Casino Steel

Casino Steel
Født		22. feb. 1952 (72 år) Trondheim
Beskjeftigelse		Sanger, musiker, plateartist
Nasjonalitet		Norge
Medlem av		Gary Holton and Casino Steel Hollywood Brats The Boys Claudia / Big Hand / Casino The Yobs
Utmerkelser		Spellemannprisen i roots og country (1985) (sammen med: Claudia Scott, Ottar Johansen) Gammleng-prisen (2019) Rockheim Hall of Fame (2021)
Musikalsk karriere
Pseudonym		Casino Steel
Instrument		Vokal, piano, keyboardist
IMDb		IMDb

Stein Groven (født 1952), kjent under artistnavnet Casino Steel, er en norsk keyboardist og vokalist. Han har spilt i flere ulike band og sammensetninger innen rock, punk og country i Norge, Storbritannia og USA og har gitt ut flere soloalbum. Han ble innlemmet i Rockheim Hall of Fame september 2021.

Liv og virke

Som 18 åring flyttet han til London hvor han i 1970-årene blant annet var medlem av punk-rockbandene Hollywood Brats og senere The Boys som fortsatt er aktivt. I Norge ble han først kjent for sitt samarbeid med Gary Holton som han ga ut fire album med på starten av 1980-årene. I 1983 startet han samarbeidet med Claudia Scott og Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen i countrytrioen Claudia / Big Hand / Casino. Trioen ga ut tre plater. De fikk Spellemannprisen 1985 i klassen roots & country for albumet Oh Yeah! og ble nominert til Spellemannprisen 1984 i klassen country & western for Fools Never Learn. Samarbeidet med Claudia Scott fortsatte utover 80-tallet, først som duo og deretter i bandet CCCP hvor også Carlene Carter og John Payne var medlemmer. I 1990 ga han ut sitt første soloalbum som fikk navnet Casino Steel. Året etter startet han plateselskapet Revolution Records. I 2007 startet han The Last Rock 'N' Roll Band sammen med blant andre Honest John Plain fra The Boys.

Han fikk veteranprisen under Gammleng-prisen 2019 og ble nominert til Rockheim Hall of Fame i 2018 og 2019 før han ble innlemmet i 2021.

Han ble i 2002 dømt til 120 dagers fengsel for grovt økonomisk utroskap i den såkalte GramArt-saken. Saken fikk stor oppmerksomhet i media, da en rekke kjente norske musikere var deltagende som vitner.

Diskografi

Album

• Steelworks (1983)
• Scott & Steel (1988), med Claudia Scott
• Casino Steel (1990)
• Casino Steel & The Bandits (1991)
• The Wonderful World of Mr. Casino Steel (1991)
• Oh Boy! (1992)
• Casino Steel With The Hollywood Brats, The Boys, Gary Holton etc (1992)
• V.S.O.P. (2001)
• There's a Tear in My Beer (2005)
• Past the Point of No Return (2012)
• "60" (2012)

Singler/EP-er

• This Ain't America/I Ain't Coming Back (1988)
• Do You Believe In Love/What's the Matter (1988)
• Little Rebel/Party Crashin (1990)
• Dance Naked With Me/Blowing the Dust Off the Angels Wings (1990)
• Heroine/When You Walk In the Room (1991)
• Røde kort (2002), med Trond Ingebretsen
• What a Wonderful World (2005)
• There's a Tear in My Beer (2005)
• (Lord, Help Me Through) Christmas Day (2009)
• C'est la vie (You Never Can Tell) (2012)
• Carmelita (2013), med Claudia Scott
• I Don't Wanna Talk About It (2018), med Hans Petter Baarli
• Mary Ellen Jones (2022), med Hard Luck Street

Hollywood Brats

Album

• Grown Up Wrong (1975), med Andrew Matheson
• The Hollywood Brats (1980)
• Whatever Happened to The Hollywood Brats (1986)
• Sick on You (2016)

Singler

• Then He Kissed Me/Sick on You (1979)
• Rough Mixes (1984)
• Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me/Suckin' on Suzie (1986)
• Zurich 17/Nightmare (2005)

The Boys

Album

• The Boys (1977)
• Alternative Chartbusters (1978)
• To Hell with The Boys (1979)
• Boys Only (1981)
• Live at The Roxy Club, April '77 (1990)
• To Hell with The Boys – The Original Mix (1990)
• Odds and Sods (1990)
• The Boys/Alternative Chartbusters (1991)
• BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1993)
• To Hell with The Boys/Boys Only (1994)
• The Best of The Boys (1995)
• Complete Boys Punk Singles Collection (1996)
• Power Cut (1997)
• The BBC Sessions (1999)
• The Peel Sessions (1999)
• The Boys In Concert (1999)
• The Very Best of The Boys (1999)
• Sick on You (1999)
• Punk Rock Rarities (1999)
• To Original Hell With/Odds N Sods (2000)
• Live and Unplugged: Leads 3 Amps. United 0 (2000, The Yobs)
• The Worst of The Yobs (2001)
• The Collection (2003)
• I Don't Care (The Nems Records Years) (2004)
• The Punk Rock Anthology (2008)
• Punk Rock Menopause (2014)
• Undercover – Live in China (2015)
• Made In China (2015)

Singler/EP-er

• I Don't Care/Soda Pressing (1977)
• First Time (1977)
• Run Rudolph Run/The Worm Song (1977)
• Brickfield Nights/Teacher's Pet (1978)
• Silent Night/Stille Nacht (1978)
• Kamikaze/Bad Day (1979)
• Rub-a-Dum-Dum/Another Christmas (1979, som The Yobs)
• You Better Move On/Schoolgirls (1980)
• Terminal Love/Love Me (1980)
• Weekend/Cool (1980)
• Let It Rain/Lucy (1981)
• Sick On You/Soda Pressing (1999)
• Svengerland/Only a Game (2002)
• Jimmy Brown (2008)

Med Gary Holton

Album

• Gary Holton and Casino Steel (1981)
• Part II (1982)
• III Edition (1982)
• Best of Gary Holton and Casino Steel (1984)
• No. 4 (1984)
• We Did It Our Way (1986)
• The Best (1989)
• Ruby – The Very Best of Gary Holton & Casino Steel (1995)
• Anthology (2010)

Singler

• Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town/Good Ol' Gary (1981)
• No Reply/What Looks Best on You (1982)
• She's Got Balls/On the Rig (1982)
• Blackberry Way/Candy (1982)
• Thinking of You/Good Ol' Gary (1982)
• Baby I Love You/I Wish I Was an Angel (1984)
• Baby I Love You/Blue Eyed Blonde (1984)
• People In Love/Pick Me Up (1986)
• Runaway/She's No Angel (1989)
• Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town) (2010)

Claudia/Big Hand/Casino

• Will the Circle Be Unbroken (1983)
• Fools Never Learn (1984)
• Oh Yeah! (1985)
• Honky Tonk Night – The Best of Claudia/Big Hand/Casino (2009)

Singler

• Honky Tonk Night/Barroom Roses (1985)

CCCP

• Let's Spend the Night Together! (1986)

Singler

• Let's Spend the Night Together/Strange Brew (1986)
• Feelin' Alright/One of These Days (1986)

1st Revolution Orchestra

• 1st Revolution Orchestra (1991)

The Last Rock'N'Roll Band

• The Last Rock'N'Roll Band (2007)

The Mattless Boys

Album

• The Mattless Boys (2010)

Split

• 1977–2010 (2010), med Stiffs, Boss Martians, Arctic Depression

Deltar på

• RCA Victor: Punk Collection (1977)
• RCA Victor: English Waves! (1978)
• Jem Records: Teenage Party (1978)
• Futura: Pop på pulsen (1979)
• Polydor Records: 20 of Another Kind (1979)
• Music for Pleasure: We Do'em Our Way (1980)
• Pete Stride & John Plain: Laugh at Me/Jimmy Brown (1980)
• Pete Stride & John Plain: New Guitars In Town (1980)
• The Kids: Norske jenter (1980)
• Gary Holton: Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)/Listen/Love Is Young (1980)
• The Young Lords: The Young Lords EP (1980)
• VG: På gang 1 (1981)
• The Kids: Svenska tjejer/Cool (1981)
• New Noise Records: Big Voice of New Noise (1981)
• Saturday Cowboys: Human Cut-Out/Move It Over (1981)
• Home's Musikk: Gullkassetten 81 (1981)
• Det Nye: Hett fett & svett (1981)
• Saturday Cowboys: We Like to Watch (1981)
• X Records: An X-tra for X-Perts (1981)
• The Kids: Hon är förälskad i lärar'n (1981)
• VG: På gang 3 (1981)
• Det Nye: Rock'n Disco 1 (1981)
• Mariann Records: Alle menn vol. 4 (1981)
• Philips: Power Pop 82/1 (1982)
• VG: På gang 5 (1982)
• Cherry Red: Burning Ambitions: A History of Punk (1982)
• K-Tel: Double Hits (1982)
• Det Nye: Hett, fett & svett 2 (1982)
• VG: På gang 8 (1982)
• Philips: En enda lysere idé fra Philips (1983)
• Marith Endresen: Good Girl Gone Bad (1983)
• Se og Hør: Se og Hør: Country Show (1983)
• Postsparebanken: Hallo i luren (1983)
• VG: På gang 11 (1983)
• Trygg Trafikk: Helikopter Jon (1984)
• Tiedemanns: De gamle løver rører på seg... (1984)
• Mariann Records: Momarkedet Vol. 2 (1984)
• VG: På gang 14 (1984)
• Big Hand Records: The New Outlaws (1984)
• Reader's Digest: One For the Road (1984)
• Cherry Red: Give Me Some Cherry (1984)
• NÅ: NÅ Meloditoppen 4 (1984)
• Reader's Digest: Mer "køntri" (1984)
• A/S Grappa: Mesterhuskassetten (1984)
• Reader's Digest: Det beste fra norsk country (1985)
• Cambra: Viva la Revolution! (1985)
• Family 5: Stein des Anstoßes (1985)
• Big Hand Records: Countryfestival Skjåk '85 (1985)
• Forente artister: Sammen for livet/Ikke gråt, Afrika (1985)
• Forente artister: Sammen for livet (1985)
• Bahama Records: Norsktopper 1985: Originale norske artister! (1985)
• VG: På gang 20: Jubileumskassetten (1985)
• Claudia Scott: Rock'n Roll Band (1986)
• Melodi Grand Prix 1986: Norsk Grand Prix '86 (1986)
• Gary Holton: People In Love/Angel (1986)
• VG: På gang 23 (1986)
• Gary Holton: Gary Holton (1986)
• The Grønne Glitrende 3 og Dag: Grønne Glitrende 3 & Dag (1986)
• VG: På gang 24 (1986)
• MBC Records: Punk: A World History (1987)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: I'm Still Your Fool/Rough Norwegian Roads (1987)
• The Coast: Nine to Four/Mr. Tambourine Man (1987)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: Big Hand (1987)
• VG: På gang 31 (1988)
• Stephen Ackles: Stephen Ackles and The Memphis News (1988)
• Castle Communications: The Best of 20 of Another Kind (1989)
• Amnesty International: Time to Take a Stand (1989)
• Totenschlager: Jørgen Engum A/S (1990)
• White Canyon: White Canyon (1990)
• FINA: Opaas Trafikkskole (1990)
• NMK: NMK Vikedalkassetten (1990)
• Pojat: Pojat (1990)
• Polarvox: Rocksuosikit soimaan 1 (1990)
• Receiver Records: Nice Enough to Eat (1991)
• Ottar "Big Hand" Johansen: The 16 Very Best (1991)
• Music Club: Punk (1991)
• Frank Aleksandersen: Rundt i ring (1991)
• VIF Fotball: Vålerenga Vål'enga 91 (1991)
• Totenschlager: Borettslag Oslo (1991)
• Streetlink: The Great British Punk Rock Explosion (1991)
• Plateselskapet: På vei te Ullevål (1991)
• Pojat: Pasi virtanen/B-5 (1991)
• Henning Kvitnes: Songs People Play (1991)
• Connoisseur Collection: The Indie Scene '77: The Story of British Independent Music (1991)
• Die Toten Hosen: Learning English, Lesson One (1991)
• Pojat: Irti (1992)
• Totenschlager: Bodø Taxisentral (1992)
• Streetlink: The Great British Punk Rock Explosion Volume 2 (1992)
• See for Miles Records: Your Starter For Ten... The See For Miles 10th Anniversary Sampler (1992)
• MG Records: Punk Compilation Vol. 1 (1992)
• Backstreet Girls: Let's Have It (1992)
• Die Toten Hosen: Demos and Outtakes (1992)
• Rhino Records: DIY: Teenage Kicks – UK Pop I (1976–79) (1993)
• Stephen Ackles: Rarities vol. 1 (1993)
• Anagram Records: Burning Ambitions – A History of Punk Vol. 2 (1993)
• Trøste & Bære: To på topp (1993)
• Revolution Records: Completely Rock'n'Roll Vol. 1 (1994)
• Music Club: Punk Vol. 1: Loud and Angry (1994)
• Sony Music Entertainment/PolyGram: Norske hits 1980–1989 – 38 pop & rock klassikere (1994)
• Karussell: Norsk pop 1980–1989 (1994)
• Emporio: Indie Punk Classics (1994)
• Receiver Records: Kamikaze: 20 Punk Classics (1994)
• Andrew Matheson: Night of the Bastard Moon (1994)
• The Problematics & Snotboy: The Problematics/Snotboy77 (1994)
• Revolution Records: Completely Rock'n'Roll Vol. II – The Ballads (1994)
• Revolution Records: Whale Meat Again! (1994)
• Music Club: Punk Vol. 3: Raw and Live (1994)
• Merry Records: Perfectly Stoned (1995)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: 30 Years On the Road (1995)
• Emporio: Punk: Live and Nasty (1995)
• Anagram Records: Cherry Red Records – The Punk Singles Collection (1995)
• Ronco Silver: Seventies Rock (1995)
• Ian Hunter: Dirty Laundry (1995)
• The Splash Four: Funbangers EP (1995)
• Nasty Vinyl: Punk Christmas (1995)
• Dressed to Kill: Agitprop: The Politics of Punk (1996)
• The Kids: Sønner av norske jenter – The Kids Greatest Hits (1996)
• Dressed to Kill: God Save the Queen: 20 Years of Punk (1996)
• Dressed to Kill: Were So Pretty: A Punk Anthology – Part Two (1996)
• The Splash Four: Do the Earthquake Shake! (1997)
• The Circus Sideshow: The Circus Sideshow (1997)
• The Lurkers: God's Lonely Men (1997)
• Music Club: United Kingdom of Punk (1997)
• Rialto: New Wave (1997)
• Cleopatra: 100% Pure Bollocks: The Unacceptable Stench of Bullshit (1997)
• The Boys-hyllest: Satisfaction Guaranteed – A Tribute to The Boys (1997)
• Pojat: Parhaat biisit ja paras mahdollinen show (1997)
• Trøste & Bære: Greitest Hits (1997)
• Receiver Records: A History of Punk (1997)
• Egmont Music Club: Det beste av norsk musikk 1981–1983 (1998)
• The Mighty Four: I'll Never Wound Anything But Hearts (1998)
• Ian Hunter: Bald at the Station (1998)
• Safety Pins: Crazy Man (1998)
• Dressed to Kill: The Shit Factory: The Greatest Punk Swindle of All Time (1998)
• Jeff Dahl: I Was a Teenage Glam-Fag – Volume 1 (1998)
• Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: Out Blues/Soda Pressing (1998)
• Safety Pins: Powergenerator (1998)
• Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: 7inch Vinyl Box (1999)
• Receiver Records: Live at the Roxy, London (1999)
• Universal Music: 1-2-3-4 Punk and New Wave 1976–1979 (1999)
• Dressed to Kill: The Greatest Punk Album of All Time (1999)
• Receiver Records: The Ultimate Punk Box Set (1999)
• Dressed to Kill: I Spit On Your Gravy (1999)
• Loose Lips: Talkin' Trash (1999)
• The Vultures: Alcoholic Lady/Soda Pressing (2000)
• MTG: Æ e trønder æ (2000)
• The Lurkers: The BBC Punk Sessions (2000)
• Ne Luupojat Surf: Henki elää! (2001)
• Dressed to Kill: Silver Jubilee: 25 Years of Punk (1976–2001) (2001)
• Harry May: A Proper Fucking Punk Album: 16 British Real Punk Anthems (2001)
• Dressed to Kill: The Entire History of Punk (2001)
• EMI: Cash from Chaos: The Complete Punk Collection (2001)
• BMG: Punk Lives! (2001)
• Receiver Records: Live from the Roxy, Vol. 2 (2002)
• Universal Music: 96% countryfest (2002)
• Asgeir: På en støvete landevei (2002)
• Asgeir: Turbo compressor noz injection (2002)
• Cherry Red: Punk Covers – Voice of a Generation (2002)
• Safari Records: 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album of Safari Records (2002)
• Holly Tree: The British Punk Classics Greatest Shits (2002)
• Michael Monroe: Whatcha Want (2003)
• The Sirens: Chez Maximes (2003)
• TNT: The Big Bang – The Essential Collection (2003)
• LaserLight Digital: Punk The Greatest Hits – The Best of Punk (2003)
• The Crybabys: What Kind of Rock'n'Roll: The Anthology (2003)
• Rhino Entertainment: No Thanks! The '70s Punk Rebellion (2003)
• RPM Records: Glitterbest – UK Glam With Attitude 1971–1976 (2004)
• Asgeir: Asgeirs beste (2004)
• PK & DanseFolket: I kjempeslag (2004)
• The Sirens: The Sirens (2004)
• Ole Ivars-hyllest: En annen dans (2004)
• Street Dogs Records: Oi! Across the World (2004)
• The Robots: We Are Everywhere (2004)
• Rockaway Records: Todos somos Ramones (2005)
• Claudia Scott: Collection (2005)
• McMusic: More No 1 Hits (2005)
• Ratcats: Promo (2005)
• Membran Music: God Save This Box: Punk Original Masters (2005)
• Liv Marit Wedvik: Dance All Night (2005)
• Unidisc: Norsk musikk i 100 – Vol. 4: Ikke helnorsk, men... (2005)
• Liv Marit Wedvik: Home Sweet Home (2005)
• Ratcats: License to Rumble (2005)
• Ramones-hyllest: Leave Home: A Norwegian Tribute to The Ramones (2005)
• Castle Pulse: Punk Crazy: Anarchy in the UK (2006)
• The Sirens: The Sirens Are Dead (2006)
• Universal Music: Country Jukeboks (2006)
• Backstreet Girls-hyllest: Never Too Loud! A Tribute to Backstreet Girls (2006)
• Artistforbundet: Out of Norway – Selected Songs From Norwegian Artists 2006 (2006)
• Mojo: TRASH!: The Roots of Punk! (2006)
• Castle Pulse: Punk Power! Anarchy In the UK (2006)
• The Carburetors: Loud Enough to Raise the Dead (2006)
• The Kids: Hits fra Kids (2007)
• Backstreet Girls: Shake Your Stimulator (2007)
• Music Brokers: Punk 1977–2007: 30th Anniversary (2007)
• John Payne: Different Worlds (2007)
• EVA Records: Absolute VG-lista 1981 (2007)
• EVA Records: Absolute VG-lista 1982 (2007)
• Castle Music/Sanctuary Records: If the Kids Are United: The Punk Box Set (2008)
• Mojo: Destroy! (2008)
• Cherry Red: Perfect Unpop: Peel Show Hits and Long-Lost Lo-Fi Favourites Vol. 1 – 1976–1980 (2008)
• Diverse: Canciones que nos enseñaron... Shock Treatment (2008)
• Cherry Red: I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart – The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection 1978–1983 (2008)
• Ziggy & The Rythm Bulldogs: Boogie Woogie Knockout (2009)
• Backstreet Girls: Just When You Thought Things Couldn't Get Any Worse... ...Here's the Backstreet Girls (2009)
• Diverse: Cherries Jubileee (2009)
• Vinyl Japan: Vinyl Japan Calling From London: The Official Method of Klub Dancing Vol. 5 (2010)
• Virgin/EMI: 101 Punk & New Wave Anthems (2010)
• Radiations: Radiations (2010)
• Year Zero: Dirty Water: The Birth of Punk Attitude (2010)
• Backstreet Girls: Let the Boogie Do the Talking (2010)
• Die Toten Hosen: Vinyl Box (2010)
• TNT: Engine (2010)
• Trond Granlund: Bror min og jeg (2012)
• Pojat: Klassikot (2013)
• Pojat: Toimintaa & sankareita (2013)
• Liv Marit Wedvik: So the Story Goes – The Very Best of Liv Marit Wedvik (2013)
• Universal: Norsk på engelsk country – 20 norske countryklassikere (2013)
• Petter Baarli: You Petter B. Goode (2014)
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes: Are We Not Men? We Are Diva! (2014)
• Universal: Norske countryduetter (2014)
• Soul Jazz Records: Punk 45: Sick On You! One Way Spit! After the Love & Before the Revolution – Proto-Punk 1969–76 Vol. 3 (2014)
• Ox Fanzine: Ox-Compilation 114 (2014)
• Wompers: Wompers (2014)
• Ottar «Big Hand» Johansen: 50 Years On the Road (2015)
• Mojo: Pretty Vacant – Mojo Presents 15 Pre-Punk Nuggets (2015)
• Plastic Tears: Rhythm Rider (2016)
• Petter Baarli: Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Dawn! (2016)
• Warner Music: Spurts! Punk & Post-Punk From the '70s & Beyond (2016)
• Cherry Red: Action Time Vision – A Story of Independent UK Punk 1976–1979 (2016)
• Benoni & Big Hand: Benoni & Big Hand (2017)
• Stnd. Union: Sing, Drink, & Dance With Stnd. Union (2017)
• Edsel Records: Gary Crowley's Punk and New Wave (2017)

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