THE STORY
CLASSIC ROCK
BROUGHT TO LIFE.
A band from Telemark. A shared love of old-fashioned hard rock.
IT STARTED WITH THE RIFFS.
Rebolt formed in the winter of 2004 as Powerage, inspired by the riffs, guitar solos and big choruses of AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Iron Maiden and Danko Jones.
With different musical backgrounds, the members came together to play tight, energetic rock’n’roll. Frode Fossvold-Jørum (known as Frode Jørum during the Rebolt years) fronted the band, with Bård Browning Johansen (known as Bård Haatveit Johansen during the Rebolt years) on guitar, Knut Eirik Hult on bass and Kristian Dale on drums. Magnus Fosli Lillefjære joined on drums in 2008 when Kristian developed hearing problems.
Gigs around Norway followed, including support slots for Span, El Caco and Mustasch, and listeners began finding the band beyond Norway too.
Here is the band’s music and history in one place — for those who were there, and those who have just found us.
FROM THE BAND ARCHIVE
A FEW OF THE MOMENTS.
Powerage forms. A debut at Intim Intern, Kroa i Bø, and the demo You Should See Us Rock.
War Against Cool. More gigs, and a support slot for Mustasch in Skien.
On 12 January, we start the show at Kroa i Bø as Powerage and change our name to Rebolt midway through the gig. Made in Spite EP is recorded and released.
The EP’s bonus edition. “Bad Boy (For You)” on the Classic Rock Magazine cover CD. Magnus joins on drums.
club:Larm at Smuget in Oslo. The EP becomes available on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Back on stage at Kroa i Bø. Gigs in Notodden and Trondheim. The demos are collected again.
A gig at Kroa i Bø on 10 May — the last show listed in the old website archive.