This concert will be the last of the Nephew under the auspices of the in this place.
Such was the sudden and blunt statement from lead singer Simon Kvamm, as in august, he along with the rest of the Nephew gave a concert at Smukfest.
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But even though the popular rock band now stopped playing for an indefinite time, Simon Kvamm not put music on the shelf.
He now presents a new band with the name Viper, as the 44-year-old singer has founded together with musikerkollegerne Morten Gorm and Árni Bergmann Jóhannson.
It informs Simon Kvamm in his newsletter.
Dear friends and girlfriends. I have made a new band. It’s called Viper and is about to rage out, clean out, and, not least, the spasse out. Something I long had the desire for, and growing need, he writes.
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Viper was established in Klitmøller in Denmark in 2017.
In his newsletter describes Simon Kvamm music by to pour some Massive Attack, Malk de Kojn, Prodigy, Love Shop and Post Malone in the same pot.
– It all started with Gorm sat in his bathroom with headphones on and pulled in his guitar on the night, while his family lay asleep, writes Simon Kvamm and continues:
– For me it was a relief to sing in music started by some other than myself. And to use humor and aggression to get even closer to something true.
Hugorms first ep, ‘People should just keep their mouths shut’, published 24. January.
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In march, gives the band concert in Copenhagen and Hanstholm, and is also booked to play at this year’s Roskilde Festival.
in Addition to Viper and Nephew has Simon Kvamm previously played in the duo The Only Two with his colleague Peter Sommer.
