{"name":"A-HA","title":"A-HA","id":7,"slug":"a-ha","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/7/?format=json","bio_short":"a-ha is a <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/norwegian\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">norwegian</a> <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/new%20wave\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">new wave</a> band that has been globally successful since the 1980s. The trio, composed of lead vocalist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Morten+Harket\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Morten Harket</a>, guitarist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Waaktaar-Savoy\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Paul Waaktaar-Savoy</a> and keyboardist <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Magne+Furuholmen\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Magne Furuholmen</a>, formed in 1982 and left Norway for London in order to make a career in the music business.   The origin of the name a-ha comes from the lyric of an early song. After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that 'a-ha' was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. It was short, a-ha was easy to say and somewhat unusual. ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/ahacapturecar.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":25446,"title":"Crying in the rain","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/crying-in-the-rain/"},{"id":2036,"title":"High And Low","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/high-and-low/"},{"id":24,"title":"Take on me","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/take-on-me/"}]}