PRESSRELEASE With their roots in the classic rock of the 60's and 70's, Shoot the Breeze represent a guitar based rock with focus on riffs and strong melodies. Unlike some other bands who's searching for a hype by "inventing" a new genre with each new song, the basis of Shoot the Breeze' music lies in the traditional rock, for then to ad exiting elements from other genres. The result is a varied and at times innovative rock, with an expression many will recognize from "the great ones" of early rock n roll. Despite the fact that they have four releases behind them, it is mainly as a live band Shoot the Breeze is to be considered. They deliver every time, and they believe that the way to the top is thru hard word and many gigs. Their effort has given results, for example a gig at the club day of one of Norway’s biggest festivals, Øyafestivalen, and support gigs with great Norwegian bands like CC Cowboys and Hellbillies. Shoot the Breeze has also been played on English radio at several occasions, had one song on the Coca Cola pod cast, and a tune on an American music industry CD in June 2007. In January 2008 the band received some more good news, when Norwegian guitar legend Ronnie le Tekrø expressed that he liked the bands music, and booked them into his studio in August of 2008, whit himself as producer. Shoot the Breeze isn’t trying to be something they’re not. And they’re surely not trying to be something someone else is. With a straight up honest musical expression and a high speed liveshow, Shoot the Breeze represent something that will never be yesterdays news; pure Rock ‘n Roll!! THE STORY Shoot the Breeze was founded in a small Norwegian town called Hokksund in 2004, when guitarist and singer Mats Nedberg, drummer Andreas “Andy” Baklid and bass player Steffen “Lucky” Kjolstad after a few months of jamming found that they needed an additional guitar player to complement their sound. Mats Nedberg made a phone called to a friend of a friend, Tor Erik “Vinnie” Fredheim, and “made him an offer he couldn’t refuse”. The four guys really started focusing on their music, in the beginning under the name Bobby Sucks (a spin of the Norwegian Eurovision winners Bobbysocks from 1984). They later went over to the name Smashing Stable Kids, before they after recording their first demo around new years changed the name of the band again, calling it up after one of their newly recorded songs, Shoot the Breeze. The band begun to take on live gigs at local youth clubs and other small arrangements while sending their demo around to people they thought were interested in hearing it. The results started to show, and the first big step for the band was taken when a copy of their demo winded up in the hands of the base player in Dirty Deeds, a local AC/DC tribute band. He wanted the band as support at one of their concerts. On the 16 of May 2005 Shoot the Breeze entered the stage at Martha’s Have, in front of 500 ecstatic Rock ‘n Roll lovers, and the band did not let them down! Shortly after, another copy of their demo came into the hands of the man in charge of booking at a blues club in Oslo. He just so happen to be the one in charge of booking bands to the Club Day for the Norwegian Øyafestival at Muddy Waters in Oslo, a day where the entire capitol is filled with concerts and great bands. By the time Shoot the Breeze finished their set, the legendary blues joint was full, and the band had jet again impressed with their refreshing Rock ‘n Roll. A time with a great deal of concerts followed, before they in December 2005 released their second demo, given the name “Rock out with your Cock out”. The demo received good reviews, and in April 2006 two of the songs on the demo were given radio time on Sky Channel Radio in England. Especially the song Just a Folksong stood out as a crowd pleaser, and was even made “Best Guitar” in its genre on garageband.com, in the first week of May 2006. The band was getting a increasingly more stable live band, and among the highlights of 2006 was a Showcase at legendary Smuget in Oslo, and a support gig for the Norwegian rock band CC Cowboys. Along with 2006 a change in the band also came, when in the month of June Mats “Fowlie” Fauglie became the bands new bass player. Shoot the Breeze continued playing live gigs, before the in October went into studio to record what came to be nine new songs. Before the band in February 2007 released five of the nine songs recorded on the EP “With some attitude”, many of the songs had deliberately been leaked onto the internet. This resulted in a Track of the Day award the song Whiskey & Angels and Best Guitars, Best Production, Best Beat, most Original Track and most Rocking Track award for the song Higher Ground on Garageband.com. The song I wonder was chosen to be put on an automatic play list on the UK based website pulserated.com and the rocking track In the Mood made it onto the Coca Cola Podcast for showcasing new exciting Norwegian music. Many of their new songs also made onto the Gatebil on Ice DVD soundtrack, a DVD for car enthusiasts, with 10 000 editions. With some Attitude EP was released on February 22, and was well received. The local newspaper DT gave it a four on the dice in addition to a great article. The newspaper said the band had the potential to stand out in Norwegian rock, and honoured the band for its stable musical expression. By March 2007 the band was looking at a period with many gigs many chances to present their new music. Their ballad What have We done was made Track of the day on Garageband.com on the 28 of February, and the song Dear Johnny was chosen to appear on a compilation of songs that present great new music, a compilation distributed by the New York based company Kid Antrim Music to radio stations and music business all over America. Then in August 2007 their first full album “Ministers of Mind” was released. Among many concerts in connection with the release of the album was one as support for the great country-rock band Hellbillies. Ministers of Mind also got good review on the American music magazine itsatrap.com, and a video for the song Ministers was released. 2008 startet with great new, when the band came in contact with the Norwegian guitarlegend Ronni le Tekrø of TNT, and a studiosession was booked in August 2008.