About Tore Østby
Born 1972. Tore Østby is a Norwegian songwriter, guitarist, composer, author, musician and record producer.
Tore Østby (born 1972) is a founder, guitarist, producer, and songwriter for Norwegian progressive metal band Conception. After the band stopped playing on a permanent basis (the band was active from 1989 to 1998 and went on a 10-year hiatus) he, along with John Macaluso and Jørn Lande formed progressive metal band Ark.
Tore is currently working as a senior advisor at GramArt, an organization established in 1989 to protect the recording artists’ intellectual property rights, other legal rights, and professional interests.
On 30 April 2018 it was announced that Tore's original band Conception was reunited with new material.
Tore is married to Swedish guitarist Maria Engström Østby and they live with daughter Matilda in Stockholm.
Discography With Conception Studio albums The Last Sunset (1991) Parallel Minds (1993) In Your Multitude (1995) Flow (1997) State of Deception (2020) EPs My Dark Symphony (2018)
With Ark Ark (1999) Burn the Sun (2001)
With D.C. Cooper D.C. Cooper (1999)
With Jørn Lande Starfire (2000)
With Street Legal Bite the Bullet (2009)
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Who is Tore Østby?
Norwegian musician
When was Tore Østby born?
Tore Østby was born in 1972 in Raufoss.
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Tore Østby is a songwriter, guitarist, composer, author, musician and record producer.
What nationality is Tore Østby?
Tore Østby is Norwegian.
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