Career
Maarud is known to many as one of the best blues guitarists in Norway. He has toured domestically and internationally with various bands, to the delight of their audiences and the press The concerts are invariably described as potent live show which combines various elements from blues to psychedelic rock.
The band came second in the Talentiaden (1997) on Norsk Rikskringkasting, and released the album First Blues the year after.
The band released two albums Ripped, Stripped & Southern Fried (2003) and Commotion (2004), and was nominated for the Spellemannprisen 2003 in the class Blues/country for the debut album Ripped, Stripped & Southern Fried. In 2006 he initiated the bandet The Grand, with the same lineup as A. M. Band, but had a more rocky and psychedelic expression.
The band released the album The Grand (2007). The band is currently on rest for an indefinite period of time.
Solo project has a musical idiom that is closer to traditional guitar blues.
He thus figures in two bands with many similarities in origin, but who will part in their musical expression. Foreign the solo album Electric he was awarded Spellemannprisen 2011 in the class Blues. Maarud debuted as an actor in the film Kommandør Treholt og Ninjatroppen that premiered in August 2010.
He is co-owner «Snaxville Studio».
Amund Maarud - guitar & vokals
Henrik Maarud - drums
January Eirik Hallingskog - bass (2000-2002)
Arne F. Rasmussen - harmonica (2000-2002)
Bill Troiani - bass guitar (-2003)
Håkon Høye - guitar (2003-2004)
Per Tobro - bass (since 2004)
Eirik Tovsrud Knutsen - keyboards (since 2004)
Amund Maarud - guitar & vocals
Henrik Maarud - drums
Per Tobro - bass
Eirik Tovsrud Knudsen - Hammond B3 organ
Amund Maarud - guitar & vocals
Henrik Maarud - drums & vocals
Backingband Amund Maarud (since 2010)
Amund Maarud - guitar & vocals
Henrik Maarud - drums & vocals
Egil Stemkens - bass
Simen Aanerud - piano
Bendik Brænne - baryton saxophone.