Biography
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Plann
Effective period / Period of releases: 1982 - 1983
Members: Kikkan Fossum, Lillie-Ane Johansson, Ato Strato
Rock group from Oslo, Norway started in 1981.Thore Engen, who used the alias Ato Strato in this band, was manager and producer for Chrissy, who was a successful artist from Norway. Engen had new plans for Chrissy, so he collected a band, but when the plans for Chrissy did not lead anywhere, young music student Lillie-Ane Johansson was found in Manglerud school in Oslo, and the group Plann was created.
An innovative new wave album was released in 1982 called Elektra Elektra, featuring band members from other groups of Kikkan Fossum. After the first album, Lillie-Ane Johansson released a solo album under the artist name Lillie-Ane called Forklar Farge. Afterwards, a second album was released by Plann in 1983 called Plannmetall, which was a different style, more hard rock than new wave, described by a critic as stylistically between The Kinks and Deep Purple. The drummer on this album was Kjetil Stensvik from the band Aunt Mary.