Olaf Olsen (trommeslager)

**Olaf Olsen** (født 8. august 1976) er en norsk trommeslager, mest kjent som medlem av det norske bandet Bigbang.

Han ble han medlem av Bigbang i 1999, etter at originalmedlem Christer Engen forlot bandet. Han forlot bandet i 2000, men kom inn i igjen som fast medlem årets etter. Sammen med resten av Bigbang var han fra 2007 i en periode bosatt i Los Angeles som en del av bandets Amerikasatsing.

I 2003 medvirket han på platen *Honeyburst* av Tim Christensen. Han fikk Gammleng-prisen i klassen musiker i 2021.

Olsen er kjent for sitt karakteristisk image med skjegg og langt hår.

Olsen kommer opprinnelig fra Mjøndalen. Han er bror av DJ-en og produsenten Todd Terje.
## Diskografi

### Bigbang
;Album
**[[Clouds Rolling By]]* (2000)
**[[Frontside Rock'n'Roll]]* (2002)
**[[Radio Radio TV Sleep]]* (2003)
**[[Poetic Terrorism]]* (2005)
**[[Too Much Yang]]* (2007)
**[[Something Special &ndash; The Best of Bigbang]]* (2007)
**[[From Acid to Zen]]* (2008)
**[[Edendale]]* (2009)
**[[Epic Scrap Metal]]* (2011)
**[[The Oslo Bowl]]* (2013) * Le Californie (2023)
;Singler/EP-er
**Street Parade* (2000)
**[[Girl In Oslo EP]]* (2000)
**[[New Glow EP]]* (2000)
**[[Smiling For EP]]* (2001)
**Heaven and Stars Above* (2002)
**One of a Kind* (2002)
**Long Distance Man* (2003)
**[[Not A Rolling Stone EP]]* (2005)
**Saturn Freeway* (2005)
**Fly Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee* (2005)
**In Your Heart* (2007)
**I Don't Wanna* (2007)
**Hurricane Boy/L.A. Song* (2007)
**[[Wild Bird EP]]* (2008)
**Swedish Television* (2009)
**Isabel/Better Save Yourself* (2009)
**Cigarette* (2010)
**Everybody and Their Broken Hearts* (2011)
**Deserve Everything* (2011)
**Field of Fire* (2011)
**Epic Scrap Metal* (2011)
**Like Americans Do* (2012)
**Little Heart Bomb* (2013)
**The Oslo Bowl* (2014)

### [[Needlepoint]]
* *[[Aimless Mary]]* (2015)
* *[[The Diary of Robert Reverie]]* (2018)
### [[The Olsens]]
;Album
**[[The Big Cover-Up]]* (2016), med Todd Terje
;Singler
**Dan Tyler Remixes* (2016), med Todd Terje
### [[Whipping Post]]
* *[[Live at Norwegian Wood 2000]]* (2001)

### Deltar på
* Felix Johansen: *[[Skyggeblod]]* (2000)
* Tim Christensen: *Jump the Gun* (2003)
* Tim Christensen: *[[Honeyburst]]* (2003)
* Tim Christensen: *[[Live at Abbey Road Studios 2004]]* (2004)
* Dagfinn Kolberg: *[[Skaumann (album)|Skaumann]]* (2007)
* Tim Christensen: *[[Superior (Tim Christensen-album)|Superior]]* (2008)
* Safari: *[[Thank You (Safari-album)|Thank You]]* (2009)
* Dagfinn Kolberg: *[[Det gode livet (Dagfinn Kolberg-album)|Det gode livet]]* (2010)
* Thom Hell: *[[This Is Thom Hell]]* (2011)
* Elvira Nikolaisen: *[[Lighthouse (Elvira Nikolaisen-album)|Lighthouse]]* (2011)
* Dagfinn Kolberg: *Svart fredag* (2011)
* Frida Amundsen: *[[September Blue]]* (2012)
* Matilda: *When Something Ends* (2012)
* Ingunn Ringvold: *[[Drove Long to See Him]]* (2012)
* Jens Olav Haugen: *[[Other Streets]]* (2012)
* Tommy Tokyo: *[[And the Horse Came Riderless]]* (2012)
* Matilda: *[[A Heart]]* (2012)
* Asbjørn Ribe & De: *Jeg ser bare deg* (2012)
* Billie Van: *On My Knees* (2013) 
* Mona & Maria: *Silent Summer* (2013)
* Marion Ravn: *[[Songs from a Blackbird]]* (2013)
* Thom Hell: *See Through You* (2013)
* Mona & Maria: *[[My Sun (album)|My Sun]]* (2013)
* Asbjørn Ribe & De: *[[1400 Ski (album)|1400 Ski]]* (2013)
* Billie Van: *How Can It Be So Hard* (2013)
* Monica Heldal: *[[Boy from the North]]* (2013)
* Billie Van: *[[1 2 3 4 Radio Star]]* (2013) 
* Stein Torleif Bjella: *[[Heim for å døy]]* (2013) 
* Dagfinn Kolberg: *[[Vargtimen]]* (2013) 
* Thom Hell: *[[Six (Thom Hell-album)|Six]]* (2014)
* Heidi Solheim: *Drømmesangen* (2014)
* Heidi Solheim: *[[Dinosaus]]* (2014)
* Sassybeat: *[[Snakes and Ladders]]* (2014)
* Jensengruppen: *I en sang* (2014)
* Billie Van: *I Let You Down* (2014)
* Marion Ravn: *[[Scandal Vol. 1]]* (2014) 
* Monica Heldal: *[[Waiting on the Fire]]* (2014)
* Odin Staveland: *Blindhet Aveny* (2015)
* Tommy Tokyo: *[[Hev deg over det derre der]]* (2015)
* Odin Staveland: *Livet* (2015)
* Odin Staveland: *[[Mellom husene]]* (2015)
* Bent Bredesen: *[[Doggerland (album)|Doggerland]]* (2015)
* Jensengruppen: *[[En reise i tid og dobbeltrom]]* (2015)
* Todd Rundgren, Emil Nikolaisen & Hans-Peter Lindstrøm: *[[Runddans]]* (2015)
* Karen Musæus: *Untold Stories* (2015)
* Marion Ravn: *[[Scandal Vol. 1 & 2]]* (2015)
* Band of Gold: *The Parade/But In the Movie Baby* (2015)
* Asbjørn Ribe: *[[En glad mann]]* (2015)
* Band of Gold: *[[Band of Gold (album)|Band of Gold]]* (2015)
* Karen Musæus: *[[The House (Karen Musæus-album)|The House]]* (2015)
* NOHR: *Intern dialog* (2016)
* Frøkedal: *[[I See You (EP)|I See You]]* (2016)
* Masasolo: *Really Thought She Loved Me* (2016)
* Frøkedal: *[[Hold on Dreamer]]* (2016)
* Dylan Mondegreen: *[[Every Little Step]]* (2016)
* NOHR: *[[Offer/Bøddel]]* (2016)
* Tore Renberg: *Ikkje la di riva deg ner* (2016)
* Masasolo: *[[Breakup (Masasolo-EP)|Breakup]]* (2016)
* Tore Renberg: *Jimmy Carter for President* (2016)
* Vidar Vang: *Nu skjer det* (2016)
* Claudia Scott: *[[Let the Ribbons Fly]]* (2016)
* Thom Hell: *[[Happy Rabbit]]* (2016)
* Emma Hegermann: *[[Emma Hegermann (album)|Emma Hegermann]]* (2017)
* Kristian Torgalsen: *No One Told You* (2017)
* Magnus Grønneberg: *[[Tårnhøye bølger &ndash; Magnus Grønneberg synger Egil Hovland]]* (2017)
* Tine Thing Helseth: *[[Never Going Back]]* (2017)
* Frøkedal: *[[LTF/Cracks]]* (2017)
* Billie Van: *[[Pure Emotions]]* (2017)
* Tore Renberg: *[[Ein dag te]]* (2017)
* Mikhael Paskalev: *[[Heavy (Mikhael Paskalev-album)|Heavy]]* (2017)
* Kristian Torgalsen: *[[Infinity on My Mind]]* (2017)
* Kristian Torgalsen: *Rescue Us* (2017)
* Benny Borg: *Sting for sting* (2017)
* Asbjørn Ribe: *Ett skritt av gangen* (2018)
* Band of Gold: *[[Where's the Magic]]* (2018)
* Asbjørn Ribe: *Født av samme mor* (2018)
* Benny Borg: *En dag på jorden* (2018)
* Vidar Vang: *[[8530 Bjerkvik]]* (2018)
* Thom Hell: *The Love Is Gone* (2018)
* Malin Pettersen: *Tag Team* (2018)
* Malin Pettersen: *[[References Pt. 1]]* (2018)
* Asbjørn Ribe: *Forsiktig/Siste gangen* (2018)
*Odin Landbakk: Speilvendt (2019)
*Claudia Scott: Restless Souls (2019)

## Trommesett
* Gretsch (roundbadge og Stop-sign badge) 
* Ludwig 
* Slingerland 
* Zildjian, Paiste – cymbaler

## Referanser