Biography:   

      After hearing AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" album at age eleven, Lars knew he had to pick up the guitar. There was an old acoustic guitar standing around the house, but he couldn't quite capture the power of Angus and Malcolm's riffs on a nylon stringed acoustic, so he had to ask his parents to get him an electric guitar and a Marshall amp. A few months later his wish came true, and time had come to form his own band. First effort was Iron Snakes which later turned into The Maze, playing for the most part their own material. However, it was in 1992 when Lars first heard Joe Satriani's "The Extremist" record he knew he wanted to start playing instrumental guitar music.

      In 1998 Lars attended Manger Folkehøgskole outside Bergen. He studied music production and sound engineering. The same year he called Mads Eriksen for lessons. Lars was also awarded with "Modum Sparebanks music award" for 1998'. The following year Lars went to Oslo and studied music at the Nordic Institute for Stage and Studio (NISS). He left after two semesters to persue musical goals on his own and formed the Lars Lind Band (LLB), released an instrumental demo and played several shows including a support gig for Eric Sardinas. In 2001 he recieved a scholarship from the Norwegian "Solofondet".

      In 2002 Lars was introduced to Jerry Donahue. He was recording some instrumental songs and one of the tracks had an opening for a second guitarist. His manager suggested to bring in Jerry Donahue since he was touring Norway at the time. Jerry agreed to do it, and NRK (Norway's major TV network) documented the event. The track was called "Heavy Western" after Ola Tangen (Lars's manager at the time) came up with the title.      

      The same year Lars started teaching, and in 2003 he built his own recording studio. He also began playing gigs with various tribute bands, as well as recording/producing different acts, and in 2005 he founded his own production company named "Rocking Well Productions". 

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