SPAN was a Norwegian
rock band that formed in 2000 from the ashes of two other outfits;
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Squid. Self-proclaimed as "Norwegian Turbo-Rock 'n' Roll Commandos", the band was made of
Jarle Bernhoft on lead vocals and guitar, Fridtjof Nilsen on guitar, Vemund Stavnes on bass and Fredrik Wallumrød on drums. When Vemund Stavnes left in 2003, he was replaced by Kim Nordbæk.