The Digital Void of SPZ

You read that right!

dOMi won the right to open up for NOFX at Sentrum Scene on June 27th after competing against 40 or so other bands from all over the country.

It became NRK P3's Pyro along with a jury panel's decision, so they set up a contest and only yesterday aired the results. NOFX is probably the most influential punk band for me, them being the reason I love and play punk rock music. Needless to say we're all very stoked!

So if you haven't already scored your tickets then now is the time to do so!!!

Also worth mentioning is that our album, Welcome to Annoying Town, is scheduled for release at John Dee August 29th. Check out our website for a brand new preview site!

Rock on!!

It has begun, and the world is changed forever.

This friday we had a nice gig at Union Scene in Drammen, where we were set to warm the stage for Skambankt! They are a great band and have been doing very well both with video airings on TV, album sales and live shows so it we were more than happy to get everyone in the audience nice and warm!

The place was rather packed and we delivered as we always do, with punch and precision. Maybe that last one is debatable as we've been focusing on recording stuff instead of live performances lately... Regardless, we had a great time and it seemed like the audience did as well!


Thanks to Skambankt and everyone who showed up (special thanks to Erlend and Stig!) for a great evening, check out pictures from the event here!

This weekend dOMi will be hitting the studio to record our first full length album, which we're calling This Goes To 11. In other words be ready to crank it up!

We'll be joining up with our buddy and producer from the Go Away single Andreas Eide to spend a few months in the studio recording an eleven track album set out to blow your head off!


We will be updating this blog actively with updates from the studios with gossip and pictures so stay tuned!

Another Domi update, we just played Østsia in Kristiansand which is a good 5 hour drive from Oslo - despite 10 hours in a car the trip was well worth it; A sizeable crowd (over 300 paid to get in), a good show and a proper round on the town easily weighed up for the travel time. It is also Simen's home town so it was fun for him to dOMinate at home! Supermonkey were with us as is usual these days, and together we put on a great package and really enjoyed ourselves.

Click here for pictures, all taken by our number one fan Erlend who came all the way out from Oslo to celebrate his birthday at a Domi show! He did, of course, get to come up on stage while we sang Happy Birthday for him.


If you're in Oslo and have the time make sure to come to Studentsamfunnet at Bislet this tuesday to catch Domi and Supermonkey (+3 other bands)!

Figured it would be time for another quick Domi update!

I have over the last few months been in contact with someone I met over at the ESP Message Board who showed some real great drawing talent. I approached him with the prospect of designing some stuff for Domi merchandise and he was cool enough to agree, thanks Brono! We will most likely be printing out some t-shirts when the designs are ready and there will in all likelyhood be a cheaper version with only one color print on the front in some different color shirts, and a black/white shirt version with color print on front and back.

You can see to the left the latest design for the back - a great looking Shepherd with a Domified shepherd's hook

In other news, The Shepherd had been granted a place on this years DOA (Dean Owners of America - a world wide association despite the name) CD which will be available sometime in September. Some good exposure for us, there are already 4 Dean endorsees on this years CD, and also Dean Zelinsky himself has a careful listen to this CD!

Last but not least, here is a list of our upcoming concerts in the near future, come out and see us - the more the merrier!

UPCOMING DOMI SHOWS:

• 07/09/06 Martins, Lillestrøm
  
• 08/09/06 Amplifier, Oslo
  
• 21/09/06 Østsia, Kristiansand
  
• 22/09/06 Kragerø
  
• 26/09/06 Studentsamfunnet Bislet, Oslo
  
• 11/11/06 Gamla, Oslo
  

Yesterday, the Byfest in Lillestrøm really kicked off with DDE as headliners outside at Torvet in the middle of town. The weather was great and it was set up to be a memorable evening. Us in Domi had the pleasure of warming up the stage for this notorios Norwegian band, and at 19:45 we kicked off.
Halfway through the first song the power went out! We must have been playing a bit too loud... Then, when power returned and before the song was done, I ended up breaking a string - luckily I had my new Dean V at hand! It instantly blew me away, as this is the first time I've played it thorugh my rig.
Rest of the gig went without a hitch, and although there wasn't really a big crowd up front, there were still quite alot of people there and I think that many of them had a great time

Check out the pictures here!

The local newspaper, Romerikes blad, had a nice article about the event (roughly translated):

Four year old Peshawa Rah from Strømmen is not sure if he will like all the music. Together with mom and dad he went to Torvet when Domi fired up their powerpunk, as if there was an F16 taking off from Kjeller.
Kai Roger Olsen on the other hand was beaming. Even though he is a man of 47, he likes youthful energy.
- I will never get sick of this. Its supposed to be loud at concerts like this, he says.
A positive attitude.
85 year old Musser Bråthen let powerpunk be powerpunk. Instead she strolled happily through Storgata.