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70īs the guitarist Torben Johansen played together with Jan Eliasson
(bass & Vocal), Ole Trier (piano & keyboards) & Steen Christensen
(drums). The band was named Rainbow and they played many gigs around
in Denmark. The band was a kind of partyband that played their own
music combined with coversongs of Toto, Earth Wind & Fire and many
more. They were the band that other musicians loved to see live and
they were also used as backingband for many other artists and the
"Rainbow" members were also used as studiomusicians. Because of
their success they recorded the album "At Last" in 1978 and it was
released on EMI Records. The album release was also the end of the
band, a while after they splitted up, and the musicians worked
further on with other projects. Torben Johansen started in the
beginning of the 80īs in Denmark the group "Survivors" with
leadsinger Roy Richards in the front toured around in Denmark. The
band combined the danish rock and the american sound and they were
very popular in the areas around Copenhagen. 3 bandmembers from
"Survivors", keyboardplayer Bent Corlin, bassist Lars Danielsson &
guitarist Torben Johansen started a new band in 1982 called "Toby".
Together with drummer Peter Schoitz they worked in the studio on
their debutalbum, and with help from the leadsinger from "DC Army
Band" Soren Launbjerg the album was released the same year. The band
had a musical influence from Toto and other american west coast
bands, and their album was a great ambassador for danish music at
that time, a very wellplayed album with a lot of highlights. Toby
did only release one album, but the band was the beginning of the
danish west coast music scene, and in 1985 Lars Danielsson, Torben
Johansen & Peter Schoitz formed the "De 5", and released 2 albums
with this band in the same music style. The RAINBOW album "At Last"
were released on yellow vinyl. | |
