Category: News

Recording new songs for the 2012 album

Ping at Vaffelføzz

Ping to perform at the 10# annual Vaffelføzz festival in Drammen, Norway. Check out the program here.

State of the civilization – February 2011

We are happy to announce that Ping is pregnant with a new record! Temporarily titled “The Gazebo of Malevolence”, we suspect it will be a chart breaker that will dispel any financial worry, both for the band and the listener! Hmm, did I not read this very sentence less than a year ago, the avid …

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Hallo! Ween!

Ping presents the 4th annual tribute to WEEN. The show will take place at Garage, Oslo. Saturday, October 30th. Additional artists will be announced! Stay tuned.

Ping + Major Parkinson

Ping will support Major Parkinson on the release of their new album, at John Dee, Oslo, Friday September 10th.

Klubb Øya, Gloria Flames, Oslo

Ping slapp sitt fjerde album Discotheque Of Darkness i august i fjor. Siden 1999 har bandet gledet og forarget kritikere og publikum med sin selvtitulerte “metamusikk”. “Strong grooves, efficient songwriting, and surprises by the ton. These guys know what they are doing and they do it marvelously well”, skriver amerikanske Allmusic. På kveldens konsert blir …

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En Aften Paa Gamla

Da du trodde at hormonhysterien hadde lagt seg, at gatene igjen ville fylles med kiltkledte konemishandlere og at konsumprisindeksen ville ta et krumspring, viste det seg at det ble musikkens svar på Baktus som fikk i oppdrag å fylle tidens tann. Pings fjerde utgivelse ”Discotheque of Darkness” ble sluppet i august i fjor – til stormende …

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Bad News | Good News | Ave Pingus

Fellow spacemen – due to incongruency in the flux capacitor the Ping news feed has been dormant for a while. Now, equilibrium restored, the saga continues with Janus-faced tidings. Long time donor of organ sounds Norm Fredheim Hanson has abdicated from stardom, in support of his wife’s dairy productions. A striking blow to the band’s …

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Ping to support Black Debbath

Ping will support Black Debbath at Rockefeller, Oslo, Saturday 5th of June. Concert starts 9 pm. Get your ticket here!

Review in Allmusic!

“Discotheque of Darkness offers quite a ride”

Episk anmeldelse på Groove.no

“En moderne norsk klassiker?” Les anmeldelsen her.

Ping hyller Tom Waits på Rockefeller

Mandag 7. desember runder vår alles Tom Waits 60 år. I den anledning trommer et kobbel norske og svenske artister sammen til storslagen feiring på Rockefeller. Som kjent er Jørgen i barselperm til nyttår, men for en kvelds skyld lar han barn være barn og tar whiskeyrøsten med på scenen igjen. Vi gleder oss! !

All albums from Ping on Spotify!

All albums from Ping now available on Spotify!

DoD Review in Low Cut Magazine

“Extremely well played and complex Shubidua kind of progrock. If you dig rock ‘n’ roll and the sound being distorted and nasty – forget this band.” Read the review

Get your digital Discotheque here:

“Et intergalaktisk band.”

“Ping har gitt ut en knallskive på nytt.” 5/6 Les anmeldelsen på Rockeweb