Biography
Thorbjørn Grønning (1959-1991) was a Norwegian New Wave/Post Punk musician.
He formed a band called Medium in 1979 together with Christina Krug (Synthesizer) and Geir Lund (tape effects). Grønning did the vocals, keyboards, composing, rhytmn effects and the lyrics. They released one Cassette tape in 1980 called "Død & Dop" (Death & Drugs).
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They found inspiration from groups like: Can, Cluster, Pere Ubu, Residents, Joy Division and Throbbing Gristle (which they was personally in contact with). Other impulses came from Iggy Stooge (pop), Sex Pistols and Ebba Grøn..
Medium disbanded in 1981, and Grønning concentrated on solo work.
Thorbjørn Grønnings official diskography only counts 3 titles: The: Medium Cassette -"død eller dop" (1980), The single Europa/Anarki (1981) under his own name, both published on Mediums own Rille Records, plus the LP "Galskapens Teater" (Theatre of Madness) (1989) released on Thorbjørn Grønnings own Fallos Plater.(Fallos Records).
Thorbjørn Grønning also published a textbooklet "Landskap - en tekstsamling om vår situasjon" (Landscape - a text of our situation) (own label, 1979). Additionally it was circulating some demo-cassettes amongst friends and others that knew him and Medium.Titles like "Peiskos for Kalde Katter" (1979), "En Rød Natt Til" (1980) og "Latterlig" (1981). These demo cassettes was copied in very limited editions.
Thorbjørn Grønning was found dead in the Byfjorden Sea (Stavanger) in May 1991, two weeks after his father had died. Grønning died at the age of 32 years.
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