Aunt Mary
| Company type | Band |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Norway |
| Products | Progressive rock music |
Aunt Mary is a progressive rock ensemble from Norway that emerged during the 1970s.
The group secured a recording deal with Polydor Records in Denmark and launched their first album, Aunt Mary, in 1970. Their musical direction evolved towards progressive rock as showcased in the albums Loaded (1972) and Janus (1973). Although they disbanded in 1973, the band has reunited periodically for live performances starting from 1978. In 2019, they conducted a tour across the United States.
Jan Groth, the former lead singer, died of cancer on 27 August 2014 at the age of 68.
Musicians
- Jan Groth – Vocals, keyboards, guitar
- Bjørn Kristiansen – Guitar, vocals
- Svein Gundersen – Bass, piano, vocals
- Ketil Stensvik – Drums, vocals
- Bengt Jenssen – Keyboards
- Eirikur Hauksson – Bass
- Per Ivar Fure – Flute, saxophone, vocals
- Ivan Lauritzen – Drums
- Øystein Selenius Olsen – Bass
Discography
- Studio albums
- 1970: Aunt Mary (Polydor), re-released in 1974 under the title Whispering Farewell
- 1972: Loaded (Philips)
- 1973: Janus (Vertigo)
- 1992: Bluesprints (Sonet)
- 2016: New Dawn (Playground)
- Compilation albums
- 1974: The Best of Aunt Mary (Philips)
- 1975: The Best of Aunt Mary Volume 2 (Philips)
- 2007: The Things We Stood For
- Live albums
- 1981: Live Reunion (Philips)
- 2009: Barbed Wire Waves (Pan) – a radio concert recording from 1971
Singles
(selected)
- 1970: "Did You Notice?"/"The Ball"
- 1971: "Jimi, Janis and Brian"/"Stop Your Wishful Thinking"
- 1971: "Whispering Farewell"/"All My Sympathy for Lily"
- 1972: "G Flat Road"/"Joinin' the Crowd"
- 1972: "Rosalind"/"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
- 1973: "Nocturnal Voice"/"Mr. Kaye"
- 2016: "Slave Parade"