De Press are a Polish-Norwegian rock band (or music group). It started in 1980. Its first members were Jørn Christensen, Ola Snortheim, while Andrej Nebb is still a member.
In 1981 the band won the award Spellemannprisen, class "New rock".
In 2011, Morgenbladet, a Norwegian newspaper, gave a ranking of the 100 best albums ever; Block to Block (1981) was chosen for the 10th place.
They have played concerts in Norway, as late as 2019.
The members are
Andrej Nebb, singer
Helge Hovland, guitar
Atle Rakvåg, bass
Jonas Kjærnsrød, drums
Discography
Albums
Block to Block (1981; re-mastered in 2021) Product (1982) On the Other Side (live, 1983) The Ballshov Trio (1991) 3 Potocki (1991) Vodka Party (1993) Groj skrzypko groj (1994) Potargano chałpa (1997) Dwie tęsknoty (1998) deFinite (2CD, 2000) Śleboda (2000) Russian Party (2001) Cy bocycie Świnty Ojce (2002) Lars Hertevig/On the Other Side (re-issue, 2005) Rekyl (2006) Zre Nas Konsumpcja (2008) Kolędy (2008) Myśmy Rebelianci (2009) Norwid: Gromy i pyłki (2010) Amen (2011) Sex spod Tater (2013) Body Manifest (2019)
Singles
Pond (1980) Lars Hertevig (1981) In a Crowded Room (1982) East Block 2-Step (1991) Pust Wiesegda (2005) Żre nas Konsumpcja (2008) Elektryczny baca (2008) Katyń/Smoleńsk (2010)
Former members
Per Vestaby
Palle Krüger
Dag Igland
Håkon Storm-Mathisen
Harald Værnor
Arthur Holøien
Guri Tovil
Robert Vitting
Øyvind Hansen
Robert Kasprzyk
Anders Sevaldson (1981) Dariusz Budkiewicz Jacek Szczepaniak Seweryn Piętka Tomasz Urbański Sebastian Kret Maciej Mąka Łukasz Badura Sebastian Studnicki Tomasz Fudala Maciej Bełtowski Łukasz Gocal Dariusz Chrobak Jørn Christensen Ola Snortheim