Aunt Mary

Aunt Mary
Aunt Mary
Origin	Fredrikstad, Østfold, Norway
Genres	Progressive rock
Years active	1970–1973, several reunions since 1978
Labels	Polydor

Aunt Mary is a Norwegian prog rock band from the 1970s.

They signed a recording contract with Polydor Records in Denmark, to facilitate the release of Aunt Mary in 1970. The group gradually moved towards progressive rock with the records Loaded in 1972 and Janus in 1973.^[1]^[2] The group disbanded in 1973, but has reunited for several concerts since 1978.

The band's former lead vocalist, Jan Groth, died from cancer on 27 August 2014, at the age of 68.^[3]

The band toured the US in 2019

Musicians

Jan Groth - Vocals, keyboards, guitar
Bjørn Kristiansen - Guitar, vocals
Svein Gundersen - Bass, piano, vocals
Ketil Stensvik - Drums, vocals
Bengt Jenssen - Keyboards
Eirikur Hauksson - Bass
Per Ivar Fure - Flute, sax, vocals
Ivan Lauritzen - Drums
Øystein Selenius Olsen - Bass

Discography

Studio albums

1970: Aunt Mary (Polydor) gjenutgitt 1974 på Karussell som Whispering Farewell
1972: Loaded (Philips)
1973: Janus (Vertigo)
1992: Bluesprints (Sonet)
2016: New Dawn (Playground)

Compilation albums

1974: The Best of Aunt Mary (Philip)
1975: The Best of Aunt Mary Volume 2 (Philips)
2007: The Things We Stood For

Live albums

1981: Live Reunion (Philips)
2009: Barbed Wire Waves (Pan) - a radio concert recorded in 1971

Singles

(selective)

1970: "Did You Notice?"/"The Ball"
1971: "Jimi, Janis and Brian"/"Stop Your Wishful Thinking"
1971: "Whispering Farewell"/"All My Sympathy for Lily"
1972: "G Flat Road"/"Joinin' the Crowd"
1972: "Rosalind"/"In the Hall of the Mountain King"
1973: "Nocturnal Voice"/"Mr. Kaye"
2016: "Slave Parade"

References

^ "Aunt Mary mini biography and discography" (in Norwegian). Rockipedia.no. Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
^ "Aunt Mary Discography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
^ "Sangeren Jan Groth er død" (in Norwegian). Vg.no. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-28.