Green Concorde is a Danish indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band, founded in 2003. On September 8, 2009, the band members announced on their Myspace-profile that they would no longer be playing together as Green Concorde.

History

On the remainders of The Bella Rocca Band, four musically likeminded, yet personally diverse guys formed Green Concorde in October 2003. From their base in Nørrebro

Nørrebro

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, an area of Danish Capitol Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 with a lively multi-ethnic culture and a history of riots between squatters and police, the band started writing songs inspired by their surroundings.

Outside Denmark

Denmark

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, Green Concorde has played venues in Germany

Germany

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, The Netherlands, France

France

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 and Norway

Norway

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.

9-Song Split

In 2004 the band released a split-CD with the Dutch instrumentalist post-rock

Post-rock

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 band We vs Death. On this album, released on Morningside Records (Denmark), Zabel Muziek (The Netherlands) and Eglantine Records (France), appeared the following Green Concorde songs:

1. Ten Cities of Green Concorde
2. 2:26
3. This Time
4. Yellow Raincoats
5. Detroit
6. Two Red Chairs

Ten Cities

The band released their full-length debut in January 2007. The CD and LP was released on Bonnier Amigo Music (Denmark) and Pop-U-Loud (GAS), and contained eleven tracks:

1. This Time
2. The Anthem To Which We Fall
3. We Set Sail By The Way We Feel
4. Detroit
5. Rooster
6. Toxic Symphony
7. Fireside
8. Ten Cities Of Green Concorde
9. 2:26
10. Angel Food
11. Catch And Turn

Down The Corridor To The Exit Through The Gates Out Into Safety

The bands second full-length came out in March 2009 on CD and vinyl. The album was released on Target Records (Denmark) and Pop-U-Loud (GAS), and contained nine tracks:

1. Flowers Of Romance
2. Planet WWX
3. After Love (Nothing Else Will Do)
4. Silvercoated Buildings
5. Silence And Glass
6. Neu
7. Arrows On Fire
8. Death

Line up

The members were:

• Peter Skaanning Opstrup (bass
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• Carsten Hebsgaard Nielsen (guitar
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• Morten Espersen Dam (vocals and guitar
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• Simon Lund-Jensen (drums
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New Projects

• Peter Skaanning Opstrup: Sort
• Carsten Hebsgaard Nielsen: The Vincent White Shadow
• Morten Espersen Dam: No Blood in Bones