Nephew (band)
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Nephew is a Danish rock band. The band formed in 1996, but didn't make a commercial breakthrough until 2004 with the release of their second album USADSB. The release coincided with lead singer Simon Kvamm's highly successful appearances on Danish television in the cult comedy show Drengene fra Angora. This helped boost Simon Kvamm and Nephew's popularity. USADSB went double platinum in Denmark and spawned six hit singles.
The band uses an odd mixture of Danish and English in their lyrics; they started singing mostly in English with just a few Danish lyrics, but gradually, they have been using Danish more and more in their songs.
In October 2006 they released a new album, Interkom Kom Ind, which received many positive reviews, and has fared well commercially both in Denmark and other countries in Europe.
On January 21, 2007 it was revealed that American producer Timbaland had received the tracks to three songs ("En Wannabe Darth Vader", "Igen & Igen &" and "Hospital") and was working on turning some of them into a track for his forthcoming Timbaland Presents Shock Value album.
[edit] Members
- Simon Kvamm (vocal/song writer/keys), 1996-
- Kristian Riis (guitar/backup vocals), 1996-
- Søren Arnholt (drums/backup vocals), 1996-
- Kasper Toustrup (bass), 1998-
- René Munk Thalund (keys), 2005-
- Jonas Juul Jeppesen (bass), 1996-1998
