caption associated_acts alias article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin
geir kaizers orchestra . september 24 , 2005 . zahl performing live in bern with his band kaizers , exploding head syndrome orchestra , skambankt , zahl , uncle deadly geir `` hellraizer '' kaizer geir zahl
 solo_singer 19 may 1975 guitar , vocals , oil barrel rock , country rock , country pop geir_zahl . jpg bryne , norway
geir zahl

geir zahl -lrb- born 19 may 1975 -rrb- is a norwegian musician .
he is known for playing guitar in the norwegian rock group kaizers orchestra .
the band was founded by geir zahl and janove ottesen who had both played together in some other bands , namely blod , snått & juling and gnom .
geir zahl is the composer and main vocalist on several songs , both on the recordings and live at concerts .
geir was born in bryne , norway .
he befriended janove ottesen at an early age , and together , they played in a multitude of bands such as destruction and blod , snått & juling .
zahl and ottesen would write songs by themselves and record them to show to the other one , then work on those songs together .
after releasing two cassettes as blod , snått & juling , the two friends hit a creative wall , and their third tape was left , unfinished .
janove joined the army .
upon his return , ottesen and zahl formed a new band , known as gnom .
they only released one album , `` mys '' , which did not sell well at all .
however , when their new band , kaizers orchestra , was created , geir and janove started composing songs again .
in 2007 , he released his first solo album under the name zahl .
the album is called `` nice for a change '' .
the band that supported him live and on the album consists of christer knutsen , pål hausken and bård halsne .
in 2008 , along with john erik kaada , zahl wrote some of the songs for the soundtrack of the norwegian movie mannen som elsket yngve '' .
in 2009 , zahl filmed and directed a short film about the recording of `` die polizei '' , the first single from the kaizers orchestra album `` våre demoner '' .
in 2010 , zahl announced the formation of another solo project known as uncle deadly .
their album , `` monkey do '' was released on february 2 , 2010 .
