Øystein Sunde was born the 24th January 1947 in Skarnes. He started to play the guitar in 1961. His breakthrough was the single "Jaktprat" in 1970 and the following album "1001 Fnatt" the same year. He has released a few albums through the years. "Det Året Det Var Så Bratt" in 1971, the Sweden-outing "Sunderfundigheter" in 1973, "Ikke Bare Tyll" and the instrumental-LP "Klå" in 1974, his second Sweden-LP "Hurtbullei I Hvit Saus" in 1975, "På Sangens Vinger" the year after and the classic album "Hærtata Hørt" in 1979.

The album "Barkebilleboogie" came out in 1981, "I Husbukkens Tegn" in 1984 and "Overbuljongterningpakkmesterassistent" in 1986. His next album after this, his most classic one, "Kjekt Å Ha", was released in 1989 and sold over 100 000 copies in Norway before the year.

His next album from 1994 "Du Må'kke Komme Her Og Komme Her" is also a classic album in Norway. Five years later, in 1999, his next album "Nå Er Begeret Nådd" was released. Six years after this again, "Sånn Er'e Bare" came out. After a 3 year sold-out tour he released brand new material once again, a bluegrass album called "Meget I Sløyd" in 2008, which is also the name of his current touring band. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.