Harald Frode Unneland (born 14 April 1967) is a Norwegian musician, drummer and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano and vocals).
Career Unneland has been a central figure on the Bergen music scene. He has played in bands Savoy, Chocolate Overdose, Unge Frusterte menn, Popium, and Evig Din For Alltid.
In 2007 BBC Radio 2 chose Popium's timeless pop masterpiece Anchor Down as record of the week. In 2012 he found back to old friends, and now as 'Sergeant Petter & The Buddies' they play old songs again.
Discography
Pompel & The Pilts 1988: Kjellerteipen 1989: Leif I Hulen – Live 1989: Det Perfekte Menneske, various artists ("Klikk Klakk") 1992: Det Ingen Andre Vil Ha (Rec 90) 1997: Nesten Alt (Rec 90)
Unge Frustrerte Menn 1991: Slinger Og Snegler mini-CD 1995: Doddo Og Unge Frustrerte Menn (Tylden & Co) 1996: Sosialantropologi (Lucky Music) 1997: Hodet I Sanden (Grappa Music) 1998: Øl Og Peanøtter (Grappa Music) 2001: Dronningen Av Kalde Føtter (Grappa Music) 2002: Solen Titter Frem – De Beste Sangene compilation (Grappa Music) 2006: Dans Til Musikken – Tribute To Lasse Myrvold (Reel Noise Records), various artists ("Dødelige Drifter")
Chocolate Overdose 1992: Everybody Likes Chocolate (Warner Elektra Atlantic) 1993: Sugar Baby (Warner Elektra Atlantic) 1997: Whatever (Bar None) 1999: Dingledoodies (Rune Grammofon)
Savoy 1996: Mary Is Coming (Warner Bros. Records) 1997: Lackluster Me (EMI Records) 1999: Mountains of Time (EMI Records) 2001: Reasons To Stay Indoors (EMI Records) 2004: Savoy (Eleventeen Records) 2007: Savoy Songbook Vol. 1 (Universal Music) 2018: See the Beauty in Your Drab Hometown (Drabant Music) 2024: Under (Eleventeen Records)
Evig Din For Alltid 2013: Evig Din For Alltid (Apollon Records) 2014: Åtte Minutter Fra Solen (Apollon Records) 2015: Tilbake Til Byen (Apollon Records) 2016: På Tynn Is (Apollon Records)
Other projects With a-ha 2000: Minor Earth Major Sky (Warner Elektra Atlantic) 2005: Analogue (Warner Elektra Atlantic)
With Ephemera 2000: Sun (Ephemera Records)
With Sondre Lerche 2001: No One's Gonna Come EP (Virgin Records) 2001: Sleep on Needles RP (Virgin Records), 2001: Faces Down (Virgin Records)
With Popium 2001: Popium (Music Network Records) 2002: Permanently High (Music Network Records) 2002: Beautiful Thing EP (Music Network Records) 2004: Camp (Kong Tiki Records) 2006: The Miniature Mile (Kong Tiki Records) 2007: Anchor Down single from The Miniature Mile
With others 1999: Something Is Like Nothing Was (Smalltown Supersound), with Monopot (Powerlunch) 2002: You Know Me (Columbia Records), with Paris 2012: Sergeant Petter & The Buddies (Vme, It's A Label), with Sergeant Petter & The Buddies 2017: Easy Versions, with Daelen (Marte Dæhlen)
References
External links
Chocolate Overdose Biography on MIC.no Unge Frustrerte Menn Biography on MIC.no Savoy Biography on Ballade.no Paul Waaktaar, Lauren Savoy and Frode Unneland Savoy interview ny on YouTube UK radio play for Popium on Listen to Norway