keyboards from two to one ...

Decades, yap: it felt like that! - passed before the awaited, positive command rolled over the net: rock'n roll! The band left their bases about three hours later than originally planned; arrived destination about four hour later than planned. At destination - yet another surprise: the promised tech-installations was definitely absent - gone - not able to establish! Honk! What on earth could they do but establish their impromptu bay of cables 'n amps and beg it to do the job which has utterly failed before?

Some way or another; it succeeded. "The Foreboding" and entrance of Draven and The Choir resulted in simultane applause. Then dehydrated "White-Face" Hex crawled his way through the complicated phrases of "The Devildome" along with the band. They gained applause! A thing not common to this band! Then some edifying, hearth-warming words; "Different and indeed interesting!"; "I would like to hear some more!"; "Indeed outstanding guitars!" What more could Rodent-Phalanx, former dreadful-phalanx, expect?

It was a good premiere; a small piece of what to come. Costumes was great! The band satisfied even though a lot of things didn't work out the way they wanted. They're now looking forward to work on with jason.burns; a piece of music!

New years' rock release:
THE DEVIL PREMIERE!

jason.burns moves forward as the damn complicated "I am the Devil" tune is ready for premiere stage release in Sandefjord January 3rd. 2003!

Rodent-Phalanx has focused on the premiere stage show for a long time. They regard the show as the very first, important gig by the redifined and rearranged Rodent-Phalanx.

Intensive rehersals has been made at both in Eidsvoll and Harestua - and by now; they seem ready to go on stage shuffling old rp-bones off stage and present the new, progressive Rodent-Phalanx - a journey into string usage not easily found on norwegian band ground!

The Choir is strenghtened:
PHALANX GOES OPERA!

Known opera singer Hilde Mehlum is now expected to board the jason.burns vehicle by mid january 2003 as the skilled leader and educator of The Rodent Choir.

Hilde Mehlum is an high degree educated singer. She has her own choir and has been seen on the telly at several occations. She's brought into the jason.burns project to sing on the first recordings of "I am the Devil" in late January.

Most hopefully she'll become a steady part of The Rodent Choir; it'll for sure be a great advantage for the band!

The Choir is established:
THE RODENT CHOIR!

As jason.burns moves forward with a complete "I am the Devil" runtrough, the promised choir - The Rodent Choir - teamed up and did an outstanding job at last rehearsal!

While rumours says that Rodent-Phalanx wont be able to complete their project - not even make through their complicated jason.burns suite! - this very, last rehearsal proved different! They made a complete "I am the Devil" runthrough and did even add the choir voices! It's obvious that they'll be able to do the song properly, but it'll take much more work to make it work out fine.

jason.burns release :
LIVE@THE-FARM!

There will be a live@the-farm in May-June 2003! The band is planning to make their first jason.burns, public run-through on their homeground: good, old Sunna Farm in Eidsvoll!

The show will be a complete run-through with costumes, stage objects and multimediashow. The guests will all be specially invited - that means: no open rock'n roll concert. There will, if they can, be three bands at the farm this evening. Rodent-Phalanx, Powermerge and a pure, young, unknown rock band from Fredrikstad.

More info will follow as it comes in ...

ROTTWEILER ANNOUNCES:
EXPANDED UK-TOUR!

The bands' abroad manager, former singer Johnny Rottweiler - now living in england - announced that the bands' UK-tour will, most probably, be expanded with even two more gigs!

Rodent-Phalanx will hit the road this spring for england to do their long awaited shows on original rock'n roll ground: england! Rottweiler works on a tight tour programme; three succeeding gigs on thursday, friday and saturday in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.

The band originally planned to release the full jason.burns in Manchester, but due to the hard work sewing the many voices tightly together, the reasonable solution is to kick off at least five jason.burns songs and some live.rotten trembles. That means, unfortunately, that the band won't do the whole jason.burns in england.

GETTING SERIOUS!

Rodent-Phalanx, former known as the most rotten, less dedicated, disasterous and crazy band on stage, is now getting serious about their jason.burns project!

The band is now only rehearsing the jason.burns material and spends hours on the indeed complicated setup: dividied into four instrumental voices, three vocals and upon that and a two girls choir, they need the time to make it all fit. It's mixing up pure progressivity inspired by bands like Saga and the demon alike, original Black Sabbath heavy metal. Besides this, the written jason.burns transcribtion promises even jazz (Song: Murder Groove) and guitar-piano blues duels (Song: The Jason Lounge).

The band is also now working hard on the stage equipment. This is consisting of jason.burns costumes, stage objects and the computeranimated projector multimedia show.

THE COMPLETED LINEUP!

So - at last! - the dream lineup of Rodent-Phalanx has been established! Eerie Hex now reports that the band consists of a singer, a drummer, a bassplayer, two guitarplayers and a keyboardplayer! Six musicians! The name of the new lad - shame on me! - ain't known yet :-)

Both Eerie Hex and Kolyma - and also former singer Johnny Rottweiler - dreamt of this lineup ever since Gorm-Sputnique had to switch to them drums because tha band was unable to find a new drummer.

Especially Metalroar disliked the "keyboard-idea" bacause he wanted what he called a "classic lineup" with two guitarplayers and nobody playing keyboard (= the shadows lineup), so, new energy was never spent on further searchs.

It is supposed that the new bandmember will join the rehearsals this coming week and bring the necessary solid soundpatterns to the music: patterns which will make Rodent-Phalanx definitely differ from the rest of the music industry ...

STRENGTHENING THE BAND

The Jason Burns programme requires a choir and a keyboard! The band has then, through Hex made a request to a fine keyboardplayer and received a positive reply this far. He'll be involved in the rehearsals and work as soon as possible. The bands instrumental lineup would then be completed - for the first time in it's history!

The choir will consist of two girls. One of them - in fact the sister of Hex - has responded positively and will join up when the instrumentals in Jason Burns is rehearsed and played well. The other girl is not asked yet, but will most probably(!) join up - rumours says that she's got a fine voice!

FIRST JASON REHEARSAL!

Rodent-Phalanx performed their first Jason Burns rehearsal today and made their way through the vocals on "I am the Devil" with Draven. Besides this, Hex, Thumb and Kolyma had a taste of the tough parts on "The Devildome" (a long instrumental passage inside "I am the Devil"); it's gonna cost hours to make this work out and sound good; but the band's gonna make it!

The band did also jammed a pretty surprising song - a jazzy one! - called "The Groovy Murder" The song will for sure surprise the audience when played within the Jason Burns!

A LEGEND IS DEAD!

We're unable to let it pass without commenting it: the legendary bass player of The Who - appointed as the best and greatest bass player of the 20-century by a collection of the biggest music magizines in the world, died this weekend by unknown causes.

Rodent-Phalanx offer theirs condolences to the family and the whole world of music; one of the most innovative and inspiring bassplayers won't enter the stage again.

The Who was supposed to hit the road again these days together with Robert Plant. The tour will, as far as we know, go on even though an replacement of Entwistle seems impossible. It was hard enough - it took them 'bout ten years - to find a convenient substitute to their former drummer, legendary Keith "The Loon" Moon.

A GOOD BLAST@ROCKSTOCK!

(B.Oozer/Hakadal) Rodent-Phalanx' comeback on stage turned out awfully well!

The band performed the traditional ouverture, Iron Man, Trailblazer, Werewolf and Rock you all spiced up with new dazzlers like Punch in punch out and the Hex' Van Halen sequence, Eruption. By all means, people told us they were surprised. Due to former alco-nuked performances by earlier lineups, this was indeed something else; the band is back and now heading for some serious success. Beware - 'cause now we're sober!

The band entered the tiny stage in brand new costumes! Especially one must celebrate the bands fresh new english singer, Mr. Draven. He entered the stage in a manner one would expect; a way which concretes the state of the band: as a probably cross between well known Ozzy and less known Annie from Reading, he looked like the rock'n roll, life exhausted and far-minded icon the world has been waiting for ever since Jim Morrison drowned himself in whisky and pizza down in Paris way back in Prekambrium. Visit his grave: you find it at Père Lachaise, Paris!

THE REST ...

The rest of the band entered the stage as Pat Sharp copies, Wizards, punky-brits and far off glammers. Tom Thumb, young guitarplayer,got a kick on the eighties look - only missing Pat Sharps great hockey! Short tights, headband and all necessary extras; Tom Thumb - a foul breath from the poodle eighties! Zodiak - the great, new drummer; a taste of punky look 'n a sting of british underground. One hell of a precise drummer; never does more than excactly whats needed to do excactly what's necessary to make the tunes snarl! Kolyma, former dead drunk boozer both on and off stage - recently brought back from Denmark, has become somewhat sober and entered the stage in turquoise tights and black top hat with only one elephant beer as prior support. As usual, he did an awful job. Nobody really understands why the bands' not replacing that less-talented minor brained bass junkie ...

THE WIZARD 'N HIS SEAMSTRESS!

The bands seamstress, Lady Hilde Hex from southern Kristiansand, had put down hours of work in Hex' Wizard costume - he only missed a fine, Nimbus 2000 broomstick! - great girl, she is! Hex beamed the audience and proved - yet again - his definite superiour talent on the lead guitar. Without being to loud, I may - still in respect of all the other great guitar players at Rockstock - declare Hex as the evenings' souvereign six strings handler ... none able to compare, none able to equalize; only one souvereign guitar ... Hex.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Enough costumes: music! This was a comeback affair; what the band calls a liverotten gig .... not seriuos - only fun out of pieces the band just wanna play for now. From now on the band will spend almost all their available time on their major project - The Lay of Jason Burns - a piece of music we've spent almost two years writing; it'll take at least one year only to be able to play it properly and to create the multimedia-show to appear at the show - it'll fly in Manchester, UK - our first abroad performance - our first real statement of what Rodent-Phalanx is supposed to be. Before that, the liveRotten sequence will tremble the ground at several stages ... continue your withered state: return to the rodent-phalanx.com for continous conciousness!

NB! Pics of the event will be released on these pages soon - our galleries has been down; they'll be up soon!

GETTING IN TUNE!

The Rodent-Phalanx #3 has now finished their last rehearsal before the great comeback liveshow at Rockstock, Hakadal. Eight songs will be served the audience - seven old songs as reminders of the past along with, one - "new but well known" - Hex surprise guitar spasm and an Ashe 'n Zodiak show-off drums 'n vocal sing-along.

Final breakthrough:
HEADING FOR MANCHESTER!

As former singer Johnny Rottweiler goes abroad, he's about to plan a Rodent gig in his coming temporary hometown Manchester, UK. The band will, most hopefully, shake the Manchester concrete by May/June/July 2003.

The Analanimals with former Phalanx members Gorm Sputnique and Arnie Metalroar will most probably join the gang and co-tremble the ground with Rodent-Phalanx.

ROTTWEILER LEAVES FOR MANCHESTER -
REPLACEMENTS DONE!

The Rodent-Phalanx Rock'n Roll Cirkus stubles along the rock'n roll line! Recently gorges Johnny Rottweiler announced his withdraw from the Rodent-Phalanx: he'll be found at some school of media and film in Manchester, UK. No surprise that he had to leave ... the band is off course sorry - and so was - is! - he!

But replacements has been done@the speed of light; former singer Ashe Draven has returned from the cold and grabbed the mic like a dead hungry predator yelling Iron Man with great strength. Along with him, the band had - at last! - the pleasure of getting a great - really good! - drummer. Very experienced through participation in several other bands. Witgh high technical skills and deep insight in progressive rock, rock history and the art of performance, he's indeed a member to welcome!

The band has made their first rehearsal with great success. They're now looking forward to twister the stage at Rockstock in some weeks - beware! We're back again!

KICK OFF AT ROCKSTOCK!

Rodent-Phalanx will apprear at the Rockstock concert june 25. 2002 - ready to conquer and grab back their position as Kings of Maximum Fuzz'n noise!

The band is rehearsing existing material for the concert, but there will be popping surprises never played before by the phalanx.

The band has announced that their new material from the concept "The Essays of Jason Burns" won't be played; the masses gotta wait for the big biscuit!

WRITING NEW MATERIAL

Rodent-Phalanx writes new material these days for their upcoming concept, temporary named "The Essays of Jason Burns" - a short, rock theatre about a pretty strange guy surrounded by pretty strange characters.

A probably live release of the theatre takes place at a concert in Valle, Setesdal, before it'll be recorded and released on CD / MP3 download by the end of 2002.

YET ANOTHER ROTTEN TRACK RELEASED!!

Check out the recent release of "The Rodent Ouverture" and "Iron Man", recorded at the Live Rotten 2001. Former drummer - Gorm Sputnique - plays 'em keyboards! Great introduction to a great, wild show!

Check out the mp3-trax in the Media section now!

RODENT-PHALANX SCREENSAVER!

Back in business - and as usual a progressive and heading media band, Rodent-Phalanx Media proudly presents the first Rodent-Phalanx screensaver!

Check out the screensaver in the Media section!

LIVE ROTTEN 2001 TRACK RELEASED!

Johnny Rottweilers recordings has - at last! - been made available for mix. Check out Kolymas mp3-mixdown of the first released song; a Hex spasm intro kicks off leadloaded "The Rodent Vampire" - a song reaching climax when Sputnique thrashes us with whirling drums along Hex and Metalroars psychic guitars.

Check out the MP3's in the Media section now!

ABOUT TO PICK UP YELLOW MOON?

Eerie Hex has got some kick on the old tune Yellow Moon by Kolyma and the bands first singer, Ashe Draven (right pic). He says he would like to try it; it's special and its got potential. So - most probably - an old hit in the spirit of the Rodent pioneers may end up refreshed and yet again to be heard live.

DO WE HAVE A DRUMMER?!

Getting a drummer is always a problem - at least especially for Rodent-Phalanx ... but we do have an ace on hand right now. Name and number omitted: it'll be a great surprise! It's a fitting soul - perfect for the Phalanx - 'cause he knows the Phalanx very well ...

TOM THUMB JOINS THE PHALANX

Eerie Hex was quick about finding Metalroars replacement in Rodent-Phalanx. Tom Thumb, a young lad which had teamed with AnalAnimals on bass, made the jump on Hex' request and showed up at the first Rodent rehearsal without the bands former icon, Arnie Metalroar. His skills on the guitar ain't decovered completely yet, but Hex says: he's a good one - and when knowing the extreme skills of Hex, we do expect alot .... Both Rottweiler and Kolyma liked what they heard - especially the sound, which is clear, metal and sans the bugging 'n shimmering treble ...

The band began at scratch - just like a newborn band - with completely new material. All songs were played fine - a promising opening of Rodent-Phalanx mark#3.

METALROAR LEAVES PHALANX

Through a call to Kolyma, Metalroar declares that he won't be a part of Rodent-Phalanx anymore. He choses to continue in The AnalAnimals and play with Sputnique and two fresh guitar and bass players. Both wanna stay anonymous.

Rodent-Phalanx is, to him, barely a metal band anymore. He's referring to introductions of songs he claims to be way out of the metal line. He wants to play speed metal - a decition we may understand - and off course accept.

KOLYMA CALLS THE PHALANX

After 1/3 year, Kolyma makes up his mind and calls up the other members of the Phalanx and says he would like to rise the band yet again. His only condition is that Sputnique is left out - a statement both Hex and Rottweiler supports. Metalroar hesitates, but says ok to join up. At this time, Rodent-Phalanx is about to be born again at the same time as AnalAnimals runs for their coming show at Jessheim.

RODENT-PHALANX JUST ALMOST DEAD

Eerie Hex, abviously a bit fed up, mails Kolyma and suggests that Rodent-Phalanx could participate in the Norwegian Rock Championship at Rockefeller this coming autumn. He says that "Rodent-Phalanx ain't dead - just close to dying" Kolyma is interested, but he emphesizes that he don't want to play in a band aiming speed before groove. Allready at this time, Kolyma gets to know that he's not the only one fed up with dirty talk, sex focus and weird rythm.

EX-PHALANX MEMBERS FORMS THE ANALANIMALS

The remaining members of Rodent-Phalanx, except Johnny Rottweiler, forms the band AnalAnimals - obviously a name generated by Sputniques gorges creativity ... Catching metal at the speed of light - heavy as aluminium - had gained focus. Hex brought along a brand new lad, Tom Thumb, to play the bass. The band, typically, spends half a year to rehearse three songs ...

KOLYMA LEAVES PHALANX!

After three years handling the bass in Rodent-Phalanx, Kolyma leaves the band. His reasons are, officially, that he's got no more time to spend playing. He also says that "I don't wan't to be a break: if the others wanna play faster, german-alike metal - do it! But I can't go on playing that grooveless lightmetal"