The Smell of Mutiny

The Trondheim based The Smell of Mutiny have during their mere half year as recording artists, made an impression on the norwegian rock scene, with their fresh new sound and explosive live acts, hailed by music critics and a rapildy growing local fan base.



On their debut-EP released 2007, the band opted for a sound heavily influenced by mid-sixties garage-beat acts, together with a manic obsession with fifties and sixties exploitation-movies, where nudity and blood are the most prominent ingredients. Samples from movies like “The Gruesome Twosome”, “Planet 9” and “Mighty Gorga” enhances the conceptual vibes on this seven track mini-album where the naïve commersial 60s sunshine-pop-sound blends in with a heavier fuzz and organ drenched punk attitude, with dark and bitter lyrics in songs such as “The Asylum” and “Sound of Falling”.



In the wake of the EP release, the band received good reviews from the press. The band also toured extensively in this period and among the highlights were klubb-Øya, Musikkfest Oslo and splitting the bill with bands such as The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band and Los Plantronics.



In april 2008 the band released their first and final vinyl singel "What it Means/Le Mediocre", in time with a short farewell tour. The band split in summer 2008 when key members moved to Denmark, Spain and China. From the remains of The Mutiny up and coming acts as Danish The Hogliners and Trondheim based Brokedown Palace formed, and are now actively recording and touring with ex-mutineers in their crews.



The Smell of Mutiny - Butter Baby



Video credits:

Director: Katarina Gihbsson

Camera: Raymond Kowalewski

Production/design: Irene Karlsen

Editing: Ken Ronny Thomassen

Dancers: Lise Wright & Benedicte Olsen Høvding