Erik og Kriss began their musical career when they created the
russ song "Legenden" in 2002 for their own russebus of the same name and made it available on the bus's
ad hoc website. After their bus received media attention and distinguished itself among the russ through winning the prize
Årets Lydbuss at the national russ meeting in
Stavanger, along with
Årets Buss at Eikeli videregående skole, they began to actively produce songs that were made available on their website. In a short period of time, they became known on the Internet and among the younger crowd in their home municipality of
Bærum. They were initially creating the songs in their bedrooms, but they took the next step to a more professional location after Kriss started collaborating with the music producer Svein E. Fjellstad and started a studio and production company, Brickwall Studio Productions. The duo went into business with the ArtistPartner agency in the start of 2006, who took over all the paper work, and set up the group's concert and travel plans. This increased the number of concert appearances drastically. In the summer of 2006, the group signed a contract with the record company MTG Music. The work on their debut album began immediately after the agreement. In January 2007, the group's website registered over 250,000 downloads, and since the first record release, the group had a long series of concerts, often with other popular musicians. In total the duo had over 100 concert performances in 2007. They debuted with their first album,
Gull og Grønner Skoger, on 12 March 2007. The album received mixed reviews from the press, but sold well in its first week. On the
charts, the record was ranked 29th, and 9th among Norwegian artists. The release concert was held 15 March 2007 at Parkteatret. Later, on 14 January 2008, the group released their follow-up album
Verden Vil Bedras, less than a year after their first record was released. Similar to their first album,
Gull og Grønne Skoger, it also received mixed reviews from the press.
Dagbladet gave it a rating of two out of a possible six, but
Stavanger Aftenblad gave it a rating of five out of six. The release concert was at
Rockefeller Music Hall on 19 January 2008 where they performed for a full house. == Musical style ==