Noxagt is a Norwegian

Norway

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 rock band

Rock music

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. It started as a Kjetil Brandsdal solo project in 1999, but was expanded to a power trio

Power trio

A power trio is a rock and roll band format where the traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out the rhythm guitar or keyboard that are used in other rock music to fill out the sound with chords...

 in 2002, with Brandsdal on bass, Nils Erga on viola and Jan Christian L. Kyvik on drums. Erga was replaced by Anders Hana on electric guitar in 2005.

Noxagt have a unique sound which gets compared to The Melvins

The Melvins

The Melvins are an American band that formed in 1983. They usually perform as a trio, but in recent years have performed as a four piece with two drummers. Since 1984, singer and guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover have been the band's constant members...

, Lightning Bolt and Pink and Brown

Pink and Brown

Pink and Brown were a noise rock/punk rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1997 when the members moved west from their old home of Providence, RI. The band consisted of two members: Pink and Brown . Pink played guitar and sang while Brown played drums...

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The members are involved with a number of musical projects across different genres. Hana also plays with MoHa, Ultralyd and the Ingebrigt Flaten Quintet. Brandsdal also plays bass in Ultralyd and Hellfire. Kyvik plays guitar in Hellfire.

Noxagt is currently signed to Load Records

Load Records

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Band members

• Kjetil Brandsdal - bass guitar
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• Jan Christian L. Kyvik - drums
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• John Hegre - Guitar
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Albums

• Turning It Down Since 2001 (2003), self-released - CD-R promo
• Turning It Down Since 2001 (2003), Safe As Milk - CD (Scandinavian edition)
• Turning It Down Since 2001 (2003), Load - CD/LP
• The Iron Point (2004), Load - CD/LP
• Firebird / The Smell Of Incest (2006), Textile - LP split with Ultralyd
• Noxagt (2006), Young Aspiring Professionals - CD (Norwegian edition with bonus video)
• Noxagt (2006), Load - CD/LP

EPs

• KFJC (2002), Norway Rat - 7" EP
• Split (2002), Nor Wave - 7" EP split with Hellfire
• "Tears in the Makeup (Noxagt remix)" on The Chairs: Tears in the Makeup (2003), Kippers - 7"/CD-EP

Compilation appearances

• "Mek It Burn (Demo)" on Showcase NO CD-R (downloadable from issue 8 of web magazine Localmotives, 2002)
• "Powerchild" on The Wire Tapper 7 CD (The Wire, 2002)
• "Det Er Typisk Norsk Å Være Best" on Fjord Focus CD (The Wire, 2002)
• "Cockburn (Reh. 02)" on The Noise Is Only In Your Head CD (Gold Soundz, 2003)
• "Ondskapens Blomster" on Safe As Milk Festival sampler CD (Safe As Milk, 2003)
• "Regions Of May" on For the Dead in Space Vol. II & III 2CD (Secret Eye, 2003)
• "Drid Machine" on Hits Omnibus 2CD (Wantage USA, 2004)

Kjetil D Brandsdal solo as Noxagt

• Noxagt / Kjetil D Brandsdal: Split MC (Self-released, 1999(?))
• Noxagt 7" EP (Nor Wave, 2000) - 22 tracks
• Noxagt 7" EP (Nor Wave, 2000) - 13 tracks
• "What is up?" on Sandnes / Stavanger 7" EP (Nor Wave, 2000)
• "No I don’t", "Drid Machine (live)", "Not Interested", "Hairy Vortex", "Action Culture" on Sauron 7" EP (Synesthetic Recordings/Sandnes Records, 2001)
• Noxagt CD (Synesthetic Recordings, 2001) - 50 track compilation of all Noxagt tracks from the four 7" EPs listed above, plus previously unreleased tracks
• Pantyland CD-R card (Nor Wave, 2001)
• "Groggy" (Noxagt remix)" on The Slingshot Idol: Nå Skal Du Høre Her 7" EP (Norway Rat, 2002)
• "Groggy" (Noxagt remix)" on Lack Of Zodiac / The Slingshot Idol split promo CD-R card (Norway Rat, 2002)
• "Love Transfusion", "Abdel-Wahab", "Drid Machine" on Woman Taken In Adultery CD (Glasvocht Records/Carbon Records, 2002)

External links

• Official Noxagt website
• Noxagt page at Load Records
• Pitchfork Media
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  review of The Iron Point