Heroes & Zeros
Norwegian musical group; rock band
Heroes & Zeros is a rock band from Lillesand, Norway. The group was formed by Hans Jørgen Undelstvedt, Lars Løberg Tofte, and Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen in 2003. Tofte quit the band in 2010 and was replaced by Simen Krogstie Lagesen. They have released three studio albums, two EPs, and three live records.
History
Heroes & Zeros formed in 2003 in Lillesand and they moved to Oslo soon after. In 2006, they won Norway's NRK Urørt music contest and subsequently went on a nationwide tour with Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band and Minor Majority. They signed a record deal with Universal Music Norway the same year. Their debut EP, Circles, was released on the band's own label, Heroes & Zeros Music, in 2006. Their first full-length album, Strange Constellations, came out a year later, published by Universal. It garnered the band two Spellemann prize nominations, and it was the best-selling rock debut album in Norway in 2007.
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