Tour of Østlandet 2024
Ping is doing three concerts in Norway this autumn. Friday 06.09: Hoi Polloi, FredrikstadSaturday 28.09: Kulturhuset, DrammenSaturday 05.10: Rock In, Oslo We hope to see you there!
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Happy new year 2024
For 2024, we are planning some concerts in Norway, and will continue composing tracks for our coming album about space and time. We wish you all less warfare and more prog rock in the coming year.
Ping will perform live 20. august 2022
We are looking forward to doing the first post-pandemic show in Oslo in August and hope to see you at Café Mir! Poster design by Magnus Voll Mathiassen.
Happy end of old year
This has been an odd year, despite 2020 being an even number. Nevertheless, this post is not about pandemics or political tomfoolery, but a message from Ping – to you – about the power of music, humour and … But lets not get ahead of ourselves. This year saw the release of the much anticipated …
New album!
Finally! Listen https://orcd.co/pingzigzag Buy LP/CDhttps://www.apollonrecords.no/product-page/ping-the-zig-zag-manoeuvre
Milk your mom – new single
Milk your mom is a passionate epos about at least three dwarves, Tipsy, Weepy and Jingly, maybe more. It is also a blatant mockery of a “Weepy, wobbly wimp who wants a wall”, which would have been funny, if it weren’t so sad. It is a beautiful audiolisation of the half baked truths of contemporary …
God made my Day – New single out now!
Fret no more – the long wait is officially over, as Ping reemerge with a brand new rocker from the upcoming album “The Zigzag Manoeuvre”. “God Made My Day” is a hard rocking vision of post-apocalyptic Russia, sparked with enthusiasm and Jamiroquaiesque chorus. Once again, impressive cover art by painter Christer Karlstad and designer Martin …
Tummy Boy
Seeing that the jubilee is next year, there has been a renewed surge of interest in Ping’s whatabouts and whereabouts. This is hardly surprising, given the spectacular nature of the artistic outlet you are about to receive. But ladies and gents, you will have to hold your hoses for a little while longer. In the …
Recording new album
While waiting for next years world wide twenty year Ping appreciation festivity, what better pastime than cooking up songs for the coming album? Tentatively titled “The Zigzag Manoeuvre”, a sobriquet destined to attract a variety of misspellings, the album is rumoured to contain a plethora of anticipated hits such as “Milk your mom!”, “I’m running …
Klubb Øya
Get your dirty jeans on and have a boogie at Klubb Øya, August 11th at Mir, Oslo!
In search of identity
Vote for the best Ping outfit of 2015! Winner may receive money and fame.
…out of the ashes
As many of you know 2014 was a rough year for Ping. Our studio for thirteen years burnt down, combusting most of our equipment and instruments. Amazingly – one harddisk with our recorded material survived! Still, it has taken time, money and effort to find a new place and rebuild everything. We are currently in …
Live at John Dee – Discotheque of Darkness
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Nice review of The A-Side/The B-Side
“I love both sides for quite different reasons.” http://www.lunakafe.com/moon205/no205e.php
The new Ping single available for streaming and download:
iTunes – WIMP – Spotify – Amazon
Artwork for the new single ready!
Ping is proud to present the artwork for our coming single “The A-side/The B-side”. Visual miracle worker, Mr Martin Kvamme, once again steps up and does his magic. The single will be available on 7″ vinyl and digital download, courtesy of Brown Lagoon Records. The grand release will be at John Dee, Oslo, Saturday …
Motorik
Ping is proud to present this visually stunning video from “The Hurricane Spoof”. While enjoying the pulsating beat of Motorik, director Erik Ferguson realised he ought to gather the Bergen mob; get down and dirty, not to mention semi-nude, to deliver this gritty piece of noir document. I’m telling you, this is almost exactly as …