Semester kickoff: Interview with 06 boys

Saturday, 5th of February, 06 Boys kicked off the semester in Aud.Max. This was their first time playing for a student crowd and in between sound tests and the concert, they welcomed us backstage for a short interview.

Journalist: Simen Walbækken Tangen

Translator: Amalie Pedersen Brønmo

Photographer: Margit Schrader Haugland and Hanna Sahlström

Want to create joy of life with the music 

The first question Torvald and Tora ask them is why are they called 06 Boys? The boyband gives three explanations: 1. They are born in 2006 (doubt it), 2. They have zero sex, 3. They are named after the 06 snus. The band established in 2014 comes from the City of Roses and is the first band in recent times to have a breakthrough with the Molde dialect. “Our goal is to make others want to live by listening to our music, not for us to make a living from it”, Håvard explains. Two of the boys are currently working, as a fish farmer and an electrician, and the two other boys are getting their education in medicine and musicology. Whether the future lies in making a living from music with 06 Boys is not entirely certain, but they are no strangers to the idea of having music as a livelihood.

The boyband that wants to reform the dance band title 

In the description of the concert, the band is referred to as a boyband. So far, the 06 Boys have not marketed themselves as anything other than a group. However, now they would like to show more of their personalities. Inside the group, Ivar is described as Norway’s best DJ, but also the bad boy of the band. Håvard is a pit bull, Erlend is the heartbreaker. Erlend is described as a pinball machine that holds all the balls in the game and doesn’t let them fall of the tracks. The band would like to market themselves as a dance band and remove old stereotypes of dance bands. They want people to think of them when they hear “dance band”, not Ole Ivars. The lucky people who were in Aud.Max. this evening got to see awesome and intense dance moves that made the audience want to join in! 

Blew their chance of a cover 

Tips are always trickling in to TT’s inbox. A burning hot tip we got was that 06 Boys were asked permission from one of Norway’s biggest artists to make a cover of their song Sprint. This was in a time where 06 Boys were a bit less active, and the mail was not checked so often. Three months later, when they did discover this amazing request, it was unfortunately too late. Even though they sent every piece of material they had for the song, we have yet to see a cover… 

Photo: Hanna Sahlström

Entering the world 

It is only the last two years that the boy band has been working seriously. In the beginning, the songs they wrote were more locally anchored and did not necessarily make sense outside of Romsdalen. Their single Grå Peugeot is about Tommy’s car which was heavily used during the band’s earlier years. The band would not describe themselves as a part of the Råner environment (Råner = people driving around town as their hobby/lifestyle), but tell with a twinkle in their eyes that they actually would throw eggs at them in their childhood. The dance band thinks they have developed a lot during the last few years. From songs that are about inside jokes of the band, to songs they think would be easier for everyone to relate to.  

New single in April! 

As the 250 visitors could hear, there were a couple of new songs that were being played in Aud.Max. A new single is coming in April and the boys bring lots of experience from shows in Sentrum Scene, the By:larm festival and hopefully also Aud.Max. Their songs are made with the audience in mind, to make the chorus as catchy as possible and easy to sing along to. 06 Boys are far from getting enough and have many festivals planned for the summer and want to “gønna på” (“Fire away”), as Tommy says.  