How old is laurent barnard

But with that said I really enjoyed their off-kilter rhythms and dynamic hooks, a sound not dissimilar to the sophisticated yet raw compositions of JR Ewing. They are a crosspollination of Norwegian and English talent with half the members from Liverpool and the other half from Oslo.

Once again proving that less is more, this two piece combine angular hardcore with ferocious rock and roll delivering a heavy sound you can shake your hips to. Norway embraces offbeat talent and in so doing has produced a cast of young bands that are more radical and diverse than their established peers. Musicians should be allowed to test new waters and experiment without fear or vilification.

When I see bands take risks it resonates within me. Through Gallows I feel a strong affiliation with the Norwegians. The ideas of breaking down boundaries and thinking outside the box is what has driven me to make music from day one.

Every album Gallows release is a statement that divides opinion. Opinion is good. Opinion is what gets people talking and is why music has become social currency.

We want to be known for introducing the next cool band to our circle of friends and Scandinavia as a whole has consistently proven itself rich with exciting new music.

Laurent Barnard is a musician based in North-West London. Laurent is best known as founding member of punk band Gallows and also plays guitar in progessive metal group Krokodil and indie pop act Moones. Gallows are currently working on new material to be released later in Markedsveiledning Samarbeidsnettverk Tilskudd. By Laurent Barnard — Gallows Norway is the future. JR Ewing — epitome of cool. Counter culture celebration. Turbonegro This Norwegian celebration of counter culture was further personified in when Oslo rock and rollers Turbonegro were immortalised on a postage stamp.

Carnival Kids — Norwegian and UK talent unified. WW: I wanted to ask you about your background. How old were you when you first started playing guitar? LB: I must have been about fourteen, fifteen. I used to play Green Day songs and stuff like that. LB: Yeah, he did. I wanted to be in a band, and I could play piano and keyboards. But then I moved on to guitar, and that was it. WW: Given how young you guys are, I thought maybe he might have played in some first-generation punk bands….

LB: Yeah. My dad comes to the shows now. I got into punk and hardcore through skateboarding. I used to play bands from Dischord Records and all the videos from, like, Fugazi. I used to be in a band that covered the Misfits in my teenage years. WW: So are some of the newer, more contemporary bands just as big of an influence on you guys as the older ones are?

We take a lot of influence from a lot of influences from a lot of older bands, ranging from Minor Threat, Black Flag — bands like Drive Like Jehu, Murder City Devils, all that kind of good stuff.

We do it in our own way. WW: When you graduated, did you plan to do something with that English degree? Or were you pretty quickly drawn back into music? LB: My dream has always been to play music in a band at the highest level I could get. But I never expected to be touring the States in a tour bus and having my music on Guitar Hero. Those are dreams of mine that have become reality, which is awesome. Being on the cover of magazines back home is just crazy. I never on purpose tried to get into a career, because I knew that would interfere with me playing shows every weekend or going on tour.

When me and Frank started Gallows, we had no idea this would happen. Is that right? LB: We had someone fill in just for one show. So he literally had no time to do the band.

You had to make money to survive. We never wanted him to quit. A lot of singers can scream and do stuff like that, but none of them are Frank. He keeps his British accent. The thing about British bands, a lot of them tend to imitate their American counterparts.

The U. Formed in , Gallows are an English hardcore punk band from Hertfordshire, England. Guitarist Laurent Barnard united with bassist Stuart Gili-Ross, and with the rest of their band mates released their debut album, Orchestra of Wolves. The band won the Kerrang! I got the opportunity during Warped Tour to sit down with guitarist Laurent Barnard and discuss the tour, their album, and why every Gallows show leaves audiences begging for more. Barnard: When I was about 10 years old I was on the school football team soccer as you Americans like to call it.

At the time, I had a really good long distance goal score. Who are your musical influences? Barnard: Our influences range from all those bands to Discharge, back home, as well. What about Amebix? I think with Gallows, we're not just a straight up punk or hardcore band; instead we incorporate loads of different musical elements. Tell us about your recent signing to Warner Records. It was wicked being on Epitaph, cuz they released some of our favorite albums, and signed great bands such as Bouncing Souls and Converge.

But moving to a major label makes being in a band a lot easier--a lot easier to handle. Signing to Warner made sense for us, cuz it just meant that our band will have more support behind us. When we were on Epitaph we were very DIY.