Pop-sensibilities choked on Norse Black Metal roots, mixed with a love for 40s blues and old school punk make for the tantalizing mix that is Sassy Kraimspri’s sound. Born on the raging South Coast of Norway and raised in the punk rock world of underground New York City, Sassy then spent six years slaving away at University and living it up in Sydney’s rock and roll centre- already an international musician before her first full-length release. A gig veteran at 26, she has countless gems of live moments under her belt, most shiny and most recently: CBGB’s (New York, USA ‘06), North By North East (Toronto, Canada ’06) and the Quart Festival (Norway ’07- notably sharing a bill with The Who, fellow Norwegian rock gods Turbonegro, the Beastie Boys and Juliette and the Licks). known for her sexy and energetic live show and the her band’s tight, hard-hitting backing. All this has been punctuated by fantabulous smaller gigs here and there all over Australia, Norway and the US. She recorded her first tracks which became a pink 7" EP in 2000 under the tutelage of indie Norwegian record label Mother Ocean Records, who later helped her forge the producer relationship with former A-Ha and 21 Guns bassist-come-producer Leif Johansen. After a few years of pre-production and fine-tuning, she is now ready with her debut album, “Dirty White Lies” and she has assembled a gang of worthy and spree-hungry thugs to help her perform it worldwide. Songs “Toy Boy”, “Noose” and “All For Me” have already been heard on radio stations across the world (NRK P2- Wasabi in Norway, GaelicRadio.com, FBi in Sydney and various College stations in the US). The album was released through her own record label, Lady Luck Records, February 20th in Norway, and is set for release in China, the US and Australia. December saw her pick up and fly back to old haunts in Australia, a gig here, a gig there, and a good old fashioned shrimp on the baaaabie with a noice cold tallie, followed by plenty of gigs to support the album. Sassy and the band are back in the studio, writing new songs and preparing to record the second album. Ladies and Gentlemen, we ain´t seen nothin´ yet.

The Thugs:

Tricky Dicky Downfall: (Live Lead Guitar) recruited to Norway from Sydney for his shredding and tapping abilities while in legendary thrash punk band Smash n’ Grab. He enjoys sewing and picking fights on the weekend. His favourite sayings include: “I’m gonna stab you in the neck with a screwdriver”, and "I’ll smash your fu@#ing c#$nt in ". What a charmer.

Tevanga: backing vocals, booty shaking Norwegian woods-nymph.

Hanna bass bandit: Swedish Bass sensation, violinist, hair-styler extraordinaire.

Freddy: brooding fire breathing skins-beater and iron-welder.

STYLE: Thrash Blues Punk Rock

Audience/Format: Sassy’s style is soulful, heavy and throbbing rock and roll- inspired by early blues and driven by punk rock ethos. Her ballads could be played to anyone’s grandmother (there’s even a glockenspiel!) but mostly the music is more aggressive.

Production Credits:

Norwegian rock and roller-come-producer Leif Johansen was hired to take the reins of the Sassy machine and help harness the power and intensity of the songs that make up Dirty White Lies.

Daniel Collett and Willy Bergsnov of Norwegian indie record label, Mother Ocean Records helped with pre-production, as well as with mixing and mastering of the final product.

Instrumentation Sassy Kraimspri- vocals, guitars, baritone guitars Tash Adams- drums, vocals on “Dirty White Lies” album. Tricky Dicky Downfall- guitars, thrashing Hanna bass bandit- bass Tevanga- backing vocals, bootyshakin Drop Dead Fred- skins

Discography “Dirty White Lies” coming early 2008 , Lady Luck Records Norway, late 2007, October Party Records, China. “Ugly” release on October Party Records, China’s compilation CD “Norwegian Wood Music For China Vol. 2” October, 2007. “Toy Boy” on No Cover Magazine´s “Groupies Suck Vol. Nine” compiltaion with Unwritten Law. “Toy Boy” single, Mother Ocean Records, 2006 “Toy Boy” on Tune Tank North By North East Australian Artists compilation 2006. “Better Daze” song on Tunetank South By South West Australian artists compilation 2005. “Ugly” on Australian Indie Compilation Grow Your Own, Vol. 8., Foghorn Records, 2004. “…must be her Idapus Complex” EP 2003, Lady Luck Records. Sassy Gonaway self titled EP 2001, Mother Ocean Records.