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Kashmir
Background information
Origin	Denmark
Genres	Rock
Years active	1991-present
Labels	Sony Records
Website	http://www.kashmir.dk/
Members
Kasper Eistrup Mads Tunebjerg Asger Techau Henrik Lindstrand

Kashmir is a Danish rock band consisting of Kasper Eistrup (vocals and lead guitar); Mads Tunebjerg (bass); Asger Techau (drums) and Henrik Lindstrand (keyboards and guitar).

History

In the spring of 1991, Eistrup, Tunebjerg and Techau formed a heavy blues band under the name "Nirvana" at Kastanievejens Efterskole (a boarding school) in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Shortly after they started performing Thursday nights at Ordrup Gymnasium (a local high school).

When the American band Nirvana started to gain success, they changed their name to "Kashmir", after the Led Zeppelin song.

In 1993, they finished second in "DM i Rock", a national amateur concert contest, behind Dizzy Mizz Lizzy and subsequently became popular in Denmark.

In 2000, the band won six Danish Music Awards: 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Album', 'Best Danish Songwriter', and 'Best Danish Rock Album' for The Good Life; and 'Best Danish Producer' and 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space". ^[1]

In 2001, Lindstrand joined the band's lineup.

In 2004, the band won four Danish Music Awards for 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Rock Album' for Zitilites, 'Best Danish Music Video' for "Rocket Brothers" and 'Best Album Cover' for Zitilites. ^[1]

Their most recently released album No Balance Palace (2005), features Lou Reed reciting a poem by Eistrup on "Black Building" and David Bowie who sings a duet with Eistrup on "The Cynic". Additionally, the album was produced by Tony Visconti.

On the 13th November 2009 Kashmir released the first single "Mouthful of Wasps" on the band's website. The band also recently announced via Twitter that Trespassers, their sixth full-length album would see its release on February 1, 2010. Trespassers was produced by John O'Mahony and Andy Wallace and recorded at Jimi Hendrix' legendary studio Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

Discography

Albums

• Child of Kashmir (1st Demo) (1991)
• Kashmir Cabaret (2nd Demo) (1992)
• Travelogue (1994)
• Cruzential (1996)
• Cruzential Re-Release (With two extra songs - 1997)
• The Good Life (1999)
• Zitilites (2003)
• No Balance Palace (2005)
• Trespassers (2010)

EPs

• Travelogue: EP (1995)
• Travelogue: The EP (UK Edition) (1995)
• Travelogue: The Epilogue EP (1995)
• Stand EP (1997)
• Mom in Love, Daddy in Space EP (1999)
• Graceland EP (1999)
• Home Dead (2001)
• Surfing The Warm Industry EP (2003)
• Rocket Brothers EP (2003)
• A Selection of Two Lilies EP (2003)
• The Cynic EP (2005)

Singles

• "The Story of Jamie Fame Flame" (1994)
• "Rose" (1994)
• "Art of Me" (1994)
• "Bring back Superman" (1996)
• "Prawn's Blues" (1996)
• "Gloom" (1997)
• "Mom in Love, Daddy in Space" (1999) #27 DEN ^[2] - Charted in 2010
• "Graceland" (1999)
• "Miss You" (1999)
• "Make it Grand" (2000)
• "In the Sand" (2003)
• "Rocket Brothers" (2003)
• "Surfing The Warm Industry" (2003)
• "The Aftermath" (2004) #9 DEN ^[3]
• "Melpomene" (2004) #16 DEN ^[4]
• "The Curse of Being a Girl" (2005) #9 DEN ^[5]
• "The Cynic" (2006) #2 DEN ^[6]
• "She's Made of Chalk" (2005) #8 DEN ^[7]
• "Kalifornia" (2006) #11 DEN ^[8]
• "Mouthful of Wasps" (2009) #5 DEN ^[9]

DVDs

• Rocket Brothers (2004)
• The Aftermath (2005) - A live concert DVD/CD from Store Vega, Copenhagen. November 2-3, 2004.

References

External links

Official sites

• Kashmir.dk - The official Kashmir website
• myspace.com/kashmiryeah - The official Kashmir Myspace

Fansites

• Kashmir-Lounge - Danish and International Fansite
• My Kashmir - Danish Fansite in Danish & English
• Petite Machine - Mexican Fansite

Articles/Interviews

• Die Klangschau - Swiss music magazine
• Fabchannel.com - Free video recording of the 2006 Amsterdam concert