First, some of you may wonder why Odd Gunnar is called the somewhat strange name Gjerne. Unfortunately for you foreign Net-surfers, this has to be explained in Norwegian:
Odd Gunnar spurte alle om mye da han var liten, også om hvem "han gjerne" var, når mor og far sang "På låven sitter nissen ...... og julegrøten vil HAN GJERNE ha ...". Vi tror nok at siden svaret på dette eksistensielle spørsmål dessverre uteble fullstendig, ble nok erkjennelsen av å aldri få vite hvem denne Gjerne egentlig var, den primære årsak til at han tok navnet Gjerne, selv! Imidlertid har Folkeregistret ikke rikket seg en tomme i Gjernes bestrebelser etter å få effektuert et navnebytte.
Gjerne has a very powerful style of playing the drums, (almost) always in sync, and he likes to play twice as fast as the band has agreed upon. He is therefore an excessive consumer of drum-sticks and drum-skins. Gjerne and Olaf together is in truth providing a very steady and powerful groove in EHEM. It is an open question how this man can play the drums so well without rehersing at all --- instead he uses most of his energy refurbishing old motor-bikes (Gjerne will soon provide you net-surfers with images of his beloved items). Gjerne lives in Mo i Rana, has a big house and a garage full of exclusive Hillbilly-items (7 - 8 old motor-bikes, Willys Jeep 1945, Chevrolet Suburban, lots of old rusty unrecognizable junk). Gjerne also holds a degree in Industrial Electronics from Narvik Technical College.
Have a look at Gjerne as a nerd
(never seen since), or playing the drums.
Gjerne's other great passion is riding his classic MC i races. These three faximiles shows his skills:
RanaBlad Frontpage 13.july 1998
RanaBlad 13.july 1998
RanaBlad 13.july 1998
