"I kind of knew from a very young age, I wanted to be like a record label executive," Indie Recordings Managing Director and partner Erlend Gjerde tells us when we sit down for a quiet(ish) moment at Oslo's Tons Of Rock Festival. "I was listening to records and following Roadrunner Records especially. I was looking at which records Monte Conner was A&R'ring."
Even as the young drummer in fast-rising Norwegian metallers Stonegard back in the early 2000s, Erlend's instincts were to work with developing bands in a different way to being just a musician.
