[this biography is seriously outdated, sorry!]

Even Johansen is from Bergen, Norway (which is better known as the rainiest city in Europe) but currently lives in Dumfries, Scotland, a place he describes as ugly and depressing. He wrote his songs for Quiet & Still there and recorded them in Bergen in the summer of 2000.

On his his first solo album, Quiet & Still, he played all the instruments, engineered and produced it. He has worked with bands such as Chocolate Overdose and Libido, in which he was the lead singer and songwriter. He has also worked with William Hut and can be heard in some of his songs.

Even is known as Magnet in Europe, but the name had already been taken in the US and couldn't use it here. The name Magnet originated from having a bad sore throat during a tour; he was diagnosed with having iron deficiency and had a tattoo of magnet on his left forearm prescribed to him so it could attract iron (apparently, since then he has never had problems with his throat or iron deficiency).

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In his own words (taken from here)

"My mom was really into Elvis, and my dad, who was in a crappy band called "Kontiki", liked the Beatles," says 26-year-old front man Even. "When I was six years old, my friends and I made our own band and used oil barrels for drums and a guitar with four strings."

...the hardest part about being a man is "being dumb because we can only concentrate on one thing at a time." 

His greatest pride lies within his three-year-old daughter Frankie because she is the "greatest thing that ever happened to me." 

He would want to meet Jesus Christ to "see if he was for real." 

"Five things [aside from people] he could not live without would be "my acoustic guitar, my electric guitar, my amp, my stereo, and sex," he says blushing.

"The best advice my parents ever gave me, and believe me, they were not very good at giving advice, was to be yourself," Even says between sips of bottled water. "Be honest, and be nice to people and they will be nice to you as well." And how do Even's parents feel about their son's success and lifestyle? "They are delighted but they miss me a bit...I do not think they really like the music though!" he says smiling.

"They [Jorgen and Cato] are both intelligent, humorous, and a little annoying."

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Doesn't like:

- groupies
- tomatoes
- waiting around

Favorite parts of life: 
- music 
- relationships. 

Even: 
- smokes Marlboros

B-day:
- June 7, 1970 (year?)

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