Junipher Greene

Norwegian prog-rock group from Oslo, Norway, active between 1966 and 1983. The initial line-up included Bent Åserud on guitars, keyboards, flute and vocals, Geir Bøhren on vocals, drums and sax, Helge Grøslie on keyboards, Freddy Dahl on guitar and vocals and Øyvind Vilbo on bass. They released their ambitious debut album in 1971 called "Friendship". It stands as one of Norway's earliest progressive album and the country's first double LP. They released the 2nd album in 1973 "Communication" before splitting up in the mid 1970's (?!). Two compilation albums "Best Of" (1975) and "Rewind" (1981), which also featured a number of unreleased tracks recorded between 1969 and 1980 were issued. Helge Grøslie left the band to join TITANIC IN 1972, Åserud and Bøhren kept the name JUNIPHER GREENE name for various incarnations during 1980's, although these were different to the original group. They've since built a good reputation as the creators of Norwegian movie soundtracks.